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Redirect Wikipedia links to https://encyclopedia.marginalia.nu/ December 20, 2024
GPG: sign file, make detached signature, verify file December 20, 2024
git: clone a local repository locally December 20, 2024
Simple calculator on the command line December 3, 2024
Post a message to your twtxt file with no client November 29, 2024
Short roadmap & resources to learn to use LaTeX November 22, 2024
Set up and start using GPG with Mutt: sign & encrypt messages October 5, 2024
Where to search for answers about usage of GPG? October 5, 2024
Copy from xterm to clipboard September 22, 2024
Mount, unmount and power-off a LUKS-encrypted volume September 22, 2024
Back up LUKS’s header of an encrypted volume September 22, 2024
Mount a USB device, e.g. a USB stick or a hard drive September 19, 2024
A decluttered, minimal and customised desktop with netinstall Trisquel GNU/Linux September 19, 2024
Check if Swap partition is active September 19, 2024
Show the total size of a folder recursively with du September 12, 2024
Remove metadata from a file e.g. a photo with mat2 September 12, 2024
Remove all files except one with find and rm September 12, 2024
Strikethrough text in LaTeX September 12, 2024
Add inline notes with automatic numbering using HTML, CSS and Markdown September 10, 2024
Hightlight text using Markdown, CSS and HTML September 10, 2024
Browser extensions I use September 8, 2024
Check log entries after crash on GNU/Linux with journalctl September 4, 2024
List files of a zip archive file without unzipping it with zip September 4, 2024
Create a “self-deploying” website (no server to manage) with Codeberg Pages September 4, 2024
Git: Push only the last commit to remote September 3, 2024
Git: Move all non-pushed commits to a new branch September 3, 2024
Git: Only merge the last commit of a specific branch to the main branch September 3, 2024
Abook: Show birthdays for the next 30 days September 3, 2024
Move message to another folder in Mutt September 1, 2024
Log in into a text-based session (tty) August 29, 2024
Find out how much memory (RAM) a laptop has with free August 27, 2024
Remapping the key Caps Lock as Ctrl on GNU/Linux August 27, 2024
Delete all emails at once in Mutt August 27, 2024
Git: Select which staged files to commit August 27, 2024
Git: Check which branch.es have been merged with the main branch August 27, 2024
Sum up a column of numbers in a text file from the command line with Datamash August 27, 2024
Test internet speed from command-line interface with speedtest-cli August 27, 2024
Git: Add the keyid of a signing GPG keypair to git config and sign commits August 10, 2024
Display mailboxes in Mutt’s sidebar August 10, 2024
Display Notmuch search results with Mutt August 5, 2024
Look up U.S. Zip codes from the command line offline August 2, 2024
Less: do not wrap lines - use horizontal scroll to browse full lines August 2, 2024
(Solved) Mutt sends an empty email when I click on a mailto: link in Abrowser July 21, 2024
Memo: Mutt’s Index flags July 20, 2024
Convert text to an ASCII art slanted text banner July 20, 2024
Adjust delay between audio and video in VLC July 19, 2024
Reverse (flip) the order of rows of a text file with tac July 18, 2024
Convert an HTML webpage into a “clean” Markdown file July 16, 2024
Curate your own web, search your own web with lieu July 15, 2024
Generate a fake list of name, email address, phone number and more with faker July 15, 2024
sdcv: an offline dictionary you can query from the command line July 13, 2024
Display the conjugation of French and Italian verbs in the terminal July 12, 2024
Git: Change the color of git’s output e.g. git diff July 12, 2024
Pass the output of french-conjugator (verbiste’s cli) to less July 12, 2024
Delete large log files with ncdu - “no space left on device” July 7, 2024
Install and run Libretranslate on your computer July 7, 2024
Add a dictionary to sdcv (Stardic’s cli) July 6, 2024
Look up the definition of a word in a specific dictionary with sdcv July 6, 2024
Create a YAML template with variables to pass when compiling a pdf with Pandoc June 21, 2024
Run a command on the output of a first command June 21, 2024
Increase line spacing when compiling a pdf with Pandoc June 21, 2024
Pass sdcv’s output to less June 20, 2024
