Bash one-liner to display ALL `gsettings` in Zenity or Yad
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Recently I've been encountering many questions in Ask Ubuntu that require changing gsettings to solve the problem. For example this question: How to prevent shutdown when one of two batteries is empty? references a gsettings that is new to me:
org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.power use-time-for-policy false
Rather than stumble across gsettings randomly every week (or so it seems), is there a bash one-liner to dump all the current gsettings to zenity (or yad) so I can scroll through everything?
gnome bash gsettings zenity yad
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Recently I've been encountering many questions in Ask Ubuntu that require changing gsettings to solve the problem. For example this question: How to prevent shutdown when one of two batteries is empty? references a gsettings that is new to me:
org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.power use-time-for-policy false
Rather than stumble across gsettings randomly every week (or so it seems), is there a bash one-liner to dump all the current gsettings to zenity (or yad) so I can scroll through everything?
gnome bash gsettings zenity yad
asked Mar 18 at 17:08
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Why use Zenity or Yad when you could dump to a text file?gsettings list-recursively > gsettings_all.txtThen you could usesortfor example, or import to LibreOffice Calc as a table.
– wjandrea
Mar 19 at 2:15
@wjandrea LibreOffice Calc is a great program and I love using it. Never thought of it to tell you the truth. Perhaps because of 3 to 14 second load up time and past head-banging-on-the-wall over .CSV import formats decades ago. It wouldn't be a one-liner you can copy and paste into the terminal but you could have a script. I'd be more than happy to upvote an answer based on LibreOffice.
– WinEunuuchs2Unix
Mar 19 at 2:18
LibreOffice is just an example. I'm trying to say that plaintext might be more flexible than other options.
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Recently I've been encountering many questions in Ask Ubuntu that require changing gsettings to solve the problem. For example this question: How to prevent shutdown when one of two batteries is empty? references a gsettings that is new to me:
org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.power use-time-for-policy false
Rather than stumble across gsettings randomly every week (or so it seems), is there a bash one-liner to dump all the current gsettings to zenity (or yad) so I can scroll through everything?
gnome bash gsettings zenity yad
asked Mar 18 at 17:08
WinEunuuchs2Unix
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Recently I've been encountering many questions in Ask Ubuntu that require changing gsettings to solve the problem. For example this question: How to prevent shutdown when one of two batteries is empty? references a gsettings that is new to me:
org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.power use-time-for-policy false
Rather than stumble across gsettings randomly every week (or so it seems), is there a bash one-liner to dump all the current gsettings to zenity (or yad) so I can scroll through everything?
gnome bash gsettings zenity yad
gnome bash gsettings zenity yad
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Why use Zenity or Yad when you could dump to a text file?gsettings list-recursively > gsettings_all.txtThen you could usesortfor example, or import to LibreOffice Calc as a table.
– wjandrea
Mar 19 at 2:15
@wjandrea LibreOffice Calc is a great program and I love using it. Never thought of it to tell you the truth. Perhaps because of 3 to 14 second load up time and past head-banging-on-the-wall over .CSV import formats decades ago. It wouldn't be a one-liner you can copy and paste into the terminal but you could have a script. I'd be more than happy to upvote an answer based on LibreOffice.
– WinEunuuchs2Unix
Mar 19 at 2:18
LibreOffice is just an example. I'm trying to say that plaintext might be more flexible than other options.
– wjandrea
Mar 19 at 3:59
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Why use Zenity or Yad when you could dump to a text file?gsettings list-recursively > gsettings_all.txtThen you could usesortfor example, or import to LibreOffice Calc as a table.
– wjandrea
Mar 19 at 2:15
@wjandrea LibreOffice Calc is a great program and I love using it. Never thought of it to tell you the truth. Perhaps because of 3 to 14 second load up time and past head-banging-on-the-wall over .CSV import formats decades ago. It wouldn't be a one-liner you can copy and paste into the terminal but you could have a script. I'd be more than happy to upvote an answer based on LibreOffice.
– WinEunuuchs2Unix
Mar 19 at 2:18
LibreOffice is just an example. I'm trying to say that plaintext might be more flexible than other options.
