A collection of tools for common everyday problems.

Abstract

The g33x-toolbox is a collection of small tools written in Bash or Python that address common problems in everyday use of a Linux system. They were all written by my brother and me for our own purposes, but I thought I'd publish them here, because they can serve others as well.

Content

adu

Display disk usage for directories and their subdirectories similar to du.

beep

Beep for a period of time to inform the user about a certain event.

cachedir

Create standard compliant CACHEDIR.TAG files.

file2sparse

Convert a file with zero-blocks to a sparse file.

fscheck

A replacement for fsck with a friendly interface, useful for being called from init scripts.

loginx

A simple console-based xdm replacement.

mkstage4

Make a full backup of a Gentoo Linux system.

partwatch

Monitor one or more harddisk partitions and warn the user when there is only a certain amount of diskspace left.

pyvi

Edit a python module by searching it in sys.path and opening it in $EDITOR, e.g. 'pyvi tarfile'.

remindme

Sets up an at(1) job that will notify you by sending an email.

rgb

Search the rgb.txt database for colors matching the given name.

sfco

Check out CVS sources from a Sourceforge project.

sid

Display all kinds of images with vi-like keybindings.

statcvs

Give a short status report of files below the current working directory which are under CVS control.

stripcc

Remove control characters from the input stream.

untar

Unpack all kinds of archives (tar, rar, zip) safely into a subdirectory of the current working directory.

vifm

Use your favourite text editor to perform some file operations like batch renaming or deletion.

vigpg

Edit gpg-encrypted text files with your text editor as if they were normal files.

Download

Current release 20110912:

• 2011-09-12:
  g33x-toolbox-20110912.tar.gz (67.5 KB)
  
  
  • add xz/lzma untar support.

Please direct bug reports and other requests to lars@gustaebel.de.

License

g33x-toolbox contains portions from different sources and authors released under various licenses. For detailed information on the copyright of particular files, please consult the contents of the distribution archive or write a mail to lars@gustaebel.de.