Gabriel Staples
- These are my Linux Ubuntu configuration files and commonly-used scripts--most of which I've written myself.
- This project is well-maintained, highly-used by myself, and highly-functional. It's not experimental, it's what I use every day. Feel free to use or borrow from it yourself.
- Disclaimer: any content herein is my own unless stated otherwise. This repo contains my own beliefs, opinions, words and works. They are not endorsed by nor espoused by any of my past nor present employers.
- My eRCaGuy_hello_world repo.
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https://github.com/ElectricRCAircraftGuy/eRCaGuy_dotfiles
This project started out as just a few helpful nuggets I like to put in my ~/.bashrc
file, for example, as well as some scripts and other configuration files, but I decided to make it a place I put all sorts of reference scripts, files, shortcuts, Linux tips & tricks, Eclipse documentation, etc, I've built up over the years.
- git & Linux cmds, help, tips & tricks - Gabriel.txt - a general note-taking document where I jot down Linux commands, examples, notes about how to use
gdb
,bazel
, various command-line tools, build tools, etc.- It's kind of a general place where I write down things I learn which I know I will need later and don't want to forget. Correction: it's actually more correct to say I know I will forget them, so I write them down so I can come back and reference them later.
- I can't remember what I learned, but I can remember where I wrote it down, so I frequently reference this document to remind myself what I learned.
git diffn
drop-in-replacement program to showgit diff
with line 'n'umbers. As a thinawk
-language-based wrapper aroundgit diff
it supports ALL options and features thatgit diff
does! Learn how to install and use it here. Screenshot:git blametool
. See: useful_scripts/README.md.git branch_
. Same asgit branch
except don't show "hidden", user-backed-up branches. See my answer here: Hide but still save a branch with GIT?- ssh key setup information
- including a really good
gs_ssh
alias which automatically sources a custom.bashrc
file in your ssh environment whenever you log in!
- including a really good
- .bashrc file which contains:
ls
aliases such asll
,la
, &l
- Prompt String 1 (
PS1
) modifications to add terminal titles, current git branch name checked out [VERY USEFUL FEATURE!], bash shell level, etc - ssh aliases
- function to set terminal title
- ability to open up default tabs (with unique titles) for rapid launching of tabs in a terminal for development work
- .gitconfig file with meld as my difftool,
git lg
alias, etc - Preferences.sublime-settings = Sublime Text 3 settings I like
- .gitignore example
- .imwheelrc config to improve mouse wheel scroll speed in Chrome
- Templates for right-click --> Create New Document menu in GUI file manager
- Desktop launchers (.desktop) files, including install/uninstall scripts
- Arduino tools & resources
- How to enable uploading to boards by adding user to "dialout" group
- How to enable flashing bootloaders with USBasp tool by setting up proper udev rule
- Eclipse tools & resources, including a reference & setup manual I've written:
- Eclipse setup instructions on a new Linux (or other OS) computer.pdf
- Eclipse color theme to make it have syntax highlighting that looks exactly like Sublime Text 3 (thanks to Jeremy Shepherd!)
- /etc/udev/rules.d/ udev rules
- NoMachine remote login setup info
- Useful scripts: see section below
- Ripgrep fuzzy finder, "rgf.sh".
- Ripgrep Replace,
rgr
(useful_scripts/rg_replace.sh). This is a wrapper around Ripgrep to give it a find-and-replace feature to replace contents on your disk.
- etc.
Note: the installation script isn't kept up-to-date very well. It falls behind frequently as I add new features and useful scripts, then I periodically have to update it again. So, it's not a bad idea to run this installation command anyway, to let it install whatever it can, but then still manually look into the useful_scripts folder, the home folder, and elsewhere, for other scripts or tools in this repo which this install script doesn't yet install.
To run the install script for this eRCaGuy_dotfiles project:
./install_all.sh
Edit this script first if customization is desired. It's all interactive, however, so it won't overwrite anything without your permission.
However, it's still a good idea to back up your home directory first before running the installation script and to: 1) read the installation prompts carefully as it asks you to for permission to overwrite something, and 2) make sure you back any of those files it's prompting you about before allowing it to overwrite them.
Additionally:
- Most files contain comments with additional info, instructions, or helpful links to look at.
- Many directories contain readmes, and some contain install scripts, such as my scripts to help install .desktop files.
- If a readme exists in a subfolder, take a look at it too for more install help or other usage information.
- Essentially, just read the readmes, headers, & other comments and it will become self-explanatory how to use or "install" something. If not, open up an issue or pull request and I'll address it.
Good applications to install right after you install Linux.
See: useful_apps/README.md.
Here is a list of all of the scripts provided in the "useful_scripts" directory. Some of these are so amazingly useful to me, and powerful, they deserve a section all on their own!
Therefore, I have created an additional readme to describe a few of these scripts in greater detail here: useful_scripts/README.md.