– wjandrea
Mar 19 at 3:59
Why use Zenity or Yad when you could dump to a text file?
gsettings list-recursively > gsettings_all.txt Then you could use sort for example, or import to LibreOffice Calc as a table.– wjandrea
Mar 19 at 2:15
Why use Zenity or Yad when you could dump to a text file?
gsettings list-recursively > gsettings_all.txt Then you could use sort for example, or import to LibreOffice Calc as a table.– wjandrea
Mar 19 at 2:15
@wjandrea LibreOffice Calc is a great program and I love using it. Never thought of it to tell you the truth. Perhaps because of 3 to 14 second load up time and past head-banging-on-the-wall over .CSV import formats decades ago. It wouldn't be a one-liner you can copy and paste into the terminal but you could have a script. I'd be more than happy to upvote an answer based on LibreOffice.
– WinEunuuchs2Unix
Mar 19 at 2:18
@wjandrea LibreOffice Calc is a great program and I love using it. Never thought of it to tell you the truth. Perhaps because of 3 to 14 second load up time and past head-banging-on-the-wall over .CSV import formats decades ago. It wouldn't be a one-liner you can copy and paste into the terminal but you could have a script. I'd be more than happy to upvote an answer based on LibreOffice.
– WinEunuuchs2Unix
Mar 19 at 2:18
LibreOffice is just an example. I'm trying to say that plaintext might be more flexible than other options.
– wjandrea
Mar 19 at 3:59
LibreOffice is just an example. I'm trying to say that plaintext might be more flexible than other options.
– wjandrea
Mar 19 at 3:59
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Yad works but not Zenity (yet)
I tried doing this with zenity but couldn't figure it out. I managed to make it work with yad but after a couple of clock days had to turn to google groups to get help from the yad experts. They fixed my one-liner bash code in 12 hours!
If you don't have yad installed already you need to use:
sudo apt install yad
yad lets you sort the list by any column in ascending/descending order. You can grab the scroll bar to quickly move up and down the list. The Up/Down arrow, PgUp, PgDn, Home and End keys navigate as expected.
The one-liner bash code
Here's the bash one-liner code you can copy and paste into your terminal window:
gsettings list-recursively | sed 's/ */n/;s/ */n/;s/&/&/g' | yad --list --title "gsettings" --item-seperator='n' --width=1800 --height=800 --wrap-width=600 --column=Group --column=Key --column=Setting --no-markup
This is for a 1080p display where the screen is 1920 pixels wide. If your screen is smaller, reduce the size of these arguments:
--width=1800 --height=800 --wrap-width=600
Sample output
When the yad scroll box opened I:
- Clicked on the
Groupcolumn heading to sort by group. Otherwise the order is random asgsettings list-recursivelydumps out the database. - Scrolled down
org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.powersection. - Noticed a
gsettingsI've never seen before but might help me solve suspend problems I've encountered (as highlighted in screen shot below)
The one-liner pays for itself right away
Here is the new gsettings I discovered:
$ gsettings get org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.power lid-close-suspend-with-external-monitor
false
The gsettings contradicts a systemd setting I have:
$ cat /etc/systemd/logind.conf | grep -i lidswitchdock | grep -vF "#"
HandleLidSwitchDocked=suspend
dconf-editor a complete GUI application
There is also dconf-editor a full blown GUI you can use: What is dconf, what is its function, and how do I use it?
To summarize the link, install it using:
sudo apt install dconf-tools
The whole link is highly recommended reading and it covers gsettings in depth as well.
answered Mar 18 at 17:08
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1 Answer
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Yad works but not Zenity (yet)
I tried doing this with zenity but couldn't figure it out. I managed to make it work with yad but after a couple of clock days had to turn to google groups to get help from the yad experts. They fixed my one-liner bash code in 12 hours!
If you don't have yad installed already you need to use:
sudo apt install yad
yad lets you sort the list by any column in ascending/descending order. You can grab the scroll bar to quickly move up and down the list. The Up/Down arrow, PgUp, PgDn, Home and End keys navigate as expected.
