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Tgurr at 15:53, 22 February 2017

2017-02-22T15:53:14Z

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	{{Command\|<nowiki>vlc --sout="#chromecast{ip=xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx}" ~/video.mkv</nowiki>}}		{{Command\|<nowiki>vlc --sout="#chromecast{ip=xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx}" ~/video.mkv</nowiki>}}

	=== ~~Get a summary~~ of the top 15 directories ~~which occupy~~ the most hard disc space ===		=== Summary of the top 15 directories occupying the most hard disc space ===
	{{Command\|<nowiki>du -cksh * \| sort -hr \| head -n 15</nowiki>}}		{{Command\|<nowiki>du -cksh * \| sort -hr \| head -n 15</nowiki>}}

2017-02-22T15:52:34Z

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	=== Stream a video via VLC to Chromecast ===		=== Stream a video via VLC to Chromecast ===
	{{Command\|<nowiki>vlc --sout="#chromecast{ip=xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx}" ~/video.mkv</nowiki>}}		{{Command\|<nowiki>vlc --sout="#chromecast{ip=xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx}" ~/video.mkv</nowiki>}}

			=== Get a summary of the top 15 directories which occupy the most hard disc space ===
			{{Command\|<nowiki>du -cksh * \| sort -hr \| head -n 15</nowiki>}}

	== Package management (Portage) ==		== Package management (Portage) ==

2017-01-06T16:16:27Z

Stream a video via VLC to Chromecast

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	=== Stream a video via VLC to Chromecast ===		=== Stream a video via VLC to Chromecast ===
	{{Command\|vlc --sout="#chromecast{ip=xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx}" ~/video.mkv}}		{{Command\|<nowiki>vlc --sout="#chromecast{ip=xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx}" ~/video.mkv</nowiki>}}

	== Package management (Portage) ==		== Package management (Portage) ==

2017-01-06T16:16:07Z

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	=== Disable IPv6 until the next reboot ===		=== Disable IPv6 until the next reboot ===
	{{Root\|echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv6/conf/<iface>/disable_ipv6}}		{{Root\|echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv6/conf/<iface>/disable_ipv6}}

			=== Stream a video via VLC to Chromecast ===
			{{Command\|vlc --sout="#chromecast{ip=xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx}" ~/video.mkv}}

	== Package management (Portage) ==		== Package management (Portage) ==

2017-01-06T14:05:39Z

Disable IPv6 until the next reboot

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	=== Disable IPv6 until the next reboot ===		=== Disable IPv6 until the next reboot ===
	echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv6/conf/<iface>/disable_ipv6		{{Root\|echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv6/conf/<iface>/disable_ipv6}}

	== Package management (Portage) ==		== Package management (Portage) ==

2017-01-06T14:05:15Z

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	=== Change the Dolphin standard view to detailed view for ALL folders ====		=== Change the Dolphin standard view to detailed view for ALL folders ====
	Open Dolphin -> Settings > Configure Dolphin -> Views -> Common Tab -> and mark -> Use the same view for all folders		Open Dolphin -> Settings > Configure Dolphin -> Views -> Common Tab -> and mark -> Use the same view for all folders

			=== Disable IPv6 until the next reboot ===
			echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv6/conf/<iface>/disable_ipv6

	== Package management (Portage) ==		== Package management (Portage) ==

2016-02-17T09:55:28Z

Ghostscript: Split multiple PDF files using a python script

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	{{Command\|<nowiki>eyeD3 file.mp3 --remove-frame=TPE2</nowiki>}}		{{Command\|<nowiki>eyeD3 file.mp3 --remove-frame=TPE2</nowiki>}}

	=== Ghostscript: Split ~~multiple~~ PDF files using a python script ===		=== Ghostscript: Split a PDF file in single files per page using a python script ===
	<pre>		<pre>
	#!/usr/bin/python3		#!/usr/bin/python3

2016-02-17T09:54:42Z

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	{{Command\|<nowiki>eyeD3 file.mp3 --remove-frame=TPE2</nowiki>}}		{{Command\|<nowiki>eyeD3 file.mp3 --remove-frame=TPE2</nowiki>}}

			=== Ghostscript: Split multiple PDF files using a python script ===
			<pre>
			#!/usr/bin/python3

			import os

			number_of_pages = 10
			input_pdf = "file.pdf"

			for i in range(1, number_of_pages +1):
			os.system("gs -q -dBATCH -dNOPAUSE -sOutputFile=page{page:04d}.pdf -dFirstPage={page} -dLastPage={page} -sDEVICE=pdfwrite {input_pdf}".format(page=i, input_pdf=input_pdf) )
			</pre>

	=== Ghostscript: Merge multiple PDF files ===		=== Ghostscript: Merge multiple PDF files ===

2016-02-11T10:31:56Z

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	{{Command\|openssl rsa -in ssl_without_passphrase.key -out ssl_with_passphrase.key -des3}}		{{Command\|openssl rsa -in ssl_without_passphrase.key -out ssl_with_passphrase.key -des3}}

			=== Perl: List included perl core modules with their versions ===

			{{Command\|corelist -v 5.22.1}}

	=== Postfix: Show mailqueue ===		=== Postfix: Show mailqueue ===

2016-02-10T14:12:16Z

rsync file transfer

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	=== rsync file transfer ===		=== rsync file transfer ===
	Synchronise a directory or whole partition:		Synchronise a directory or whole partition:
	{{Root\|rsync -av --delete-before /run/media/user/4TB-WD/ /run/media/user/4TB-WD-BCK/ --exclude="/lost+found/" --dry-run}}		{{Root\|<nowiki>rsync -av --delete-before /run/media/user/4TB-WD/ /run/media/user/4TB-WD-BCK/ --exclude="/lost+found/" --dry-run</nowiki>}}

	Upload a file to a remote server via rsync over ssh:		Upload a file to a remote server via rsync over ssh: