Misc tools¶

Useful DietPi shell functions¶

There are a couple of general commands which have a shortcut in DietPi:

• G_OBTAIN_CPU_TEMP - Prints integer format CPU temp in degree Celsius, for monitoring probably better than full cpu output
• G_OBTAIN_CPU_USAGE - Prints CPU usage in percent in [x]x.x format
• G_TREESIZE - Shows current directory/file sizes, recursively

The following commands are non-interactive, but error-handled wrappers for apt-get commands, useful for scripts which shall run non-interactive but allow interactive repeat and solution attempts:

• G_AGI - apt-get install
• G_AGP - apt-get purge
• G_AGA - apt-get autoremove --purge
• G_AGUP - apt-get update
• G_AGUG - apt-get upgrade
• G_AGDUG - apt-get dist-upgrade

DietPi Banner¶

Enables the configuration of the initial banner, displayed on logon. To start DietPi-Banner, use the following command:

dietpi-banner

Software Overview¶

Using these settings you can configure the information displayed initially, choosing the details displayed initially. See below an example where 4 options are selected:

DietPi banner - Command line usage¶

Beside the interactive setting via dietpi-banner, there is the option of the shell command line:

Usage: dietpi-banner [<command>]
Available commands:
    <empty>     Interactive menu to select banner entries
    0           Top section + LAN IP
    1           Clear terminal + top section + chosen entries

DietPi CPU info¶

Displays CPU temperature, processor frequency, throttle level etc. via the command line command

cpu

DietPi morse code¶

It converts a text file into morse code. To start DietPi morse code, use the following command:

dietpi-morsecode

DietPi bug report¶

To start DietPi bug report, use the following command:

dietpi-bugreport

DietPi bug report - Command line usage¶

Beside the interactive managing via dietpi-bugreport, there is the option of the shell command line:

Usage: dietpi-bugreport [<command>]
Available commands:
    <empty>     Interactive manage bug reporting
    1           Send a bug report noninteractively
    -1          Remove an already uploaded bug report noninteractively