The one-liner bash code
Here's the bash one-liner code you can copy and paste into your terminal window:
gsettings list-recursively | sed 's/ */n/;s/ */n/;s/&/&/g' | yad --list --title "gsettings" --item-seperator='n' --width=1800 --height=800 --wrap-width=600 --column=Group --column=Key --column=Setting --no-markup
This is for a 1080p display where the screen is 1920 pixels wide. If your screen is smaller, reduce the size of these arguments:
--width=1800 --height=800 --wrap-width=600
Sample output
When the yad scroll box opened I:
- Clicked on the
Groupcolumn heading to sort by group. Otherwise the order is random asgsettings list-recursivelydumps out the database. - Scrolled down
org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.powersection. - Noticed a
gsettingsI've never seen before but might help me solve suspend problems I've encountered (as highlighted in screen shot below)
The one-liner pays for itself right away
Here is the new gsettings I discovered:
$ gsettings get org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.power lid-close-suspend-with-external-monitor
false
The gsettings contradicts a systemd setting I have:
$ cat /etc/systemd/logind.conf | grep -i lidswitchdock | grep -vF "#"
HandleLidSwitchDocked=suspend
dconf-editor a complete GUI application
There is also dconf-editor a full blown GUI you can use: What is dconf, what is its function, and how do I use it?
To summarize the link, install it using:
sudo apt install dconf-tools
The whole link is highly recommended reading and it covers gsettings in depth as well.
answered Mar 18 at 17:08
WinEunuuchs2Unix
35.9k759134
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up vote
1
down vote
Yad works but not Zenity (yet)
I tried doing this with zenity but couldn't figure it out. I managed to make it work with yad but after a couple of clock days had to turn to google groups to get help from the yad experts. They fixed my one-liner bash code in 12 hours!
If you don't have yad installed already you need to use:
sudo apt install yad
yad lets you sort the list by any column in ascending/descending order. You can grab the scroll bar to quickly move up and down the list. The Up/Down arrow, PgUp, PgDn, Home and End keys navigate as expected.
The one-liner bash code
Here's the bash one-liner code you can copy and paste into your terminal window:
gsettings list-recursively | sed 's/ */n/;s/ */n/;s/&/&/g' | yad --list --title "gsettings" --item-seperator='n' --width=1800 --height=800 --wrap-width=600 --column=Group --column=Key --column=Setting --no-markup
This is for a 1080p display where the screen is 1920 pixels wide. If your screen is smaller, reduce the size of these arguments:
--width=1800 --height=800 --wrap-width=600
Sample output
When the yad scroll box opened I:
- Clicked on the
Groupcolumn heading to sort by group. Otherwise the order is random asgsettings list-recursivelydumps out the database. - Scrolled down
org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.powersection. - Noticed a
gsettingsI've never seen before but might help me solve suspend problems I've encountered (as highlighted in screen shot below)
The one-liner pays for itself right away
Here is the new gsettings I discovered:
$ gsettings get org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.power lid-close-suspend-with-external-monitor
false
The gsettings contradicts a systemd setting I have:
$ cat /etc/systemd/logind.conf | grep -i lidswitchdock | grep -vF "#"
HandleLidSwitchDocked=suspend
dconf-editor a complete GUI application
There is also dconf-editor a full blown GUI you can use: What is dconf, what is its function, and how do I use it?
To summarize the link, install it using:
sudo apt install dconf-tools
The whole link is highly recommended reading and it covers gsettings in depth as well.
answered Mar 18 at 17:08
WinEunuuchs2Unix
35.9k759134
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up vote
1
down vote
up vote
1
down vote
Yad works but not Zenity (yet)
I tried doing this with zenity but couldn't figure it out. I managed to make it work with yad but after a couple of clock days had to turn to google groups to get help from the yad experts. They fixed my one-liner bash code in 12 hours!
If you don't have yad installed already you need to use:
sudo apt install yad
yad lets you sort the list by any column in ascending/descending order. You can grab the scroll bar to quickly move up and down the list. The Up/Down arrow, PgUp, PgDn, Home and End keys navigate as expected.