Create a contingency table (a.k.a. cross tabulation) with Datamash June 18, 2024
Set up msmtp to queue ‘sent emails’ when you are offline June 18, 2024
Highlight current date with Cal (cli) June 17, 2024
Find and connect to WiFi networks from the command line with nmcli June 17, 2024
Show decimal numbers with bc June 17, 2024
Shifts in consonance from English to German May 29, 2024
Turn a pad into a website with Cryptpad and Codeberg Page (no code) May 29, 2024
Change margins when producing pdf files with Pandoc May 10, 2024
Are technologies making us blind? May 7, 2024
Display JPEG attachment in Mutt May 1, 2024
Remove all git files from a local repository May 1, 2024
Guidelines for password management for small and medium organisations May 1, 2024
Modify permission to make a Bash script file executable with chmod May 1, 2024
Count number of page(s) of one or multiple pdf files with pdfinfo, grep and awk April 8, 2024
Cooperatives & non-profits offering email addresses and mailboxes April 6, 2024
Delete all your emails at once from ProtonMail’s servers April 6, 2024
Remove pages from a pdf file from the command line with pdfseparate and pdfunite April 3, 2024
Create and populate a file from the command line with cat April 3, 2024
Display a .csv file as a table in the terminal with Visidata April 3, 2024
Convert a .ods file to a .csv file from the command line with libreoffice April 3, 2024
Send an email from the command line with msmtp April 2, 2024
Remove a specific range of files at once from the command line April 2, 2024
Convert a PDF to 2 pages per sheet from 1 page per sheet from the command line with pdfxup April 2, 2024
Use old programmes March 30, 2024
Git: Show changes (diff) that are staged March 30, 2024
Add a second email account to your Mutt, msmtp, mbsync configuration March 24, 2024
Resize an image on the command line with the utilty convert March 22, 2024
Unzip (decompress) and extract files from a .tar.gz file March 22, 2024
Remove page numbers when producing a .pdf file using Pandoc March 19, 2024
View PDF attachments as text in Mutt March 19, 2024
Digital accessibility & inclusivity March 13, 2024
Downloads all your emails from ProtonMail with mbsync March 11, 2024
Free does not mean gratis: lexical clarifications towards digital literacy February 26, 2024
Git: Commit only partial changes of a file February 24, 2024
Git: Checkout partial changes of a file interactively February 24, 2024
Check for existing SSH keys February 24, 2024
List available fonts on a system from the command line with fc-list January 24, 2024
Copy a file from your local machine to a remote server with rsync January 22, 2024
Indent multiple lines in Vim January 21, 2024
Show file permissions on the command line with ls January 21, 2024
Append text at the end of a line with Sed January 21, 2024
Port (computer networking) cheatsheet January 21, 2024
Grep multiple patterns (words) occuring at the beginning of a line January 21, 2024
Grep multiple patterns January 21, 2024
Cooperatives offering digital technology services January 13, 2024
Renew LetsEncrypt certificates & set up auto-renew with cron January 11, 2024
Multiply field’s (column’s) entries and sum them up with awk January 6, 2024
Reading path from past to present January 5, 2024
Sum values per group (of a text/data file) from the command line with Datamash January 4, 2024
Memo to change permissions in absolute modes with chmod January 4, 2024
You don’t need new apps (or to search the web) to get things done January 4, 2024
Convert files to .ogg from .flac from the command line with ffmpeg January 4, 2024
On telling others “proprietary software is bad for you”, and the argument of reciprocity. January 4, 2024
Show SSH’s key fingerprint December 7, 2023
Part 2: Connect to shared server (VPS) using SSH December 7, 2023
Show the release (“version”) of the kernel on GNU/Linux December 7, 2023
The caps lock behaviour is reversed on GNU/Linux December 7, 2023
Automatically indent HTML tags in Vim December 1, 2023
Add a new website to a server running nginx, LetsEncrypt HTTPS and Certbot November 19, 2023
Backup /etc/letsencrypt directory with rsync from remote server to local machine November 17, 2023
Prepend multiple files with a pattern with the command line with Bash November 17, 2023
