scripts

Collection of useful bash scripts for Linux.

echo "sleep 100" > test.sh && chmod +x test.sh
detach ./test.sh && display_process_info "slee"
create_tarball "test.tar.gz" ./test.sh && extract_tarball "test.tar.gz" .
translate_selection --help && update_aur -h
check_laptop_mode
backup_home --version && backup_packages -V
browse_processes_and_threads

Installation

Each script is versioned separately and is released into the public domain, so you can install only the ones you need. You can just copy-paste a script or several scripts from the GitHub UI or use any of the following commands.

• for the script common/create_tarball:

  • via wget:

    wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/tocic/scripts/main/common/create_tarball

  • via curl:

    curl -O https://raw.githubusercontent.com/tocic/scripts/main/common/create_tarball

• for all the scripts in the category/directory common:

  • via subversion:

    git svn clone https://github.com/tocic/scripts/trunk/common

  • via third-party services:

    • https://download-directory.github.io/?url=https://github.com/tocic/scripts/tree/main/common

    • https://minhaskamal.github.io/DownGit/#/home?url=https://github.com/tocic/scripts/tree/main/common

    Note	These services download files as a ZIP archive. Use any utility like unzip to extract the files.

Alternatively, you can download all the scripts at once on the Releases page.

Tip

Since git allows storing regular files only with 755 or 644 permissions, all the scripts are stored with 755 permissions, so you don’t have to chmod +x manually. But you might consider changing the script’s permissions and/or UID/GID if, for example, you want to remove the ability to execute the script by all users of the system.

Additionally, all dependencies of the executable script must be installed. You can find them in the script file directly or via the script common/list_script_dependencies.

list_script_dependencies [--optional] SCRIPT_FILE_PATH

Note	Dependency package names are taken from the Arch Linux official repositories. You can search for the names here to find the equivalent for your package manager. Most likely, the files from coreutils and util-linux are already installed on your system.

Also, for ease of access, it’s recommended to add the script’s directory path to the PATH variable or place the script itself into /usr/local/bin, for instance.

Usage

Each script has a --help option that will show you a description of the script and its arguments. Also, for convenience, descriptions of all the scripts are given below.

Click to see the descriptions

Script	Category	Description
backup_home	common	Backup the home directory to the borg archive.
browse_processes_and_threads	common	Browse processes and threads.
change_keyboard_backlight	common	Increase/decrease keyboard backlight.
create_tarball	common	Create an optionally compressed tar archive.
detach	common	Run the command detached from the terminal.
display_process_info	common	Display info about the process.
extract_tarball	common	Extract files from an optionally compressed tar archive.
generate_ssh_keys	common	Generate an SSH key pair.
list_script_dependencies	common	List dependencies of the script.
check_battery	laptop	Display the battery information.
check_laptop_mode	laptop	Check if the laptop is plugged into AC power.
toggle_touchpad	laptop, X11	Turn off/on the touchpad.
clean_aur	AUR, pacman	Clean git repositories of AUR packages.
rebuild_aur	AUR, pacman	Rebuild and reinstall AUR packages.
update_aur	AUR, pacman	Update and install AUR packages.
backup_packages	pacman	Backup the names of installed packages.
browse_packages	pacman	Browse installed packages along with info about them.
list_modified_backup_files	pacman	List backup files that were modified.
list_orphan_packages	pacman	List dependency packages that are no longer required by any installed package.
list_packages_by_date	pacman	List packages sorted by installation date.
list_packages_by_size	pacman	List packages sorted by installation size.
translate_selection	X11	Translate the selected text into the specified language.
turn_off_monitor	X11	Turn off the monitor.

Contribution

Feel free to post bug reports, questions, and feature requests at https://github.com/tocic/scripts/issues. PRs are also welcome, but try to stick to the Google-based code style established in the existing scripts.