The one-liner bash code
Here's the bash one-liner code you can copy and paste into your terminal window:
gsettings list-recursively | sed 's/ */n/;s/ */n/;s/&/&/g' | yad --list --title "gsettings" --item-seperator='n' --width=1800 --height=800 --wrap-width=600 --column=Group --column=Key --column=Setting --no-markup
This is for a 1080p display where the screen is 1920 pixels wide. If your screen is smaller, reduce the size of these arguments:
--width=1800 --height=800 --wrap-width=600
Sample output
When the yad scroll box opened I:
- Clicked on the
Groupcolumn heading to sort by group. Otherwise the order is random asgsettings list-recursivelydumps out the database. - Scrolled down
org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.powersection. - Noticed a
gsettingsI've never seen before but might help me solve suspend problems I've encountered (as highlighted in screen shot below)
The one-liner pays for itself right away
Here is the new gsettings I discovered:
$ gsettings get org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.power lid-close-suspend-with-external-monitor
false
The gsettings contradicts a systemd setting I have:
$ cat /etc/systemd/logind.conf | grep -i lidswitchdock | grep -vF "#"
HandleLidSwitchDocked=suspend
dconf-editor a complete GUI application
There is also dconf-editor a full blown GUI you can use: What is dconf, what is its function, and how do I use it?
To summarize the link, install it using:
sudo apt install dconf-tools
The whole link is highly recommended reading and it covers gsettings in depth as well.
answered Mar 18 at 17:08
WinEunuuchs2Unix
35.9k759134
Yad works but not Zenity (yet)
I tried doing this with zenity but couldn't figure it out. I managed to make it work with yad but after a couple of clock days had to turn to google groups to get help from the yad experts. They fixed my one-liner bash code in 12 hours!
If you don't have yad installed already you need to use:
sudo apt install yad
yad lets you sort the list by any column in ascending/descending order. You can grab the scroll bar to quickly move up and down the list. The Up/Down arrow, PgUp, PgDn, Home and End keys navigate as expected.
The one-liner bash code
Here's the bash one-liner code you can copy and paste into your terminal window:
gsettings list-recursively | sed 's/ */n/;s/ */n/;s/&/&/g' | yad --list --title "gsettings" --item-seperator='n' --width=1800 --height=800 --wrap-width=600 --column=Group --column=Key --column=Setting --no-markup
This is for a 1080p display where the screen is 1920 pixels wide. If your screen is smaller, reduce the size of these arguments:
--width=1800 --height=800 --wrap-width=600
Sample output
When the yad scroll box opened I:
- Clicked on the
Groupcolumn heading to sort by group. Otherwise the order is random asgsettings list-recursivelydumps out the database. - Scrolled down
org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.powersection. - Noticed a
gsettingsI've never seen before but might help me solve suspend problems I've encountered (as highlighted in screen shot below)
The one-liner pays for itself right away
Here is the new gsettings I discovered:
$ gsettings get org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.power lid-close-suspend-with-external-monitor
false
The gsettings contradicts a systemd setting I have:
$ cat /etc/systemd/logind.conf | grep -i lidswitchdock | grep -vF "#"
HandleLidSwitchDocked=suspend
dconf-editor a complete GUI application
There is also dconf-editor a full blown GUI you can use: What is dconf, what is its function, and how do I use it?
To summarize the link, install it using:
sudo apt install dconf-tools
The whole link is highly recommended reading and it covers gsettings in depth as well.
answered Mar 18 at 17:08
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Why use Zenity or Yad when you could dump to a text file?
gsettings list-recursively > gsettings_all.txtThen you could usesortfor example, or import to LibreOffice Calc as a table.– wjandrea
Mar 19 at 2:15
@wjandrea LibreOffice Calc is a great program and I love using it. Never thought of it to tell you the truth. Perhaps because of 3 to 14 second load up time and past head-banging-on-the-wall over .CSV import formats decades ago. It wouldn't be a one-liner you can copy and paste into the terminal but you could have a script. I'd be more than happy to upvote an answer based on LibreOffice.
– WinEunuuchs2Unix
Mar 19 at 2:18
LibreOffice is just an example. I'm trying to say that plaintext might be more flexible than other options.
– wjandrea
Mar 19 at 3:59