Various command line tools for Arch Linux
This repository has various practical developer/sysadmin-oriented tools for Arch Linux.
bash.bashrc
/etc/ system folderbash.custom filebash.custom
/etc/ system folder or install using PKGBUILDVarious shell tools, bundled in a custom archtools package. See PKGBUILD and contents of shell tools for details.
| Tool | Description |
|---|---|
archrisks |
Get security risk severity & count of installed packages on Arch Linux |
bininfo |
Show information about an executable in PATH on Arch Linux |
buildpkg |
Build a local package on the current directory which has PKGBUILD on Arch Linux |
deltmpfiles |
Delete current temporary files from pre-defined locations |
extract |
Extract wide range of various archive types with native tools |
findinpkg |
Find text patterns & print occurences with matching lines numbers in Arch Linux package files |
findmatch |
Grep/List matching strings in a specific folder |
findpkg |
Search package in official Arch Linux repositories |
genmac |
Generate a random MAC address for a Systemd-configured network interface |
getsource |
Get build files from official Arch Linux repositories and AUR repositories |
killns |
Send signal to a process running in a specific Linux namespace (see man 7 signal) |
killprocess |
Kill a process by its name |
missinglibs |
List missing package libraries for a local, installed Arch Linux package |
nowner |
Find orphan files on various Linux distributions |
pkgdeps |
Recursive shared library & executable dependency finder for Arch Linux |
pkginfo |
Gather package information with pacman on Arch Linux |
psns |
List processes, their users and PIDs and their namespace name in current Linux namespaces |
showpkg |
Show specific package version - installed and available version |
specialchars |
Show special characters which need to be escaped in shell |
ssh_timezone |
Automatically retrieve timezone information for SSH users |
tputcolors |
Display shell colors |
whichcmd |
Find available commands in PATH by input syntax |
whichport |
Which TCP/UDP port number is associated with an application protocol |
whichservice |
Which application protocol is associated with a TCP/UDP port number |
DISCLAIMER: These modifications are fully compliant with Pacman version 5.1.3-1. Newer versions have not been tested.
| File | Description | Permissions |
|---|---|---|
/usr/local/bin/makepkg |
Get sources without security checks; Ask user whether to install missing deps automatically; Prompt whether to enforce package compilation without missing deps; Implement support for --getsource parameter (works with, and requires getsource command) |
0755 |
/usr/local/bin/pacmankeycheck.sh |
Check age of Pacman PGP/GPG public key ring files and prompt updating them during pacman execution if they are too old (30 days). |
0644 |
/usr/local/bin/pacman |
A simple wrapper which runs pacmankeycheck.sh and then your original pacman command. |
0755 |
/usr/share/makepkg/source/git.sh |
Modified makepkg source file; allow use of additional git command parameters. |
0644 |
/usr/share/makepkg/source.sh |
Modified makepkg source file; use shallow git repository cloning (parameter --depth 1) instead of cloning full git repository when downloading package source code with makepkg. This is useful with large packages when only the most recent files from them are wanted and full git repository cloning mode is not desired. |
0644 |
File paths above represent the intended deployment location on your Arch Linux file system.
PKGBUILD for stderred. As the build script description says, it hooks into STDERR output to print all CLI errors in red".
This repository uses GPLv3 license. Please see LICENSE files for details.