ggrrll · April 2, 2025 14:36 · Apr 2, 2025 · Apr 2, 2025 · Nov 13, 2024 · Oct 25, 2024
diff --git a/useful_tips.md b/useful_tips.md
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 https://www.cheatsheet.wtf/Nano/
 
 
-* useful prompt (when workin on git repos):
+* useful prompt (when working in git repos):
  ```
 # Show Git branch in the prompt
 parse_git_branch() {

diff --git a/useful_tips.md b/useful_tips.md
@@ -3,6 +3,16 @@
 https://www.cheatsheet.wtf/Nano/
 
 
+* useful prompt (when workin on git repos):
+ ```
+# Show Git branch in the prompt
+parse_git_branch() {
+    git branch 2>/dev/null | grep '*' | sed 's/* //'
+}
+
+# Customize the prompt with different colors for user and hostname
+export PS1="\[\033[34m\]\u\[\033[00m\]@\[\033[36m\]\h \[\033[32m\]\w\[\033[33m\] on git:\$(parse_git_branch)\[\033[00m\] $ "
+```
 
 * `grep` [with logic or](https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/177521/143800) `grep -e patter1 -e pattern1` 
 * [file stats](https://www.baeldung.com/linux/get-file-creation-date): `stat [file]` and `debugfs` 

diff --git a/useful_tips.md b/useful_tips.md
@@ -244,6 +244,7 @@ https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4544784/how-can-you-get-the-call-tree-with-p
 # VS code
 
 * list of python symbols https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/editor/intellisense
+* to activate the right env/kernel, in interactive script: sclick at the symbol , at the top right, in the interactive tab, and select your interpreter
 
 #  Jupyter notebook
 

diff --git a/useful_tips.md b/useful_tips.md
@@ -200,6 +200,10 @@ from https://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/unix-linux-check-if-port-is-in-use-command/
 
 # Python
 
+## profilers 
+
+https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4544784/how-can-you-get-the-call-tree-with-python-profilers
+
 ## parallelization
 
 * joblib: https://joblib.readthedocs.io/en/latest/

diff --git a/useful_tips.md b/useful_tips.md
@@ -387,7 +387,7 @@ https://docs.docker.com/develop/develop-images/guidelines/
    * `docker push [full_tag]`
    * `docker inspect [image_ID]`
    * ` docker run -it  [full_tag]` (to run a container on that image)
-   * `docker exec -it <mycontainer> bash` to log into a container shell
+   * `docker exec -it <mycontainer> bash` to log into a container shell (add `-u 0` to login as **root**)
 
 * containers
    * `docker ps -a`

diff --git a/useful_tips.md b/useful_tips.md
@@ -333,6 +333,12 @@ refs:
 https://amber-md.github.io/pytraj/latest/tutorials/remote_jupyter_notebook
 https://towardsdatascience.com/running-jupyter-notebooks-on-remote-servers-603fbcc256b3
 
+## presentation
+
+https://voila.readthedocs.io/en/stable/using.html is a nice tool to make nb nore suitable for presentations
+
+tricks:
+* show code cells with `--strip_sources=False`
 
 ## python packaging 
 

diff --git a/useful_tips.md b/useful_tips.md
@@ -271,6 +271,7 @@ this is problematic...many things tried (none worked):
 ## plotting
 
 * matplotlib backends https://stackoverflow.com/a/36021869/5533078
+* save **plotly** graphs inside nb, after export https://community.plotly.com/t/exporting-jupyterlab-notebook-as-html-plotly-loses-interactiveness/15310
 
 ## saving outputs
 

diff --git a/useful_tips.md b/useful_tips.md
@@ -233,6 +233,9 @@ from https://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/unix-linux-check-if-port-is-in-use-command/
 
 * extract numbers from strings (e.g. filenames) https://stackoverflow.com/a/4703409/5533078
 
+* get variable name :)! 
+	* in list: https://stackoverflow.com/a/52038959/5533078
+	* simple variable: https://stackoverflow.com/a/58451182/5533078
 
 # VS code
 

diff --git a/useful_tips.md b/useful_tips.md
@@ -263,6 +263,7 @@ this is problematic...many things tried (none worked):
 [here are a description of commands + GUI](https://towardsdatascience.com/debugging-jupyter-notebooks-will-boost-your-productivity-a33387f4fa62)
 
