Luke Chikkala
Building Python scripts in Sublime Text (on Windows)
Install Python Download Python [python-3.10.5-amd64.exe] to: C:\dev\python\ Choose Customize Installation Enable only: pip tcl/tk and...
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OpenGL on macOS
Apple officially deprecated the support for OpenGL since macOS 10.14 Mojave. As such, building a basic window (or a triangle, if you’re...
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Adjusting glade’s size and position coordinates
Having downloaded glade from Homebrew 🍺, I can only run it directly from the terminal. Since I always use my 34″ external monitor, I...
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GNOME gtk+ documentation adjustments for macOS
!! PENDING POST !! This is not an actual post but just a short note for anyone (including myself) learning the GNOME’s GTK+ widget...
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Wireshark TCP Filters
Of the billion and a half display filters, here are a few useful ones for analyzing TCP packets. However, I won’t be updating it...
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“Say” macOS Terminal Speaker
Example: say "Hello, from MacLife" There are 48 built-in voices as of macOS Catalina: To get a list of available voice, type: say -v ?...
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TELNET Negotiation Sequence Options on PuTTY
With the default settings of PuTTY (at least as of v0.73 released: 29-Sep-19) as a TELNET client, it sends the following characters as a...
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Remove Shadow from Mac Screenshots
defaults write com.apple.screencapture disable-shadow -bool TRUE; killall SystemUIServer Put it back, defaults write...
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Terminal Download Tools
To download a file from a website: Syntax: curl www.example.com --output my.file Example: curl https://wpcom-themes.svn.automattic.com/...
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Alias in Terminal (macOS)
1. Open Terminal and navigate to the home [~] directory. cd ~ or cd 2. Open .bash_profile nano .bash_profile If there isn’t one...
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How to find IPv6 Address of a host?
On macOS & Linux Use the host command host -t AAAA www.google.com host is a terminal tool for performing DNS lookups. Output:
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What is my IP
On macOS & Linux (or any platform in which “curl” is installed) curl ipinfo.io/ip
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Formatting a USB stick from Terminal/Command Prompt
On macOS WARNING: Be cautious when using the following commands. Find the correct partition of the disk. diskutil list From the above...
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Personal VIM Preferences
On UNIX, Linux & MacOS only Type the following to change the current directory to Home directory: cd $HOME Edit the file “.vimrc” by...
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Hosting a Web Server locally using PHP
[code]php -S 192.168.0.57:80 -t ~/wherever/your/index/file/is/located[/code] Here, 192.168.0.57 is the static IP Address assigned to the...
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Deleting known SSH Hosts on UNIX
Using terminal, go to /Users/Username/.ssh [code]cd /Users/John/.ssh[/code] Open the known_hosts file with a text editor of your choice...
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Browser
Change the User-Agent by inspecting the element. Go to Network > three vertical dots at extreme right corner of network window > More...
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