Quick bash script for testing URL status code

Here is a quick script I have written in Bash to get URL status codes. An application in a container I have been working was failing to retrieve a file from somewhere on the internet. I needed to determine if the issue was with the container(possibly networking related) or the application. I threw together this little reusable script utilizing curl.

December 17, 2020 · 1 min · chart

dmenu Path: How to add to the $PATH used by dmenu

How to add the the dmenu Path? This article explains how to add to the $PATH variable seen by dmenu. This guide is for Manjaro/Arch Linux. I use Xorg and i3 so mileage may vary. This was testing with two desktop managers, simpledm and SDDM. The Issue: adding to the dmenu path Dmenu does not display scripts from a new location added to the $PATH. I added a new location to my $PATH via my ....

April 18, 2020 · 2 min · chart