Searching through terminal

Here are some ways to search through directories using the terminal!

Search for files through file name:

$ find <path> -name <search phrase>

Search for files through text content:

$ grep -rl "search phrase" <path>

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How to Set a Custom Display Resolution on Linux

Here's how to set a custom display resolution on linux. This guide has been tested on Linux Mint 22 It is a trying to set a display resolution of 1352x878 This also changes the display resolution of a the native display of the laptop ( eDP-1) $ cvt 1352 878 grab the return string Modeline "1352x878_60.00" 97.50 1352 1432 1568 1784 878 881 891 912 -hsync +vsync $ xrandr --newmode "1352x878_60.00" 97.50 1352 1432 1568 1784 878 881 891 912 -hsync +vsync $ xrandr --addmode eDP-1 "1352x878_60.00" $ xrandr --output eDP-1 --mode "1352x878_60.00" Enjoy!

Getting Used to tmux!

This is a short guide to multiplexing in your terminal! Installation Install $ sudo apt install tmux launch $ tmux Core Commands Here is a small list of the most useful set of commands. Just remember these and you shall be tmuxing around in no time! Adding panes Add panes vertically ctl + b % Add panes Horizontally ctl + b " Moving around panes Move to the panes to the right ctl + b <Right> Move to the panes to the left ctl + b <LEFT> Move to the panes to the up ctl + b <UP> Move to the panes to the down ctl + b <DOWN> Closing Window Close current panes ctl + d Tip!!! You can resize panes by pressing: $ ctl + b + <arrow button> Scroll: $ ctl + b [ press < UP > or < DOWN > Quit $ q

Accessing USB device Through terminal

Identify usb device with lsblk. In this case, the usb is sda1. We first need to mount this into /media $ sudo mkdir /media/usb $ sudo mount /dev/sda1 /media/usb After that, we can now access the contents of the usb device through /media/usb You can check it by doing: $ ls /media/usb

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