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  1. hugo server --notHTTPCache always refreshed. 😄
  2. Horizontal margins apply to inline elements but vertical margins do not
  3. The home page object: {{ site.Home }}
  4. mkdir -p dir4/dir5/dir6 the -p switch means create parent too.
  5. rmdir -p dir1/dir2/dir3 deletes dir3, then dir2 then dir1 as long as they are empty.
  6. rm -i means interactive. rm -i *.md will prompt you for each file to delete. Use y or n to decide.
  7. wc for word count. This counts no. of lines, no. of words and no. of characters. To get just one of these use the switches -l for lines, -w for words and -c for characters.
  8. You can use wc to count the number of items in a directory. ls /etc|wc -l list the items in the etc directory and count the number of lines. One on each line so..
  9. The less command is a modern version of more. ls /etc | less will mean not more than one page’s worth of items will be displayed. Pressing enter gets more but you can scroll back up too. Press q to quit.
  10. To get help with a command use man for manual. Eg. man uniq.

SVG Generators

There are many of these but some require a sign up and can be a bit of a pain.

  1. Haikei.app is one of my favourites, well made, nice and dark too.
  2. SVG Wave.in is another good one.
  3. Public Domain Vectors is old and bit different which is what makes it interesting. You can even generate patterns from letters and characters as well as words and phrases. Another version is here.
  4. ffflux good for creating some interesting gradient effects.
  5. SVG Generator: Wavy Transitions Between Sections Although very simple the nice thing is that it’s very simple to get a transition section with very succinct code.
  6. SVG Sprite Generator a useful tool when you have multiple SVG’s.
  7. Monogram Maker quckly makes up 1, 2 or 3 letter monograms that can be sized and downloaded in various formats inc. SVG.
  8. SVG Circus for quickly making animated pattern SVG’s.

Favicon Generators

  1. Real Favicon Generator creates a set of favicons from an image in different sizes, dark and light modes, vector and rastor formats.
  2. Formito quickly create a <link> containing an inline SVG. Choose a letter or letters with any google font.
  1. Great article on the Linux CLI by Ubuntu
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