pbputs—Operates exactly like pbput, except the user is prompted for a
passphrase for encrypting the content with gpg before uploading.
pbget automatically prompts the user for the preshared passphrase
when the file is requested.
release—Creates a release of a project for Ubuntu.
release-build—Takes project information for a bzr project in a
Launchpad PPA that uses specific parameters and builds the project as an
upstream project that can then be released to Ubuntu.
socks-prox—Establishes an encrypted connection for tunneling traffic
through a socks proxy.
system-search—Performs a unified search through a set of system
commands, packages, documentation, and files.
uquick—Performs a quick server installation.
what-provides—Determines which package provides a specific binary in
your path.The contents of Bikeshed are expected to change over time. Some of these
tools may graduate to standalone tools, merge into other existing packages, or
get added to more official upstream packages. You can always check the
Launchpad page to find a current list of Bikeshed’s contents.
The rest of the tools in this section are not actually part of Bikeshed but have
either graduated from Bikeshed and been spun off as freestanding tools or
were developed individually by Dustin or others in the Ubuntu community.
All the tools run from the command line and have useful man pages.
Other useful tools that you can find in the Ubuntu repositories include the
following:
pastebinit—Uploads a file or the result of a command to the pastebin
you want and gives you the URL in return. It was written by Ubuntu
developer Stéphane Graber, and you can find it at
https://launchpad.net/pastebinit or from the Ubuntu repositories. By
default, it uses http://pastebin.com, but it can be configured to use others,
such as http://paste.ubuntu.com.
run-one—Runs no more than one unique instance of a command with a
unique set of arguments. This is often useful with cron jobs, when you
want no more than one copy running at a time but where a cron job has
the potential to run long and finish after the next scheduled run. Also see
run-one-constantly, run-one-until-failure, and run-