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Running an ansible playbook locally (the comma is part of the syntax):

ansible-playbook --connection=local --inventory 127.0.0.1, playbook.yml

Installing a VSCode extension from the command line:

code --install-extension vscjava.vscode-java-pack

Installing glances (like htop, but better):

# method 1
sudo apt-get install glances
glances

# method 2
sudo apt-get install python-pip
pip install glances
python -m glances 

Start ssh-agent in the current session
```
eval `ssh-agent`
ssh-add ~/backup_key
```

Start a safer bash-script

set -euxo pipefail
# -e = exit immediately when a command fails
# -u = treat unset variables as errors
# -x = print each command before executing it
# -o pipefail = a pipeline has failed (non-zero exit code) if any command has failed

Display the largest packages on a Debian-based distro:
```
wajig large
```

Poll the Peaktech 3415 multimeter using sigrok-cli:

sudo sigrok-cli --driver=peaktech-3415:conn=/dev/ttyUSB0 --continuous

Seed over bittorrent, from command-line, using aria2 client:

aria2c --bt-seed-unverified --seed-ratio=0.0  *.torrent

Snippet for zsh command-prompt to indicate yocto build-env:

%{$fg[blue]%}$([[ -v BBPATH ]]&&basename $BBPATH)%{$reset_color%}

Snippet for .tigrc if it’s rendered badly:
```
set line-graphics = utf-8
```
Configuring the locale correctly (“mosh” or “bitbake” are picky sometimes):
```
export LC_ALL=en_US.UTF-8
```
Getting the weather forecast for a large city, from the World Meteorological Organization:

# Get the City-ID for Bucharest (200)
$ curl -s https://worldweather.wmo.int/en/json/full_city_list.txt  | grep 'Bucharest'
"Romania";"Bucharest";"200"

# Use the City-ID to form the URL
$ curl -s https://worldweather.wmo.int/en/json/200_en.json | jq 
{
  "city": {
    "lang": "en",
    "cityName": "Bucharest",
    "cityLatitude": "44.500000000",
    "cityLongitude": "26.130000000",
    "cityId": 200,
    ...
    "forecast": {
      "issueDate": "2022-07-06 14:37:56",
      "timeZone": "Local",
      "forecastDay": [
        {
          "forecastDate": "2022-07-07",
          "wxdesc": "",
          "weather": "Scattered Showers",
          "minTemp": "20",
          "maxTemp": "27",
          ...
        },
        ...

Re-encode a video:

ffmpeg -i input.mp4 -vcodec libx265 -crf 28 output.mp4

Log all output, but display at the same time:
```
find . 2>&1 | tee ~/log.txt
```
Secure-wipe a hard-disk:
```
sudo shred -v /dev/sdc
```
Generator for bash $PS1 variable: http://bashrcgenerator.com/

Updating git on windows:
```
git update-git-for-windows
```
Overwrite the timestamp of the last commit with the current time and date:
```
git commit --amend --date "now"
```
Overwrite the upstream remote of a local branch:
```
git push --set-upstream origin master-next
```

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