Quick way to convert Mbox mailboxes to Maildir format

Posted by on December 17, 2011 No comments

A quick way to convert Mbox mailboxes to Mbox format is to use mb2md.
Install it in Ubuntu/Debian using:

sudo aptitude install mb2md

To make the convertion use:

mb2md -m

From man:

-m If this is used then the source will be the single mailbox at /var/spool/mail/blah for user blah and the destination mail‐
box will be the "destdir" mailbox itself.

Nice and simple!

Bash script to backup my configs (dotfiles)

Posted by on June 17, 2011 No comments

I needed some script to take care of my config files and put them in a single directory. So here it is.

#!/bin/bash
 
# Display All Hidden Dot Files In a Directory
# ls -a | egrep "^\." > backup_dotfiles.sh
 
DESTINATION="/storage/dotfiles"  # do not use a trailing slash (/)
 
# Colors
blue="\e[0;34m"
green="\e[1;32m"
red="\e[0;31m"
bold="\e[1;30m"
reset="\e[0m"
 
# file list (use trailing slash for directories)
FILES="
.bash_aliases
.bash_logout
.bash_profile
.bashrc
.colours/
.config/openbox/
.config/terminator/
.config/tint2/
.config/zathura/
.devilspie/
.fehbg
.fonts.conf
.gtk-bookmarks
.gtkrc-2.0
.gtkrc-2.0.mine
.inputrc
.mplayer/
.nanorc
.rtorrent.rc
.screenrc
.synergy.conf
.vim/colors/
.vimrc
.xbindkeysrc
.Xdefaults
.xinitrc
.xmod
.Xmodmap
.xsession
.xxkb/
.xxkbrc
"
for file in $FILES
do
   if [ -d $file ]; then
      mkdir -p $DESTINATION/$file
      cp -f $HOME/$file* $DESTINATION/$file
   elif [ -f $file ]; then
      cp -f $HOME/$file $DESTINATION
   else
      echo -e "$red:: $file is not a file/directory! $reset"
   fi     
done
 
echo -e "$green:: Done! $reset"
exit 0

Moved to ArchLinux!

Posted by on June 16, 2011 No comments

Moved my ThinkPad T61 to ArchLinux! (Still using Ubuntu on many other machines.)

Screenshot:
2011-06-16-215838_1680x1050_scrot
I will post some install script I used to configure my system.

Liferea custom stylesheet

Posted by on June 16, 2011 No comments

I don’t like very much the default font used by Liferea, so I decided to use my custom font. Here is how:
1. Copy the default stylesheet to liferea folder in my $HOME:

cp /usr/share/liferea/css/liferea.css $HOME/.liferea_1.6

2. Add this:

* {
	font-family: Aurulent Sans;
}

at the begining of liferea.css file.

This is how it looks now:
screenshot-20110616@203706

Of course, you can also play with all the other options in the liferea.css.
Have fun!

Ubuntu Kindle eBooks

Posted by on March 21, 2011 No comments

Need some great Ubuntu eBooks to read on your Kindle? Look no further. Keir Thomas has some excellent guides for you.


Working at the Ubuntu Command-Line Prompt (Linux Nitty Gritty) [Kindle Edition]


Managing the Ubuntu Software System (Linux Nitty Gritty) [Kindle Edition]

Beautify SQL code

Posted by on March 15, 2011 No comments

Recently I had the oportunity to test SQL Pretty Printer (Add-In for SSMS). I don’t have to waste time formatting long sql queries. In no time, SQL Pretty Printer does the job
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Just installed Archlinux on my ThinkPad T61

Posted by on February 24, 2011 No comments

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Quick gnome tweaks

Posted by on December 24, 2010 No comments

Here are some tweaks for your gnome:

Print all subdirectories and entries under a dir, recursively:

gconftool-2 -R /

Change GDM font:

sudo -u gdm gconftool-2 –set –type string \
/desktop/gnome/interface/document_font_name “Ubuntu”
sudo -u gdm gconftool-2 –set –type string \
/desktop/gnome/interface/font_name “Ubuntu”
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Set default gnome terminal size in Lucid Lynx

Posted by on May 26, 2010 No comments

Use these commands to change the default gnome terminal size:

gconftool-2 –set /apps/gnome-terminal/profiles/Default/default_size_columns \
–type integer 160
gconftool-2 –set /apps/gnome-terminal/profiles/Default/default_size_rows \
–type integer 50

XMLStarlet: command line XML toolkit

Posted by on February 5, 2010 No comments

XMLStarlet is a set of command line utilities (tools) which can be used to transform, query, validate, and edit XML documents and files using simple set of shell commands in similar way it is done for plain text files [...] Continue Reading…