Some notes mainly...
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# Make a play list file.pls
find . -type f -iname '*.mp3' | grep -v pls | sort > '00-playlist.pls'
# Count lines in file foo
wc -l my-text.txt
# Found at
http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-296892.html
mount -t tmpfs -o size=128m none /preload > /dev/null 2>&1
cd /preload
# add user to group (I think, double check later..)
gpasswd -a <username> audio
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/etc/group
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usermod -G <group>,<group> <user>
# something else
normalize -m *.wav
cdrecord dev=1,0,0 -eject speed=4 -pad -audio *.wav
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mkdir foo{1,2,3}bar
or
mkdir foo1bar foo2bar foo3bar
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mount -t iso9660 -o ro /dev/cdrom /cdrom
1) mkisofs -r -o /location/of/iso.iso /directory
# for linux, not windows: mkisofs -r -R -J -l -L -o /location/of/iso.iso /directory
2) same as 1) except "/directory" is " /dev/cdrom"
for above 3 commands use full path names. (or not)
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# Ripping audio cd:
cdda2wav -D 1,0,0 -B /Music/directory2save/to
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for song in music/*; do f="${song##*/}"; echo ${f/-*/} ; done | sort | uniq
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dd if=/path/to/iso of=/dev/<USB Drive>
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wget -r <--recursive> -c <--continue> -q <--quiet> --random-wait -F <--force-html>
http://path/to/website
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env-update
source /etc/profile
# while emerging something, run this in another terminal:
tail -f /var/log/emerge-fetch.log
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equery -q list -i gentoo-sources | awk '{ print "=" $1 }' | xargs emerge --noreplace
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mplayer -zoom -fs file.avi
mplayer dvd:// /mnt/cdrom
fbi
wv
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# below commands I learned from a friend
emerge --sync (eix-sync)
emerge --update --deep --newuse --keep-going --ask world # or for short "-uDNa --keep-going"
revdep-rebuild
emerge --depclean -pv
emerge --depclean
revdep-rebuild
eclean-dist -dp
eclean-dist -d
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# found in gentoo websites installation handbook. Note, don't assume this is up to date.
# www.gentoo.org may change something and anything on their website..
mount -t proc none /mnt/gentoo/proc
mount --rbind /dev /mnt/gentoo/dev
chroot /mnt/gentoo /bin/bash
env-update
source /etc/profile
export PS1="(chroot) $PS1"
exit; cd; umount -l /mnt/gentoo/dev{/shm,/pts,}
umount -l /mnt/gentoo{/boot,/proc,} ; reboot
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# use equery to locate interesting files:
equery files alsa-lib | less
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EOF.