 - in `iPython`, better to use `%autoreload` ([see the doc](https://ipython.org/ipython-doc/3/config/extensions/autoreload.html))
+- code profiling https://jakevdp.github.io/PythonDataScienceHandbook/01.07-timing-and-profiling.html
 
 ## plotting
 

diff --git a/useful_tips.md b/useful_tips.md
@@ -217,7 +217,9 @@ from https://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/unix-linux-check-if-port-is-in-use-command/
 
 ## (sub) plotting
 
-https://engineeringfordatascience.com/posts/matplotlib_subplots/
+* https://engineeringfordatascience.com/posts/matplotlib_subplots/
+* seaborn: 
+	* xticks rotation in facegrid https://stackoverflow.com/a/72099702/5533078 
 
 ## debugging
 

diff --git a/useful_tips.md b/useful_tips.md
@@ -84,6 +84,10 @@ https://www.cheatsheet.wtf/Nano/
 
 * colorized  `ls` https://askubuntu.com/a/973569/641871
 
+## networks
+
+* [get host's IP](https://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/how-to-find-my-public-ip-address-from-command-line-on-a-linux/) `dig +short myip.opendns.com @resolver1.opendns.com`
+
 ## useful bashrc / bash_profile
 
 ```

diff --git a/useful_tips.md b/useful_tips.md
@@ -376,6 +376,8 @@ https://docs.docker.com/develop/develop-images/guidelines/
    * `docker ps -a`
    * `docker container rm [cont_ID]`
    * `docker restart <container_id>`
+   * where to find container logs:  `docker inspect --format='{{.LogPath}}' containername
+` https://stackoverflow.com/a/41147654/5533078
 
 
 # Kubernetes 

diff --git a/useful_tips.md b/useful_tips.md
@@ -375,6 +375,7 @@ https://docs.docker.com/develop/develop-images/guidelines/
 * containers
    * `docker ps -a`
    * `docker container rm [cont_ID]`
+   * `docker restart <container_id>`
 
 
 # Kubernetes 

diff --git a/useful_tips.md b/useful_tips.md
@@ -237,7 +237,8 @@ https://engineeringfordatascience.com/posts/matplotlib_subplots/
 ## layout
 
 * [decrease side space](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/21971449/how-do-i-increase-the-cell-width-of-the-jupyter-ipython-notebook-in-my-browser) -- mind the different css code for notebook 7 https://stackoverflow.com/a/76778615/5533078
-
+-- see also https://github.com/jupyter/notebook/discussions/7152
+
 ## `%load_ext autoreload`
 
 this is problematic...many things tried (none worked): 

diff --git a/useful_tips.md b/useful_tips.md
@@ -353,7 +353,8 @@ https://docs.docker.com/develop/develop-images/guidelines/
 
 ## tips
 
-add a label to existing image https://stackoverflow.com/a/54598281/5533078
+* add a label to existing image https://stackoverflow.com/a/54598281/5533078
+* tool to visualize containers & images relations https://github.com/justone/dockviz
 
 ## docker on github
 

diff --git a/useful_tips.md b/useful_tips.md
@@ -368,6 +368,7 @@ add a label to existing image https://stackoverflow.com/a/54598281/5533078
    * `docker push [full_tag]`
    * `docker inspect [image_ID]`
    * ` docker run -it  [full_tag]` (to run a container on that image)
+   * `docker exec -it <mycontainer> bash` to log into a container shell
 
 * containers
    * `docker ps -a`

diff --git a/useful_tips.md b/useful_tips.md
@@ -69,7 +69,9 @@ https://www.cheatsheet.wtf/Nano/
 
 * working on remote with sublime :) > https://github.com/randy3k/RemoteSubl
 
-* (touchpad behaviour xinput https://www.reddit.com/r/Kubuntu/comments/bsyr6o/how_to_invert_buttons_below_the_touchpad/ )
+* touchpad behaviour (`xinput`)
