Use the following to convert a timestamp to a date in Linux bash
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Find your screen resolution in Linux shell
To find your current resolution in a Linux shell you can use:
xdpyinfo | grep dim
dimensions: 3840×3600 pixels (1015×951 millimeters)
Using OR in a grep search
To use OR when you are doing a grep search use the \| characters to separate the items you are searching for.
cat text_to_search_in | grep 'first\|second\|third'
Flushing dns caching in linux
Problem
You want to update your dns resolution locally after some change in DNS.
You want to do this because your local dns cache still holds the old information about the domain. For example using your local dns and the google one returns two different results
host changed_domain.com returns the old ip host changed_domain.com 8.8.8.8 returns the new ip.
Solution
Check your systemd-resolved is active:
sudo systemctl is-active systemd-resolved active
Get some statistics:
sudo systemd-resolve --statistics
Transactions
Current Transactions: 0
Total Transactions: 38818
Cache
Current Cache Size: 73
Cache Hits: 21120
Cache Misses: 19745
DNSSEC Verdicts
Secure: 0
Insecure: 0
Bogus: 0
Indeterminate: 0
Flush the cache (make the Current Cache Size above 0)
sudo systemd-resolve --flush-caches
Check the cache again (should be 0 now):
sudo systemd-resolve --statistics
ransactions
Current Transactions: 0
Total Transactions: 38818
Cache
Current Cache Size: 0
Cache Hits: 21120
Cache Misses: 19745
DNSSEC Verdicts
Secure: 0
Insecure: 0
Bogus: 0
Indeterminate: 0Information taken from https://www.techrepublic.com/article/how-to-flush-the-dns-cache-on-linux/
asdf and terraform (or vault or packer)
Using the asdf version manager to manage versions of various binaries like terraform, vault or packer is easily done by following the instructions below:
- Download and install asdf if you haven’t got it already (https://asdf-vm.com/#/core-manage-asdf)
- If you want to install the latest version of terraform for example do the following:
asdf plugin add terraform asdf install terraform latest asdf global terraform 0.14.9 asdf list terraform 0.14.9 terraform --version Terraform v0.14.9
Renaming multiple files in linux
Problem
You would like to rename multiple files, replacing some text with something else (like replacing Pixies_The with Pixies).
Solution
Install the rename utility
sudo apt install rename
and replace the text as follows
cd folder_to_rename_files rename 's/Pixies_The/Pixies/g' **
Get/Set platform information
To get or set in environment variables the platform information of a system you can use the following:
export ARCH=$(case $(arch) in x86_64) echo -n amd64 ;; aarch64) echo -n arm64 ;; *) echo -n $(arch) ;; esac)
export OS=$(uname | awk '{print tolower($0)}')Taken from the installation instructions of the Operator SKD here: https://master.sdk.operatorframework.io/docs/installation/
Linux disabling a service on bootup
To stop having a service automatically start after bootup in a Linux system with systemctl use the following to stop and then disable the service:
sudo systemctl stop service_name sudo systemctl disable service_name
Failed to start docker.service: Unit is masked
Problem
Trying to start the docker service after some upgrades fails with the following message:
Failed to start docker.service: Unit is masked.
Solution
It turns out that after upgrading or more specifically removing and then upgrading the docker installation in ubuntu (in this particular case in raspberry 4 with Ubuntu 20.04 installed), results in this error.
A search brings up the following:
https://forums.docker.com/t/failed-to-start-docker-service-unit-is-masked/67413
and from that the following bug post:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/docker.io/+bug/1844894
So the solution is to run the following to be able to start the docker service (described in the first link above):
sudo systemctl unmask docker sudo systemctl start docker
Getting detailed information about your Linux distribution
To be able to get a more detailed information about your current linux distribution, including the code names use the following:
kosmas:$ cat /etc/os-release NAME="Ubuntu" VERSION="18.04.5 LTS (Bionic Beaver)" ID=ubuntu ID_LIKE=debian PRETTY_NAME="Ubuntu 18.04.5 LTS" VERSION_ID="18.04" HOME_URL="https://www.ubuntu.com/" SUPPORT_URL="https://help.ubuntu.com/" BUG_REPORT_URL="https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/" PRIVACY_POLICY_URL="https://www.ubuntu.com/legal/terms-and-policies/privacy-policy" VERSION_CODENAME=bionic UBUNTU_CODENAME=bionic