Mervin Graves merovingian

merovingian / gist:67cbd782c8c64267084a

Created September 30, 2015 20:05

Clear Linux print queue Bash script, invoke the script with your printer on the commandline.

	#! /bin/bash

	# This script can be used to easily clear a print queue
	# Specify your printer as the first argument

	E_NO_ARGS=65

	if [ $# -eq 0 ] # You must specify a printer as argument.
	then
	echo "Please invoke this script with one or more command-line arguments."

merovingian / gist:ca69a91ed1e54e8df1cb

Created September 30, 2015 19:47

Little Bash script to check the CPU load and kill Flashplayer if the load goes over a designated number. Useful for Linux VDI environments.

	#! /bin/bash
	# This little script kills the Flashplayer Plugin at
	# a CPU load above N.*

	# Fetch the average CPU load:
	cpuload=$(cat /proc/loadavg \| awk '{ print $1 }')

	if [[ $cpuload = 5.* ]]
	then $(pkill plugin-containe) # <- Yes without the r
	fi