Posts in Category: linux

Save the output of TELNET in file...

Save the output of TELNET in file...

Posted on 9th Oct 2024

Would you like to save your visit into a BBS and store all the fancy ANSI graphics? to rip them all? (no... for the last part) Well you can. You don't have to use a specific telnet client for BBSes. You can just use the linux telnet command to connect to the BBS and we will use the tee command t...

My custom .nanorc config file...

My custom .nanorc config file...

Posted on 9th Oct 2024

Yes, i admit... i use NANO and i like it! VI sucks! If you are, like me and want your NANO setup, look like mine, just overwrite yours with the one included below, or just save it like .nanorc in your home directory. Except from the colors, that you all ready see, i have enabled/disabled the fol...

Hitting an auction/buy with BASH

Hitting an auction/buy with BASH

Posted on 4th Oct 2024

Disclaimer... You shouldn't abuse the idea/script, cause this would cause problems to the server, the product page and the creator/maker of the product. For the same reason, i don't post any URLs. Recently i found a product i really liked and wanted to buy on Tindie. The problem was, that the...

XFCE|Add text plugin with weather and more…

XFCE|Add text plugin with weather and more…

Posted on 2nd Oct 2024

Lets add some weather information to our XFCE panel/status bar and have a result like this… First we have to install the Generic Monitor plugin/widget to our XFCE installation. To do so, just give the following command in a terminal: sudo apt install xfce4-genmon-plugin Edit the panel prefere...

BASH Script for getting HEX/ANSI color values, with DMENU

Posted on 2nd Oct 2024

I had some spare time, because of the Christmas holidays and thought to make a simple script, for getting the hex/ansi values of the main 16 colors used in DOS and various BBS stuff, like ANSI drawing and MODs. It uses DMENU for selection and also XCLIP to copy the color code into the clipboard. Y...