Switch default browser from the command line November 13, 2023
View content of a tar.gz archive without extracting with tar October 26, 2023
Compress multiple directories (folders) with gzip October 26, 2023
My .muttrc file October 3, 2023
Start using Mutt: a setup with GPG, mbsync, msmtp and notmuch October 3, 2023
Git: Change the email address git uses October 1, 2023
Set up your own webserver (& webpage) with nginx, LetsEncrypt and Certbot September 29, 2023
Remove “Save in password manager” option in GPG pinentry September 28, 2023
Uncomment a line with sed (i.e. delete #) September 26, 2023
Change the time zone used by date on GNU/Linux September 25, 2023
Set up a VPS with Trisquel GNU/Linux NetInstall September 24, 2023
[Solved] Permission denied (publickey,password) with correct password September 23, 2023
Change root password on GNU/Linux September 23, 2023
Undelete a message in Mutt September 22, 2023
Show size of a file from the command line with ls or du September 20, 2023
GPG: Show the keyID of subkeys September 20, 2023
GPG: Show or export GPG public key September 20, 2023
Vim: Error “E212: Can’t open file for writing” September 14, 2023
GPG: Show the key ID of key used to encrypt September 6, 2023
Create and store email aliases for Mutt September 3, 2023
Append multiple lines at the end of a file with cat September 3, 2023
Set up your own instance of Jitsi August 31, 2023
Send an email from the command line with Mutt August 30, 2023
Justify text in Vim August 29, 2023
Set Mutt to store deleted messages in the trash folder August 29, 2023
Check whether a package is installed on GNU/Linux August 26, 2023
Check whether a package is availabile in the repository of a GNU/Linux distribution with apt list August 26, 2023
Git: Undo the last commit, nothing more August 22, 2023
Git: Remove a file from the last commit August 22, 2023
Pass the output of the last command as an argument to the next August 18, 2023
Mutt: store passwords encrypted with GPG August 18, 2023
Exclude files and directories when listing with ls August 18, 2023
Find out the license of a programme locally August 18, 2023
List directories (folders) only with ls August 17, 2023
Show lines below and/or above a match with grep August 17, 2023
My current Vim mnemonic sheet August 9, 2023
Shortcuts to edit on the command line August 9, 2023
Create a permanent alias for a command August 9, 2023
Edit and reexecute a command from the shell history with fc August 3, 2023
Open all grepped files in vim August 3, 2023
Count the number of files grepped with wc August 3, 2023
Find files created or modified in the last days with find August 1, 2023
Move (cp) all files found with the command find August 1, 2023
Count the number of files in a folder with wc August 1, 2023
Display the amount of disk space available with df July 31, 2023
GPGtar: Encrypt and decrypt a directory with a symmetric cipher using a passphrase with gpgtar July 30, 2023
Edit the message of the last commit July 29, 2023
Copy a command from the shell history to a file July 29, 2023
Copy a command from the shell history to the clipboard July 26, 2023
Merge pdf files freely without installing another programme with pdfunite July 25, 2023
Convert a pdf to a text file from the command line with pdftotext July 25, 2023
Check the version a GNU/Linux distribution from the command line July 25, 2023
Search multiple files for an expression (e.g. a keyword) with grep July 20, 2023
Git: Create, edit and delete git alias July 20, 2023
Commands and shortcuts I use the most in the Shell (the Terminal) July 20, 2023
You don’t need a new app for your Zettelkasten July 17, 2023
Show local time for a given time and date of a different time zone July 16, 2023
Find out what takes up disk space on your computer with ncdu July 16, 2023
Git: Squash (combine, merge) git commits together July 16, 2023
Generate a table of contents on a pdf document compiled with Pandoc July 13, 2023
Increase the font size of a pdf document compiled with Pandoc July 13, 2023
Add today’s date automatically when converting a Markdown file to pdf with Pandoc July 13, 2023
Show word count with Pandoc and a lua script July 13, 2023
Show paragraph count on pdf document compiled with Pandoc July 13, 2023
Rename multiple files from the command line with rename.ul July 12, 2023
