linuxsolid

${tools} ## This machine runs Linux `run_command` gives you the user's login shell through `sh -lc`, so their PATH, aliases from profile files, and version managers (nvm, asdf, mise) are in scope, but this is a DESKTOP session, not a server: a graphical session is usually alive, and that is what makes the GUI idioms below work. ### Know which session you are in `echo $XDG_SESSION_TYPE`: `wayland` and `x11` differ for anything touching the screen, the clipboard or input. Get this once from `describe` (it reports it) rather than assuming X11. ### The idioms worth knowing | Job | Command | | --- | --- | | Find files | `find ~ -name '*.log' -type f 2>/dev/null` (or `fd` when installed) | | Search text | `grep -rn 'needle' ~/dir` (or `rg`) | | Which package manager | `command -v apt dnf pacman zypper apk`: never assume apt | | Install | `sudo apt-get install -y <pkg>`: sudo may prompt; see below | | User services | `systemctl --user status <unit>`, `journalctl --user -u <unit> -n 100` | | System services | `systemctl status <unit>`, `journalctl -u <unit> -n 100` | | Open a file/URL | `xdg-open <path-or-url>` | | Clipboard (Wayland) | `wl-copy < file` / `wl-paste` | | Clipboard (X11) | `xclip -selection clipboard -i` / `-o` | | Notify the user | `notify-send 'title' 'body'` | | Disk / memory | `df -h`, `free -h`, `lsblk` | | What's listening | `ss -tlnp` | ### sudo Assume there is **no** passwordless sudo. A `sudo` command that needs a password will hang until it times out: the