Linux

Are you using sxiv key-handler?

Submitted by ravisagar on

sxiv is a wonderful utility to view images but you can also use its key-handler capability to do things on those images as well.

#sxiv #keyhandler

Know more about your battery using tlp

Submitted by ravisagar on

There is a nice utility called tlp that will help you know more about your battery in just one go. I started using it and I thought I will share it will all of you as well.

#tlp #battery

xev know your keys

Submitted by ravisagar on

xev is a nice utility that will tell you what keys you are pressing on your computer so you can configure your operating system to do things quickly.

#xev #sxhkd

Make backlight work on thinkpad t14

Submitted by ravisagar on

My ThinkPad T14 is ready to use, although the brightness control didn't work first time but I managed to fix it easily.

#ThinkPad #T14

Split PDF files using pdfjam

Submitted by ravisagar on

Today I wanted to split a big PDF file and had to extract few pages. I did this using a very nice utility called pdfjam.

#pdfjam #splitpdf

Delete Pacman cache

Submitted by ravisagar on

Today my computer was low on storage because pacman's cache was taking lot of space so I used a simple command to delete it.

#ArchLinux #Pacman

w3m is a good terminal browser

Submitted by ravisagar on

w3m is a good terminal based browser but I don't use it much. All of my web content consumption happens using a web GUI based browser.

#w3m

Run commands when you undock your Laptop

Submitted by ravisagar on

I run a shell script every minute to check whether my laptop is docked or not and then run some commands. It works really nicely.

#shell #dock

Consolidate CSV files

Submitted by ravisagar on

I an attempt to reduce my usage and dependencies on spreadsheet I am hoping to try simple CSV files but today let us learn how to consolidate multiple CSV filed into one.

#csv

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