Copy, move or delete recently modified or downloaded files with find July 12, 2023
Find files or directories from the command-line with find July 12, 2023
You don’t need a new app to run a tagging system on your files: use the programme grep June 1, 2023
Replace all occurences of a word in one or many files from the command line with sed April 23, 2023
Aspell: Spellcheck a file in the shell (terminal April 22, 2023
Compare files, “accept/reject” (like in Word) and merge changes, with diff and patch April 19, 2023
.vimrc file of a writer (not a programmer) April 18, 2023
Show word count of a text file from the command line with wc or pandoc & lua April 16, 2023
A vim script to mark folds on Markdown headers by default April 12, 2023
Change vim color scheme April 11, 2023
A guide to simple and stupid usage of computers for writers (anyone who writes really) March 31, 2023
Start using vim March 30, 2023
Start using (the programme) “less” to display files March 30, 2023
Start using Pandoc March 27, 2023
Start using git to keep track of file versioning March 27, 2023
Start using Markdown March 27, 2023
Set Vim as the default text editor for Mutt March 13, 2023
Show word count in vim February 18, 2023
Start using the command-line interface (cli) January 30, 2023
Find updated Z Library Tor onion address January 26, 2023
Justify or right-align text in Markdown using HTML December 15, 2022
Remove file id extension from file name when downloading with youtube-dl December 12, 2022
Download mp3 audio track only (no video) from YouTube with youtube-dl December 12, 2022
Copy the content of a file to the clipboard from the command line with xclip December 9, 2022
GPG: Change the expiration date (time) of a GPG subkey December 8, 2022
Download mp3 files from a webpage with wget November 4, 2022
Show the time of other time zones from the command line September 24, 2022
Restore your data from backup with the programme Back in Time September 23, 2022
Back up your computer (/home) on an external drive with the programme Back in Time September 23, 2022
Switch from nano to vim as default editor in the shell August 3, 2022
Make Pandoc file conversion faster August 3, 2022
Git asks for password each time I “git push”. Solution: caching credentials with git May 31, 2022
Convert an HTML webpage into an EPUB file with Pandoc May 31, 2022
Follow a YouTube channel with RSS (without a Google/YouTube account) March 21, 2021
Mac Terminal command-line interface (CLI) cheatsheet December 29, 2020
A roadmap to reclaiming my attention and time December 22, 2020
Follow websites or blogs you like with a RSS reader September 9, 2020
Alternatives to Google June 18, 2020
__ _______/ /______/ /_ May 13, 2020
Imaginary library May 13, 2020
git - remote: Invalid username or password. fatal: Authentication failed for [remote’s URL] May 6, 2020
10 Days in Silence: Vipassana Meditation February 28, 2020
Un peuple de promeneur - alexandre romanès February 21, 2020
The remains of the day - kazuo ishiguro February 21, 2020
Never split the difference - chris voss February 21, 2020
Man’s search for meaning - viktor e. frankl February 21, 2020
Journey under the midnight sun (白夜行, byakuyakō) - keigo higashino February 21, 2020
How to fail at everything and still win big - scott adams February 21, 2020
Cosmos - michel onfray February 21, 2020
Barbarian days, a surfing life - by william finnegan February 21, 2020
Alone together: why we expect more from technology and less from each other - by sherry turkle February 21, 2020
A voyage for madmen - peter nichols February 2, 2020
Git: Edit the message of the last commit January 1, 2020
Git: Add newly made modifications to the last commit January 1, 2020
Git: Add a forgotten file to the last commit January 1, 2020
Why I told my friends to stop using WhatsApp and Telegram January 9, 2017
Warum ich meinen Freunden gesagt habe, sie sollen WhatsApp und Telegram nicht mehr benutzen January 9, 2017
Pourquoi j’ai conseillé à mes amis de supprimer WhatsApp et Telegram January 9, 2017
Por qué he pedido a mis amigos que dejen de usar WhatsApp y Telegram January 9, 2017
Por que eu falei para meus amigos pararem de usar WhatsApp e Telegram. January 9, 2017
Neden arkadaşlarıma WhatsApp ve Telegram’ı kullanmayı bırakmaları gerektiğini söyledim January 9, 2017
