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Abdush Shakoor's Weblog

Writings, experiments & ideas.

Enable spellcheck

This can be useful when you're writing stuff, just do the following:

:set spellcheck=[lang]

View hardware info

Want to check the specs of your system? Just type this:

lshw

Too long? Then type this for a shorter version:

lshw -short

Quit VIM

One of the most infamous issues that new users of VIM faces when using it for the first time. Press :q to quit VIM

If you've worked on a file and want to save and quit? Just type :wq!.

I hope that solved your quitting issue with VIM.

Check Ubuntu version

Want to know the current version of your Ubuntu distro? Type this:

lsb_release -r

Save a file

Want to save your work? Type :w

Type :wq! to save your file and quit VIM at the same time.

Using SSH with a private key

Got a .pem key but don't know how to SSH to your server, just do this:

ssh -i name_of_key user@domain -p 22

BONUS: Convert .ppk to .pem key

Recently, I started working from home and as a programmer, it's pretty common to access the company server for development purposes.

Back in the office, I used to access it using PuTTY but now that I'm using a linux machine, I thought of accessing it via Terminal but there's a catch, I can't use .ppk key to access it.

So, I did a little research and figured that I can easily convert it using puttygen

Open up your terminal and type:

sudo apt install putty-tools

Now, convert your private key to PEM format:

puttygen yourprivate.ppk -O private-openssh -o your_new_key.pem

That's it and you're good to go!

Set up reCaptcha in Laravel

I mean, come on, you need to have a reCaptcha in your forms, no matter what.

Here are the steps:

1. Install using Composer

composer require anhskohbo/no-captcha

2. Add provider and alias to configuration

Open your config/app.php file and add this to your providers array:

<?php
Anhskohbo\NoCaptcha\NoCaptchaServiceProvider::class,
?>

And this to your aliases array:

<?php
'NoCaptcha' => Anhskohbo\NoCaptcha\Facades\NoCaptcha::class,
?>

3. Publish configuration

php artisan vendor:publish --provider="Anhskohbo\NoCaptcha\NoCaptchaServiceProvider"

4. Add sitekey and secret key to .env file

Open your .env file and add this:

NOCAPTCHA_SITEKEY=yoursitekey
NOCAPTCHA_SECRET=yoursecret

How to use it?

Now, you can use it in your validator using like this:

<?php
$validate = Validator::make(Input::all(),[
    'g-recaptcha-response' => 'required|captcha'
]);
?>

Clear all lines

  1. Switch to normal mode by pressing ESC key
  2. Press gg and it will take you to first line of the file.
  3. Then type dG and it will clear all the lines from start to the end of the file.