+	*  [how_to_invert_buttons_below_the_touchpad/](https://www.reddit.com/r/Kubuntu/comments/bsyr6o/how_to_invert_buttons_below_the_touchpad/)
+	*  [change scrolling speed](https://askubuntu.com/questions/1413750/how-to-change-2-finger-touchpad-scroll-speed-on-ubuntu-22-04)
 
 * close __background__ ssh tunnel (`ssh -f`) : https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/164656/143800
 

diff --git a/useful_tips.md b/useful_tips.md
@@ -225,6 +225,11 @@ https://engineeringfordatascience.com/posts/matplotlib_subplots/
 
 * extract numbers from strings (e.g. filenames) https://stackoverflow.com/a/4703409/5533078
 
+
+# VS code
+
+* list of python symbols https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/editor/intellisense
+
 #  Jupyter notebook
 
 ## layout

diff --git a/useful_tips.md b/useful_tips.md
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ https://engineeringfordatascience.com/posts/matplotlib_subplots/
 
 ## layout
 
-* [decrease side space](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/21971449/how-do-i-increase-the-cell-width-of-the-jupyter-ipython-notebook-in-my-browser): in `~/.jupyter/custom/custom.css` , put `.container { width:100% !important; }`
+* [decrease side space](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/21971449/how-do-i-increase-the-cell-width-of-the-jupyter-ipython-notebook-in-my-browser) -- mind the different css code for notebook 7 https://stackoverflow.com/a/76778615/5533078
 
 ## `%load_ext autoreload`
 

diff --git a/useful_tips.md b/useful_tips.md
@@ -203,12 +203,11 @@ from https://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/unix-linux-check-if-port-is-in-use-command/
 
 ## code analysis
 
-* code map tools:	
-	* [neo4j](https://towardsdatascience.com/building-a-map-of-your-python-project-using-graph-technology-visualize-your-code-6764e81f3500)
-	* UML diagram tools: [see discussion and comment on GH](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/74478335/suggestions-for-code-map-tools-python-project) and [this good review](https://modeling-languages.com/uml-tools/#python);    see also this [description of UML diagram conventions](https://paulrumyancev.medium.com/uml-class-diagram-arrows-guide-37e4b1bb11e)
-		* [pynsource](https://github.com/abulka/pynsource) -- nice , but needs pro
-		*  pylint: FOSS, not interactive (webp cannot be generated...to double check)
-		* ~epydoc~ : does not work with python3 
+
+* UML diagram tools: [see discussion and comment on GH](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/74478335/suggestions-for-code-map-tools-python-project) and [this good review](https://modeling-languages.com/uml-tools/#python);    see also this [description of UML diagram conventions](https://paulrumyancev.medium.com/uml-class-diagram-arrows-guide-37e4b1bb11e)
+	* [pynsource](https://github.com/abulka/pynsource) -- nice , but needs pro
+	*  pylint: FOSS, not interactive (webp cannot be generated...to double check)
+	* ~epydoc~ : does not work with python3 
 
 ## (sub) plotting
 

diff --git a/useful_tips.md b/useful_tips.md
@@ -104,6 +104,17 @@ if [ -x /usr/bin/dircolors ]; then
     alias egrep='egrep --color=auto -n'
 fi
 
+# don't put duplicate lines or lines starting with space in the history.
+# See bash(1) for more options
+HISTCONTROL=ignoredups
+
+# append to the history file, don't overwrite it
+shopt -s histappend
+
+# for setting history length see HISTSIZE and HISTFILESIZE in bash(1)
+HISTSIZE=
+HISTFILESIZE=
+
 ```
 