GPG: sign file, make detached signature, verify file December 20, 2024
git: clone a local repository locally December 20, 2024
Simple calculator on the command line December 3, 2024
Post a message to your twtxt file with no client November 29, 2024
Short roadmap & resources to learn to use LaTeX November 22, 2024
Set up and start using GPG with Mutt: sign & encrypt messages October 5, 2024
Where to search for answers about usage of GPG? October 5, 2024
Copy from xterm to clipboard September 22, 2024
Mount, unmount and power-off a LUKS-encrypted volume September 22, 2024
Back up LUKS’s header of an encrypted volume September 22, 2024
Mount a USB device, e.g. a USB stick or a hard drive September 19, 2024
A decluttered, minimal and customised desktop with netinstall Trisquel GNU/Linux September 19, 2024
Check if Swap partition is active September 19, 2024
Show the total size of a folder recursively with du September 12, 2024
Remove metadata from a file e.g. a photo with mat2 September 12, 2024
Remove all files except one with find and rm September 12, 2024
Strikethrough text in LaTeX September 12, 2024
Add inline notes with automatic numbering using HTML, CSS and Markdown September 10, 2024
Hightlight text using Markdown, CSS and HTML September 10, 2024
Browser extensions I use September 8, 2024
Check log entries after crash on GNU/Linux with journalctl September 4, 2024
List files of a zip archive file without unzipping it with zip September 4, 2024
Create a “self-deploying” website (no server to manage) with Codeberg Pages September 4, 2024
Git: Push only the last commit to remote September 3, 2024
Git: Move all non-pushed commits to a new branch September 3, 2024
Git: Only merge the last commit of a specific branch to the main branch September 3, 2024
Abook: Show birthdays for the next 30 days September 3, 2024
Move message to another folder in Mutt September 1, 2024
Log in into a text-based session (tty) August 29, 2024
Find out how much memory (RAM) a laptop has with free August 27, 2024
Remapping the key Caps Lock as Ctrl on GNU/Linux August 27, 2024
Delete all emails at once in Mutt August 27, 2024
Git: Select which staged files to commit August 27, 2024
Git: Check which branch.es have been merged with the main branch August 27, 2024
Sum up a column of numbers in a text file from the command line with Datamash August 27, 2024
Test internet speed from command-line interface with speedtest-cli August 27, 2024
Git: Add the keyid of a signing GPG keypair to git config and sign commits August 10, 2024
Display mailboxes in Mutt’s sidebar August 10, 2024
Display Notmuch search results with Mutt August 5, 2024
Look up U.S. Zip codes from the command line offline August 2, 2024
Less: do not wrap lines - use horizontal scroll to browse full lines August 2, 2024
(Solved) Mutt sends an empty email when I click on a mailto: link in Abrowser July 21, 2024
Memo: Mutt’s Index flags July 20, 2024
Convert text to an ASCII art slanted text banner July 20, 2024
Adjust delay between audio and video in VLC July 19, 2024
Reverse (flip) the order of rows of a text file with tac July 18, 2024
Convert an HTML webpage into a “clean” Markdown file July 16, 2024
Curate your own web, search your own web with lieu July 15, 2024
Generate a fake list of name, email address, phone number and more with faker July 15, 2024
sdcv: an offline dictionary you can query from the command line July 13, 2024
Display the conjugation of French and Italian verbs in the terminal July 12, 2024
Git: Change the color of git’s output e.g. git diff July 12, 2024
Pass the output of french-conjugator (verbiste’s cli) to less July 12, 2024
Delete large log files with ncdu - “no space left on device” July 7, 2024
Install and run Libretranslate on your computer July 7, 2024
Add a dictionary to sdcv (Stardic’s cli) July 6, 2024
Look up the definition of a word in a specific dictionary with sdcv July 6, 2024
Create a YAML template with variables to pass when compiling a pdf with Pandoc June 21, 2024
Run a command on the output of a first command June 21, 2024
Increase line spacing when compiling a pdf with Pandoc June 21, 2024
Pass sdcv’s output to less June 20, 2024
Create a contingency table (a.k.a. cross tabulation) with Datamash June 18, 2024
