Posts with Tag: script

Find device in local network by MAC address

Find device in local network by MAC address

Posted on 2nd Feb 2025

I am making some scripts and wanted to know the IP of specific devices (ex. smartphones). To identify the device, the MAC address is enough and a sure way. Some one could use arp-scan or nmap to do so, but in my case, i didn't want to use root privileges. I wanted a way, that would be: Quick...

Dragster...

Dragster...

Posted on 20th Jan 2025

Lately i found my self, looking for ways to make stuff more quickly. One way, for sure is the terminal, but still not everything can be done with a terminal and sometimes is quicker to drag'n'drop something, somewhere, than open a terminal cd to a directory and execute a command. Even with GUI app...

Draw on X11 desktop with python using xlib

Draw on X11 desktop with python using xlib

Posted on 10th Jan 2025

This is a small example on how to draw some text, on a X11 Desktop, with Python and XLib. Nothing fancy... the script can output any text given in the command line and also use colors and a font you prefer. I made it, as a way to display info on the desktop, even when using fullscreen applications l...

BASH fetch?

BASH fetch?

Posted on 10th Jan 2025

I don't know why there are too many implementations that look like neofetch and why they are so complicated. I mean, i just saw one, using python and being tenths of files and hundreds lines of code. Why? Because of the ASCII logo? Anyway... if you want a quick way to see a complete summary of s...

Quick find Firefox Bookmarks...

Quick find Firefox Bookmarks...

Posted on 1st Jan 2025

What is this? This is a small script to quick find Firefox bookmarks, in Linux, using DMENU or/and FZF What you will need... For this to work, you need to have installed the following: firefox ;) sqlite3 dmenu or fzf How it works... The trick part of all this to work is the actua...