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emulate your mouse with the keyboard

See emulate your mouse with the keyboard.

renaming several files

Rename several files using the command

rename 's/BEFORE/AFTER/g' *

favorite Linux-Tools

history|awk '{print $2}'|awk 'BEGIN {FS="|"} {print $1}'|sort|uniq -c|sort -rn|head -10

find out which files are accessed by a program

To find out which files are accessed by a program start it with

strace -e open program

find out program that belongs to a window

Sometimes a window pops up and you do not know which program it is. For example you have just created a fresh user and when he logs in, he sees a window that you would like to get rid of. So you need to search where the window's program is called. So, every window is associated with a process. To find that out, call xprop and click on the window you want information about.

convert images in a batch job

Use the command convert:

convert name.format name.jpg

did you know...

split files

...you can split files using the command split.

put computer into standby mode

... you can put your computer into standby mode by opening a console and entering

echo mem > /sys/power/state

write something on your screen

...you can write something on your screen using osd_cat.