Set up msmtp to queue ‘sent emails’ when you are offline June 18, 2024
Highlight current date with Cal (cli) June 17, 2024
Find and connect to WiFi networks from the command line with nmcli June 17, 2024
Show decimal numbers with bc June 17, 2024
Shifts in consonance from English to German May 29, 2024
Turn a pad into a website with Cryptpad and Codeberg Page (no code) May 29, 2024
Change margins when producing pdf files with Pandoc May 10, 2024
Are technologies making us blind? May 7, 2024
Display JPEG attachment in Mutt May 1, 2024
Remove all git files from a local repository May 1, 2024
Guidelines for password management for small and medium organisations May 1, 2024
Modify permission to make a Bash script file executable with chmod May 1, 2024
Count number of page(s) of one or multiple pdf files with pdfinfo, grep and awk April 8, 2024
Cooperatives & non-profits offering email addresses and mailboxes April 6, 2024
Delete all your emails at once from ProtonMail’s servers April 6, 2024
Remove pages from a pdf file from the command line with pdfseparate and pdfunite April 3, 2024
Create and populate a file from the command line with cat April 3, 2024
Display a .csv file as a table in the terminal with Visidata April 3, 2024
Convert a .ods file to a .csv file from the command line with libreoffice April 3, 2024
Send an email from the command line with msmtp April 2, 2024
Remove a specific range of files at once from the command line April 2, 2024
Convert a PDF to 2 pages per sheet from 1 page per sheet from the command line with pdfxup April 2, 2024
Use old programmes March 30, 2024
Git: Show changes (diff) that are staged March 30, 2024
Add a second email account to your Mutt, msmtp, mbsync configuration March 24, 2024
Resize an image on the command line with the utilty convert March 22, 2024
Unzip (decompress) and extract files from a .tar.gz file March 22, 2024
Remove page numbers when producing a .pdf file using Pandoc March 19, 2024
View PDF attachments as text in Mutt March 19, 2024
Digital accessibility & inclusivity March 13, 2024
Downloads all your emails from ProtonMail with mbsync March 11, 2024
Free does not mean gratis: lexical clarifications towards digital literacy February 26, 2024
Git: Commit only partial changes of a file February 24, 2024
Git: Checkout partial changes of a file interactively February 24, 2024
Check for existing SSH keys February 24, 2024
List available fonts on a system from the command line with fc-list January 24, 2024
Copy a file from your local machine to a remote server with rsync January 22, 2024
Indent multiple lines in Vim January 21, 2024
Show file permissions on the command line with ls January 21, 2024
Append text at the end of a line with Sed January 21, 2024
Port (computer networking) cheatsheet January 21, 2024
Grep multiple patterns (words) occuring at the beginning of a line January 21, 2024
Grep multiple patterns January 21, 2024
Cooperatives offering digital technology services January 13, 2024
Renew LetsEncrypt certificates & set up auto-renew with cron January 11, 2024
Multiply field’s (column’s) entries and sum them up with awk January 6, 2024
Reading path from past to present January 5, 2024
Sum values per group (of a text/data file) from the command line with Datamash January 4, 2024
Memo to change permissions in absolute modes with chmod January 4, 2024
You don’t need new apps (or to search the web) to get things done January 4, 2024
Convert files to .ogg from .flac from the command line with ffmpeg January 4, 2024
On telling others “proprietary software is bad for you”, and the argument of reciprocity. January 4, 2024
Show SSH’s key fingerprint December 7, 2023
Part 2: Connect to shared server (VPS) using SSH December 7, 2023
Show the release (“version”) of the kernel on GNU/Linux December 7, 2023
The caps lock behaviour is reversed on GNU/Linux December 7, 2023
Automatically indent HTML tags in Vim December 1, 2023
Add a new website to a server running nginx, LetsEncrypt HTTPS and Certbot November 19, 2023
Backup /etc/letsencrypt directory with rsync from remote server to local machine November 17, 2023
Prepend multiple files with a pattern with the command line with Bash November 17, 2023
Switch default browser from the command line November 13, 2023
