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If you want to make sure you didn’t go over 79 or 80 characters in a file you can simply run:
#!/bin/bash
grep -Pn '.{80,}' file-to-check
This uses grep’s perl regex option (-P) so we can use the expression .{80,} to find any lines that have >= 80 characters. The -n option prints the line numbers in the output so you can find them easily.
To change the system volume from bash (on ubuntu) do the following:
#!/bin/bash
# To raise the volume by 3%:
amixer -c 0 set Master 3+
# To lower the volume by 3%:
amixer -c 0 set Master 3-This is from datastorageunit.com’s support section. They provide data storage services over ssh/rsync. There’s no audio, but the author comments in the terminal and has an overview text to the left.
I know its a windows computer in the screen, but its all done on a linux server through ssh.
Enjoy…
To enable word wrap in vim with automatic newlines:
enter command mode (ESC) and type :set textwidth=70 or add it to your ~/.vimrc
Just be careful when editing files that care about newlines!
Here’s a handy little script for your .git/hooks folder…
I’ve been getting into git and along with that, I’ve been trying to be more standards minded. Part of that entails including a LICENSE and README file. The LICENSE file is as ease as:
wget -q -O - http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.txt > LICENSE
Its the README that can be a real pain. But, I found a way to make it a little easier.