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Bash program

tar

Combine and compress (or decompress) multiple file.
Compress a directory/file(s) with: tar -zcvf tarName.tar.gz file1orDir file2...

• -c create a new archive
• -z compresses with gzip
• -v print the progress
• -f specify the name of the tar.gz

View the content of a tar.gz file with: tar -ztvf tarName.tar.gz.
Extract the content with: tar -xzvf file.tar.gz Extract and specify a dir with -C: tar -xzvf my.tar.gz -C /home/backups/

xev

Display information about the key type.

amixer/alsamixer

Control the volume with command or with tui (alsamixer).

ex:

// reduce volume
$ amixer -c 1 sset PCM 5%-

// up volume
$ amixer -c 1 sset PCM 5%+

playerctl

Control media from command line.

playerctl previous, playerctrl next, playerctl –player=spotify play-pause

Timeshift

Backup https://doc.ubuntu-fr.org/timeshift