View content of a tar.gz archive without extracting with tar October 26, 2023
Compress multiple directories (folders) with gzip October 26, 2023
My .muttrc file October 3, 2023
Start using Mutt: a setup with GPG, mbsync, msmtp and notmuch October 3, 2023
Git: Change the email address git uses October 1, 2023
Set up your own webserver (& webpage) with nginx, LetsEncrypt and Certbot September 29, 2023
Remove “Save in password manager” option in GPG pinentry September 28, 2023
Uncomment a line with sed (i.e. delete #) September 26, 2023
Change the time zone used by date on GNU/Linux September 25, 2023
Set up a VPS with Trisquel GNU/Linux NetInstall September 24, 2023
[Solved] Permission denied (publickey,password) with correct password September 23, 2023
Change root password on GNU/Linux September 23, 2023
Undelete a message in Mutt September 22, 2023
Show size of a file from the command line with ls or du September 20, 2023
GPG: Show the keyID of subkeys September 20, 2023
GPG: Show or export GPG public key September 20, 2023
Vim: Error “E212: Can’t open file for writing” September 14, 2023
GPG: Show the key ID of key used to encrypt September 6, 2023
Create and store email aliases for Mutt September 3, 2023
Append multiple lines at the end of a file with cat September 3, 2023
Set up your own instance of Jitsi August 31, 2023
Send an email from the command line with Mutt August 30, 2023
Justify text in Vim August 29, 2023
Set Mutt to store deleted messages in the trash folder August 29, 2023
Check whether a package is installed on GNU/Linux August 26, 2023
Check whether a package is availabile in the repository of a GNU/Linux distribution with apt list August 26, 2023
Git: Undo the last commit, nothing more August 22, 2023
Git: Remove a file from the last commit August 22, 2023
Pass the output of the last command as an argument to the next August 18, 2023
Mutt: store passwords encrypted with GPG August 18, 2023
Exclude files and directories when listing with ls August 18, 2023
Find out the license of a programme locally August 18, 2023
List directories (folders) only with ls August 17, 2023
Show lines below and/or above a match with grep August 17, 2023
My current Vim mnemonic sheet August 9, 2023
Shortcuts to edit on the command line August 9, 2023
Create a permanent alias for a command August 9, 2023
Edit and reexecute a command from the shell history with fc August 3, 2023
Open all grepped files in vim August 3, 2023
Count the number of files grepped with wc August 3, 2023
Find files created or modified in the last days with find August 1, 2023
Move (cp) all files found with the command find August 1, 2023
Count the number of files in a folder with wc August 1, 2023
Display the amount of disk space available with df July 31, 2023
GPGtar: Encrypt and decrypt a directory with a symmetric cipher using a passphrase with gpgtar July 30, 2023
Edit the message of the last commit July 29, 2023
Copy a command from the shell history to a file July 29, 2023
Copy a command from the shell history to the clipboard July 26, 2023
Merge pdf files freely without installing another programme with pdfunite July 25, 2023
Convert a pdf to a text file from the command line with pdftotext July 25, 2023
Check the version a GNU/Linux distribution from the command line July 25, 2023
Search multiple files for an expression (e.g. a keyword) with grep July 20, 2023
Git: Create, edit and delete git alias July 20, 2023
Commands and shortcuts I use the most in the Shell (the Terminal) July 20, 2023
You don’t need a new app for your Zettelkasten July 17, 2023
Show local time for a given time and date of a different time zone July 16, 2023
Find out what takes up disk space on your computer with ncdu July 16, 2023
Git: Squash (combine, merge) git commits together July 16, 2023
Generate a table of contents on a pdf document compiled with Pandoc July 13, 2023
Increase the font size of a pdf document compiled with Pandoc July 13, 2023
Add today’s date automatically when converting a Markdown file to pdf with Pandoc July 13, 2023
Show word count with Pandoc and a lua script July 13, 2023
Show paragraph count on pdf document compiled with Pandoc July 13, 2023
Rename multiple files from the command line with rename.ul July 12, 2023
Copy, move or delete recently modified or downloaded files with find July 12, 2023