Here is a list of some select scripts which I find especially useful, in a rough order of which ones I use most first:
- touchpad_toggle.sh
- open_programming_tools.sh
- git-diffn.sh
- git-changes.sh
- git-blametool.sh
- sync_git_repo_from_pc1_to_pc2.sh
- git-branch_.sh
- rgr / rg_replace
- sublf.sh
- ros_readbagfile.py
- git-filechange-search.sh
- find_and_replace.sh
- tmux-session.sh
(tree generated w/tree eRCaGuy_dotfiles/useful_scripts
):
eRCaGuy_dotfiles$ tree useful_scripts/
useful_scripts/
├── apt-cacher-server_proxy.sh
├── apt-cacher-server_proxy_status.sh
├── apt-cacher-server_proxy_toggle.sh
├── chm2html.py
├── desktop_file_install.sh -> ../Desktop_launchers/desktop_file_install.sh
├── desktop_file_uninstall.sh -> ../Desktop_launchers/desktop_file_uninstall.sh
├── find_and_replace.sh
├── find_and_replace_test_folder
│ ├── readme.md
│ ├── test1.cpp
│ ├── test1.txt
│ ├── test2.cpp
│ ├── test2.txt
│ └── test3.txt
├── git-blametool.sh
├── git-branch_.sh
├── git-changes.sh
├── git-diffc.sh
├── git-diffn_screenshot_cropped.png
├── git-diffn_screenshot.png
├── git-diffn.sh
├── git-disable-all-repos_test_subrepo
│ └── test_repo
│ ├── new text file (another copy).txt
│ ├── new text file (copy).txt
│ └── new text file.txt
├── git-disable-repos.sh
├── git-filechange-search.sh
├── git-tree.txt
├── install_all.sh -> ../install_all.sh
├── Link to ElectricRCAircraftGuy - Chrome-Case-Sensitive-Find A case-sensitive Find tool (recommended to use Ctrl + Alt + F) for the Google Chrome Browser.desktop
├── Link to ElectricRCAircraftGuy - eRCaGuy_PyTerm A datalogging serial terminal-console written in Python (I hope to extend it to Telnet and others later).desktop
├── Link to ElectricRCAircraftGuy - git-tree New git features 1) graphically view all your branches in a hierarchical fashion based on forking or desired dependencies; 2) cascade recursive rebases down the line.desktop
├── Link to ElectricRCAircraftGuy - PDF2SearchablePDF `pdf2searchablepdf input.pdf` = voila! ''input_searchable.pdf'' is created & now has searchable text!.desktop
├── open_programming_tools.sh
├── ping_loop.sh
├── README_git-diffn.md
├── README_git-sync_repo_from_pc1_to_pc2.md
├── README.md
├── README_ros_readbagfile.md
├── rgf.sh
├── rgr -> rg_replace.sh
├── rg_replace.sh
├── ros_readbagfile.py
├── ros_readbagfile_sample_output
│ ├── README.md
│ └── topics.yaml
├── scratch_work
│ └── gawk_git_diff_with_line_numbers.sh
├── sublf.sh
├── sync_git_repo_from_pc1_to_pc2--notes.md
├── sync_git_repo_from_pc1_to_pc2.sh
├── tmux-session.sh
├── touchpad_toggle.sh
└── wip
├── git-logn.sh
└── !GS note--wip = "work in progress".txt
6 directories, 51 files
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Install
speedtest
by Ookla:- Go here: https://www.speedtest.net/apps/cli --> scroll to the bottom and click "Download for Linux" --> right-click on the correct architecture option from the download menu dropdown list which shows up, and go to "Copy link address". This is the address used in the
wget
line below. Here, I show it for thex86_64
(64-bit processor) option.
# Tested in Ubuntu 18.04 mkdir -p ~/Downloads/Install_Files/speedtest--ookla cd ~/Downloads/Install_Files/speedtest--ookla wget https://install.speedtest.net/app/cli/ookla-speedtest-1.1.1-linux-x86_64.tgz FILENAME="ookla-speedtest-1.1.1-linux-x86_64.tgz" # strip off extension to derive the dirname; see: https://stackoverflow.com/a/965072/4561887 DIRNAME="${FILENAME%.*}" mkdir -p "$DIRNAME" tar -xvzf "$FILENAME" --directory="$DIRNAME" cd "$DIRNAME" mkdir -p ~/bin ln -si "$(pwd)/speedtest" ~/bin/speedtest # log out and log back in now if this is the first time you've created and used the # ~/bin dir, as this will automatically add it to your $PATH variable in Ubuntu. # Otherwise, `speedtest` is ready to use immediately.
- After extracting
speedtest
as shown above, a markdown readme for it is found in~/Downloads/Install_Files/speedtest--ookla/ookla-speedtest-1.1.1-linux-x86_64/speedtest.md
.
- Go here: https://www.speedtest.net/apps/cli --> scroll to the bottom and click "Download for Linux" --> right-click on the correct architecture option from the download menu dropdown list which shows up, and go to "Copy link address". This is the address used in the
This repo contains my own content and opinions and does not reflect opinions nor content on behalf of any employer.