How to resolve KDE Connect App losing connection with Linux after screen is locked on Huawei Phones

Posted on November 22, 2018 by Ahmed Tawfik

I tested on my P10 Plus, but this can work on other Huawei phones as well I believe. I have EMUI 8 with Android 8 and my OS is Ubuntu 18.10 with GSConnect

  • Go to Ignore Battery Optimization -> Change from Allowed to All Apps -> Navigate to KDE Connect and choose Allow
  • Go to Apps -> KDE Connect -> Open by default -> Battery -> Change Launch to Manage manually -> Select all options
  • Restart your phone and open the KDE Connect App

Enjoy!

Sources:

https://github.com/Bajoja/indicator-kdeconnect/issues/43

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Best way to exclude a folder from your search using the “find” command

Posted on November 22, 2018 by Ahmed Tawfik

I found it to be the fastest and most effective way to use the find command and exclude specific folders. That is using the “prune” option:

find /FOLDER_TO_SEARCH_INSIDE -path /FOLDER_TO_EXCLUDE -prune -o -name 'NAME_OR_PATTERN_TO_SEARCH_FOR' -print

That’s it, Enjoy!

Source:

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4210042/how-to-exclude-a-directory-in-find-command

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How to beautify XML text on command line in Ubuntu

Posted on November 19, 2018 by Ahmed Tawfik 
sudo apt install libxml2-utils
echo 'your xml stuff here' | xmllint --format -

You will get a beautiful well-organized XML output.

Sources:

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Cleanup Docker Trash

Posted on October 31, 2018 by Ahmed Tawfik

Over time, docker images and residual unneeded files pile up and take a lot of space.

We need to cleanup the following:

  • stopped containers
  • networks not used by at least one container
  • dangling images
  • build cache

To do that, just run:

docker system prune

It might take some time.

Enjoy a clean environment!

Sample:

WARNING! This will remove:
- all stopped containers
- all networks not used by at least one container
- all dangling images
- all build cache
Are you sure you want to continue? [y/N] y
Deleted Containers:
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Deleted Images:
untagged: xxxxxxxxxxx
deleted: sha256:xxxxxxxxxxx
deleted: sha256:xxxxxxxxxxx
deleted: sha256:xxxxxxxxxxx
deleted: sha256:xxxxxxxxxxx
deleted: sha256:xxxxxxxxxxx
deleted: sha256:xxxxxxxxxxx
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deleted: sha256:xxxxxxxxxxx

Total reclaimed space: 17.89GB

Source:

https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-remove-docker-images-containers-and-volumes

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Flush the DNS cache on Ubuntu 18.04

Posted on October 18, 2018 by Ahmed Tawfik 
sudo systemd-resolve --flush-caches

Source:

https://askubuntu.com/questions/906476/how-can-i-flush-the-dns-on-ubuntu-17-04

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