These are utility scripts I use on my systems that isn't a package, or is simple enough to warrant a script file. These files are in flux, due to changing requirements and environments.
Going forward most of these scripts target Wayland, Xorg scripts kept here for
backward compatibility so I can launch an i3 session for whatever reason. For a
full list of phased out scripts checkout the deprecated branch.
- Companion repo for for my dotfiles
| Branch | Description |
|---|---|
| main | Most current up to date scripts I use on the daily. |
| deprecated | Deprecated scripts not in use |
Short descriptions for each script, not always up to date. Attribution where possible.
Scripts used in custom power menus, mostly using systemctl, but also uses zenity as a confirm dialog, cause I sometimes hit the wrong menu item.
Script to create rofi menus based on a provided YAML config file
(ROFI_MENU_CONFIG)
Resources:
- https://github.com/davatorium/rofi/wiki/Script-Launcher
- https://github.com/davatorium/rofi/blob/next/doc/rofi-script.5.markdown
Config Format (YAML):
items:
- script: ~/path/to/my/script.sh
description: Item description
icon: icon_name
args: ["optional", "arguments"]Usage: To create a menu create a script like this
export ROFI_MENU_CONFIG="${XDG_CONFIG_HOME}/rofi-menu/config.yaml"
exec "${HOME}/scripts/rofi-menu.sh" "$@"Then in rofi you add your new script to a mode
modes: "run,mymode:~/scripts/script.sh";
# Script menu for some common actions
items:
- script: ~/scripts/screenshot.sh
description: Take a screenshot
icon: image-x-generic
- script: ~/scripts/colorpicker.sh
description: Pick a color
icon: applications-graphics
args: ["--format", "hex"]
- script: ~/scripts/monitor.sh
description: Start monitor
icon: utilities-system-monitorWill create a lua file from a github repo identifier: username/repo. This was created to
speed up migration from vimrc to init.lua
Requirements:
Also asumes lazy.nvim is being used with a structured file layout.
Usage:
./add-vim-plugin.sh "roosta/fzf-folds.vim"Resulting file:
-- ┬─┐┌─┐┬─┐ ┬─┐┌─┐┬ ┬─┐┐─┐ ┐ ┬o┌┌┐
-- ├─ ┌─┘├─ ──├─ │ ││ │ │└─┐ │┌┘││││
-- ┆ └─┘┆ ┆ ┘─┘┆─┘┆─┘──┘o└┘ ┆┘ ┆
-- ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
return {
"roosta/fzf-folds.vim",
}Quickly backup and timestamp a file mirroring its location in a target backup directory
./bakc.sh ~/src/bakc/bakc.sh
# backed up /home/[user]/src/bakc/bakc.sh to /home/[user]/backup/home/[user]/src/bakc/bakc.sh~2017-02-12@21:20:12Includes the option of placing it in working dir and only appending a .bak file extension
./bakc.sh -w file.txt
# Created test.txt.bak here (pwd)Also included is the option to remove source file after backup:
./bakc.sh -wR file.txt
# Created file.txt.bak here (/home/[user]/[path]) removed 'file.txt'It takes a relative path, and/or multiple files and follow symlinks:
~/bakc.sh ~/.zprofile ~/.zshenv
# backed up /home/[user]/.zshenv to /home/[user]/backup/home/[user]/.zshenv\~2017-02-12@22:01:40
# backed up /home/[user]/.zprofile to /home/[user]/backup/home/[user]/.zprofile\~2017-02-12@22:01:40~/bakc.sh -w ~/.zshenv ~/.zprofile
# created /home/[user]/.zshenv.bak here (/home/[user]/src/bakc)
# Created /home/[user]/.zprofile.bak here (/home/[user]/src/bakc)Node script to grab bookmarks from chrome/firefox in a folder on the toolbar
called capture. Converts the bookmarks to markdown links.
Script to simplify opening and mounting dm-crypt encrypted partitions. Really not terribly useful I just kept forgetting how to do it, so I wrote this.