Find files or directories from the command-line with find July 12, 2023
You don’t need a new app to run a tagging system on your files: use the programme grep June 1, 2023
Replace all occurences of a word in one or many files from the command line with sed April 23, 2023
Aspell: Spellcheck a file in the shell (terminal April 22, 2023
Compare files, “accept/reject” (like in Word) and merge changes, with diff and patch April 19, 2023
.vimrc file of a writer (not a programmer) April 18, 2023
Show word count of a text file from the command line with wc or pandoc & lua April 16, 2023
A vim script to mark folds on Markdown headers by default April 12, 2023
Change vim color scheme April 11, 2023
A guide to simple and stupid usage of computers for writers (anyone who writes really) March 31, 2023
Start using vim March 30, 2023
Start using (the programme) “less” to display files March 30, 2023
Start using Pandoc March 27, 2023
Start using git to keep track of file versioning March 27, 2023
Start using Markdown March 27, 2023
Set Vim as the default text editor for Mutt March 13, 2023
Show word count in vim February 18, 2023
Start using the command-line interface (cli) January 30, 2023
Find updated Z Library Tor onion address January 26, 2023
Justify or right-align text in Markdown using HTML December 15, 2022
Remove file id extension from file name when downloading with youtube-dl December 12, 2022
Download mp3 audio track only (no video) from YouTube with youtube-dl December 12, 2022
Copy the content of a file to the clipboard from the command line with xclip December 9, 2022
GPG: Change the expiration date (time) of a GPG subkey December 8, 2022
Download mp3 files from a webpage with wget November 4, 2022
Show the time of other time zones from the command line September 24, 2022
Restore your data from backup with the programme Back in Time September 23, 2022
Back up your computer (/home) on an external drive with the programme Back in Time September 23, 2022
Switch from nano to vim as default editor in the shell August 3, 2022
Make Pandoc file conversion faster August 3, 2022
Git asks for password each time I “git push”. Solution: caching credentials with git May 31, 2022
Convert an HTML webpage into an EPUB file with Pandoc May 31, 2022
Follow a YouTube channel with RSS (without a Google/YouTube account) March 21, 2021
Mac Terminal command-line interface (CLI) cheatsheet December 29, 2020
A roadmap to reclaiming my attention and time December 22, 2020
Follow websites or blogs you like with a RSS reader September 9, 2020
Alternatives to Google June 18, 2020
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Imaginary library May 13, 2020
git - remote: Invalid username or password. fatal: Authentication failed for [remote’s URL] May 6, 2020
10 Days in Silence: Vipassana Meditation February 28, 2020
Un peuple de promeneur - alexandre romanès February 21, 2020
The remains of the day - kazuo ishiguro February 21, 2020
Never split the difference - chris voss February 21, 2020
Man’s search for meaning - viktor e. frankl February 21, 2020
Journey under the midnight sun (白夜行, byakuyakō) - keigo higashino February 21, 2020
How to fail at everything and still win big - scott adams February 21, 2020
Cosmos - michel onfray February 21, 2020
Barbarian days, a surfing life - by william finnegan February 21, 2020
Alone together: why we expect more from technology and less from each other - by sherry turkle February 21, 2020
A voyage for madmen - peter nichols February 2, 2020
Git: Edit the message of the last commit January 1, 2020
Git: Add newly made modifications to the last commit January 1, 2020
Git: Add a forgotten file to the last commit January 1, 2020
Why I told my friends to stop using WhatsApp and Telegram January 9, 2017
Warum ich meinen Freunden gesagt habe, sie sollen WhatsApp und Telegram nicht mehr benutzen January 9, 2017
Pourquoi j’ai conseillé à mes amis de supprimer WhatsApp et Telegram January 9, 2017
Por qué he pedido a mis amigos que dejen de usar WhatsApp y Telegram January 9, 2017
Por que eu falei para meus amigos pararem de usar WhatsApp e Telegram. January 9, 2017
Neden arkadaşlarıma WhatsApp ve Telegram’ı kullanmayı bırakmaları gerektiğini söyledim January 9, 2017
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