MySQL for puppet dashboard gets BIG. You can make this smaller by deleting old records. Source for this article is here. To get the size in GB of the dashboard: # mysql -uroot -ppassword > SELECT CONCAT ( ROUND( ( ( SUM(DATA_LENGTH)+SUM(INDEX_LENGTH) ) / 1024 / 1024 / 1024 ) ,2 ), ” GB”) as…

Get the full path of a file via: $ readlink -f ./file Tip: make an alias: alias fullpath=’readlink -f’

This might be helpful for someone. A quick script I made for changing output modes on my Dell laptop. There are different configurations. laptop: laptop screen only vga: vga output + laptop screen mix: hdmi + vga output, laptop screen off dock: dell dock display setup #!/bin/bash LAPTOP=’LVDS-1′ DOCKLEFT=’DP-2′ DOCKRIGHT=’DP-1′ VGA=’VGA-1′ HDMI=’HDMI-1′ case $1 in…

Adjust to your needs ;) #!/bin/bash # Create puppet module layout if [[ -z “$1” ]];then echo “$0 modulename” exit 1 fi if [[ -d $1 ]]; then echo “Dir already exists” exit 1 fi # Actual work M=$1 mkdir -p \ $M \ $M/files \ $M/manifests \ $M/templates # Files cat $M/manifests/${file}.pp done #…

I have a scheduled.txt file like this: # Scheduled tasks for todo.txt # Format: # # a dow, Mon,Tue,Wed,… # b moy, Jan,Feb,Mar,… # d dom, 01..31 # D m/d/y 12/30/12 # F Y-m-d 2012-12-30 # j doy 001..366 # V woy 01..53 # # %2 = Division by 2 is possible # %N2= Devision…

Add this to your .bashrc: clippy() { echo “I see you’re trying to use the terminal …”; echo ” v “; echo ” ╭─╮”; echo ” ⌾ ⌾”; echo ” │▕│”; echo ” ╰─╯”; } function command_not_found_handle { clippy $1; } It will result in: $ adsf I see you’re trying to use the terminal…

Clear the BASH history easily via: $ >~/.bash_history Remember to log out after doing this.