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add helpful binary-finding commands to README
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majamin committed Oct 23, 2021
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(*) DESCRIPTION: `COMMAND`

There are some non-oneliners. Not everything can be a oneliner.

How to find binaries for the commands in your distro
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You'll eventually get a 'command not found' message from your shell.
You can try these commands to find the FILE (i.e. binaries) required to run some oneliners:

Arch-based distros: `pacman -Fy FILE`
Ubuntu-based distros: `apt-file update && apt-file find FILE`
RHEL / CentOS-based distros: `yum whatprovides '*FILE'`
Fedora: `dnf provides '*FILE'`
OpenSUSE: `zypper wp FILE`

For Windows, it's a dog's breakfast. With enough effort, similar commands
can be ran there with mixed results (you're on your own).

You can try installing `Mingw-w64` to start. It uses a port of `pacman` for installing packages:
1. Open `Mingw-w64`
2. Run `pacman -Syu` in the terminal so upgrade all packages.
3. Repeat step 2 (closing and opening) until the commands reports "nothing to do".
4. Run `pacman -Fyu FILE` to find a package containing the FILE.

TODO
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* More package manager commands (dpkg, apt, yum, etc.)
* A longer TODO list
* Keep moving commandlinefu dump to organized categories.

Bonus
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You can alias a simple command like this one to get a nice menu that prints out the command:

alias oneliner='print -z $(grep "^(\*)" oneliners.txt | fzf -e | grep -oP "(?<=: \`).*(?=\`$)")'
(requirements: zsh is your shell, GNU grep, fzf)

(requirements: zsh is your shell, GNU grep, fzf)
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(*) setxkbmap -option compose:ralt
(*) Display information about key presses: `showkey -a`
(*) Show information about a window by clicking on it: `xwininfo`
(*) Send specific key strokes to a window: `xdotool`
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