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
deleted: sha256:xxxxxxxxxxx
deleted: sha256:xxxxxxxxxxx
deleted: sha256:xxxxxxxxxxx
deleted: sha256:xxxxxxxxxxx
deleted: sha256:xxxxxxxxxxx
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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How to check packages support status for Ubuntu 18.04

Posted on October 18, 2018 by Ahmed Tawfik

To know which packages are supported and which are not, for how long and whether the community or canonical are the ones who support it, just run:

ubuntu-support-status

It will give you this sample output:

Support status summary of '$HOSTNAME':

You have 211 packages (15.4%) supported until April 2021 (Community - 3y)
You have 1431 packages (74.0%) supported until April 2023 (Canonical - 5y)
You have 2 packages (0.1%) supported until April 2021 (Canonical - 3y)
You have 2 packages (0.1%) supported until January 2019 (Community - 9m)

You have 24 packages (0.9%) that can not/no-longer be downloaded
You have 254 packages (9.5%) that are unsupported


Run with --show-unsupported, --show-supported or --show-all to see more details

To get more detailed info, add –show-unsupported, –show-supported or –show-all. You could of course use grep to help in filtering.

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Create SSH profiles for your frequent connections on Ubuntu 18.04 using ssh_config

Posted on October 17, 2018 by Ahmed Tawfik

This is very useful if you connect to tons of servers via ssh and you need to keep record of them as profiles.

  • Edit/Create a file .ssh/config
  • Add entries in this manner:
Host blabla
User blablabla # or domain\blablabla if it's a domain user
HostName x.x.x.x

Host blabla2
User blablabla2
HostName x2.x2.x2.x2
  • Then all you need to do to connect to any of these specific connections using these specific users is to:
ssh blabla #To connect to server blabla with user blablabla

or

ssh blabla2 #To connect to server blabla2 with user blablabla2

For more info like advanced customization and features like using ssh keys, you can get help from the manual:

man ssh_config

Source:

https://nerderati.com/2011/03/17/simplify-your-life-with-an-ssh-config-file/

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