 ## GPU monitornig

diff --git a/useful_tips.md b/useful_tips.md
@@ -85,6 +85,24 @@ https://www.cheatsheet.wtf/Nano/
 ## useful bashrc / bash_profile
 
 ```
+# some more ls aliases
+alias ll='ls -larth -F'
+alias la='ls -Al'
+alias l='ls -CF'
+alias nano='nano -L -N -c'
+#alias less='less -N'
+alias diff='diff --suppress-common-lines --color=always -y'
+
+if [ -x /usr/bin/dircolors ]; then
+    test -r ~/.dircolors && eval "$(dircolors -b ~/.dircolors)" || eval "$(dircolors -b)"
+    alias ls='ls --color=auto'
+    #alias dir='dir --color=auto'
+    #alias vdir='vdir --color=auto'
+
+    alias grep='grep --color=auto -n'
+    alias fgrep='fgrep --color=auto -n'
+    alias egrep='egrep --color=auto -n'
+fi
 
 ```
 

diff --git a/useful_tips.md b/useful_tips.md
@@ -81,6 +81,13 @@ https://www.cheatsheet.wtf/Nano/
 * fuzzy search in bash history https://github.com/junegunn/fzf
 
 * colorized  `ls` https://askubuntu.com/a/973569/641871
+
+## useful bashrc / bash_profile
+
+```
+
+```
+
 ## GPU monitornig
 
 * `lspci | grep VGA					`

diff --git a/useful_tips.md b/useful_tips.md
@@ -309,6 +309,9 @@ https://docs.docker.com/develop/develop-images/instructions/
 
 https://docs.docker.com/develop/develop-images/guidelines/
 
+## tips
+
+add a label to existing image https://stackoverflow.com/a/54598281/5533078
 
 ## docker on github
 

diff --git a/useful_tips.md b/useful_tips.md
@@ -303,7 +303,18 @@ https://towardsdatascience.com/running-jupyter-notebooks-on-remote-servers-603fb
 
 [manage-docker-as-a-non-root-user](https://docs.docker.com/engine/install/linux-postinstall/#manage-docker-as-a-non-root-user)
 
-some useful commands
+## general good practises 
+
+https://docs.docker.com/develop/develop-images/instructions/
+
+https://docs.docker.com/develop/develop-images/guidelines/
+
+
+## docker on github
+
+* [github working-with-the-container-registry](https://docs.github.com/en/packages/working-with-a-github-packages-registry/working-with-the-container-registry)
+
+## some useful commands
 
 * images
    * `docker image ls`
@@ -317,7 +328,6 @@ some useful commands
    * `docker ps -a`
    * `docker container rm [cont_ID]`
 
-* [github working-with-the-container-registry](https://docs.github.com/en/packages/working-with-a-github-packages-registry/working-with-the-container-registry)
 
 # Kubernetes 
 

diff --git a/useful_tips.md b/useful_tips.md
@@ -55,6 +55,8 @@ https://www.cheatsheet.wtf/Nano/
 	* `cmp --silent $old $new || echo "files are different"`
 	* use a checksum 
 
+* compares files contained in two folders -> https://gist.github.com/ggrrll/7ab0107182c30e9154dd3e7d6e48b62a
+
 * ssh connection timeout
 	* https://www.tecmint.com/increase-ssh-connection-timeout/ & https://man.openbsd.org/ssh_config
 	* https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4936807/how-to-set-ssh-timeout

diff --git a/useful_tips.md b/useful_tips.md
@@ -315,7 +315,7 @@ some useful commands
    * `docker ps -a`
    * `docker container rm [cont_ID]`
 
-* [working-with-the-container-registry](https://docs.github.com/en/packages/working-with-a-github-packages-registry/working-with-the-container-registry)
+* [github working-with-the-container-registry](https://docs.github.com/en/packages/working-with-a-github-packages-registry/working-with-the-container-registry)
 
 # Kubernetes 
 

diff --git a/useful_tips.md b/useful_tips.md
@@ -314,7 +314,8 @@ some useful commands
 * containers
    * `docker ps -a`
    * `docker container rm [cont_ID]`
-   *   
+
+* [working-with-the-container-registry](https://docs.github.com/en/packages/working-with-a-github-packages-registry/working-with-the-container-registry)
 
 # Kubernetes 
 

diff --git a/useful_tips.md b/useful_tips.md
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ https://www.cheatsheet.wtf/Nano/
 	* Press `Ctrl+Z` to pause the currently running process.
 	* Type `bg` and press Enter
 	* `disown jobID` (list with `jobs -l` or `ps aux`)
+* reown / reattach: https://github.com/nelhage/reptyr
 
 * compare two files -- [SO question](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/12900538/fastest-way-to-tell-if-two-files-have-the-same-contents-in-unix-linux)
 	* `cmp --silent $old $new || echo "files are different"`

diff --git a/useful_tips.md b/useful_tips.md
@@ -296,7 +296,10 @@ https://towardsdatascience.com/running-jupyter-notebooks-on-remote-servers-603fb
 
 * mind to use lowercase letters only in yml! -> https://github.com/orgs/community/discussions/69617
 
-# Docker 
+# Docker
+
+[manage-docker-as-a-non-root-user](https://docs.docker.com/engine/install/linux-postinstall/#manage-docker-as-a-non-root-user)
+
 some useful commands
 
 * images
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