It is used like so:
./crypthelper.sh open /dev/sdh1 my-encrypted-device-name # gets mounted in ~/mnt/[name]
./crypthelper.sh close my-encrypted-device-nameScript to display all toilet/figlet fonts with sample text. It will try
/usr/share/figlet and /usr/share/figlet/fonts. I got extra fonts installed
in the latter.
Requirements:
Could be modified to use figlet
Optionally:
Refs:
WIP script to flush credentials and secrets.
See which files in a git repo history takes up the most space. Useful if pruning assets or similar from a repo.
Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0
Script to walk a list of repositories and either pull or clone, depending on state. It is done in parallell, and takes a destination and a flat text file with git repo urls to sync. Used in my dotfiles, when I need to keep repos up to date with a job.
./scripts/git-update.sh ~/projects ~/projects.txtList all IOMMU groups for system. Used this when setting up PCI passthrough to a virtual machine. More info here.
DEPECATED: Xorg is getting phased out for wayland, kept for backward compatibility temporarily
Echo keyboard layout code/caps lock and formatting for polybar
I like my indicator to have a red background on Norwegian layout and caps-lock since it always trips me up when this is activated. Only works for Norwegian and US layouts. Could easily be modified though.
How to use: In polybar setup a module using IPC:
[module/keyboard-layout]
type = custom/ipc
format-foreground = ${colors.brightwhite}
format = <output>
hook-0 = ~/scripts/keyboard-layout.sh
initial = 1
Then in i3 setup something like this:
bindsym --release Caps_Lock exec polybar-msg hook keyboard-layout 1
This triggers an ipc message when releasing caps lock, which I have setup via xorg to toggle between layouts.
Remember to enable ipc for your bar:
[bar/primary]
enable-ipc = true
Original source: http://unix.stackexchange.com/a/27688
Requirements:
pulseaudio/pipewire-pulse
Switches between audio sink (output) presets using pactl: pactl list sinks short.
Usage: ./switch-audio.sh [headphones|speakers|tv|toggle]
headphones: Activate headphones
speakers: Activate speakers
tv: Activate tv speakers
toggle: Toggle between speakers and headphones
Hyprland display switcher using dynamic monitor configs, toggle between monitor layouts.
Requirements:
- hyprland
Usage: ./switch-display.sh [desk|mirror|tv|toggle]
Make sure to create config files:
$HOME/.config/hypr/monitors/desk.conf
$HOME/.config/hypr/monitors/tv.conf
$HOME/.config/hypr/monitors/mirror.conf
Attach to an existing session, or create a new. Useful if you want tmux to always be started with terminal emulator. Source either in shell rc file, or in window manager on terminal emulator startup. Believe I got from here.
I run this manually to start a default tmux session layout. Check for existing named session, attach, or create a new named session called main. Opted for this solution rather than using a session manager, even though there are several nice ones.
Use libnotify to notify when a tmux window receives a bell. Used with
tmux-update-window.sh.
Example:
set-hook -g alert-silence 'run ". ~/utils/tmux-notify.sh; return 0"'Starts a new session called ssh that launches ngrok, I
use this sometimes if I need to access a computer over ssh that doesn't have a
static ip.
Takes TCP PORT as argument to ngrok.
Create an update window if main session exist. Set this window to monitor
silence. When I start an update, and then do something else I'd like to be
alerted on silence since that indicates that its either finished or requires
input.
Extract rar archives on torrent completion, used in transmission
- TODO: Fix for wayland
Toggles touchpad on or off.
Used in i3wm config like so:
bindsym XF86TouchpadToggle exec --no-startup-id ~/utils/touchpad-toggle.shDEPECATED: Xorg is getting phased out for wayland, kept for backward compatibility temporarily.
Will output formatted text for Polybar, checking Arch Linux pacman updates, as
well as AUR updates.
Requirements:
Uses entr to watch for changes in my Waybar config files, and will restart
Waybar on save. I use this when I develop themes and customization, you can
pass -d to open a GTK debugger window as well, to get CSS selectors used for
styling Waybar.
Requirements:
swaymsgjqslurpawk
Works similarly to xprop in xorg. Running this will start a window selection,
and output the relevant node from the Sway tree.