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brandonb927 / osx-for-hackers.sh

Last active May 9, 2025 18:09

OSX for Hackers: Yosemite/El Capitan Edition. This script tries not to be *too* opinionated and any major changes to your system require a prompt. You've been warned.

	#!/bin/sh

	###
	# SOME COMMANDS WILL NOT WORK ON macOS (Sierra or newer)
	# For Sierra or newer, see https://github.com/mathiasbynens/dotfiles/blob/master/.macos
	###

	# Alot of these configs have been taken from the various places
	# on the web, most from here
	# https://github.com/mathiasbynens/dotfiles/blob/5b3c8418ed42d93af2e647dc9d122f25cc034871/.osx

empireshades / smokemtr.py

Created May 10, 2012 21:01

Script that runs an MTR (MattsTraceRoute) report against a given host, saves the output to log and also emails. This is meant to be called by smokeping (via pipe '|') after an alert is triggered. Tested on python2.6

	#!/bin/env python

	'''This is a script which runs an MTR (matt's traceroute)
	against a target hosts - meant to be triggered by a
	smokeping alert. Output is emailed and saved to log.'''

	import argparse, datetime, subprocess, smtplib
	from email.mime.multipart import MIMEMultipart
	from email.mime.text import MIMEText

aculich / forwarder.py

Created November 28, 2011 07:52

SSHForwarder class for use with the python ssh module: http://pypi.python.org/pypi/ssh

	#!/usr/bin/env python

	# This code is licensed according to the main package that it depends on:
	# http://pypi.python.org/pypi/ssh
	# License :: OSI Approved :: GNU Library or Lesser General Public License (LGPL)
	# http://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl.html

	import sys, os, os.path
	import select
	import SocketServer

javan / gist:1168475

Created August 24, 2011 16:32

Fix iPhone home button

	Found this tip in comment here: http://www.tipb.com/2011/01/04/tipb-bug-home-button-working-iphone/

	1.) Open any application

	2.) Press and hold the power button until the slide to shutdown swipe bar appears.

	3.) Release Power button

	4.) Press and hold Home button Lightly
	until screen returns to icon screen

gruber / gist:1063605

Created July 4, 2011 16:48

Simple Inbox Archiving Script for Apple Mail

	-- See article here: http://daringfireball.net/2007/07/simple_inbox_sweeper

	-- The following should be one long line:
	set _description to "All unflagged, read messages in each IMAP account
	inbox will be moved to the “Archive” mailbox corresponding to that
	account. This action is not undoable."

	tell application "Mail"
	display alert "Archive read messages from IMAP inboxes?" buttons ¬
	{"Cancel", "Archive"} cancel button 1 message _description

aliang / Mac SSH Autocomplete

Created June 14, 2011 07:14

Add auto complete to your ssh, put into your .bash_profile

	_complete_ssh_hosts ()
	{
	COMPREPLY=()
	cur="${COMP_WORDS[COMP_CWORD]}"
	comp_ssh_hosts=`cat ~/.ssh/known_hosts \| \
	cut -f 1 -d ' ' \| \
	sed -e s/,.*//g \| \
	grep -v ^# \| \
	uniq \| \
	grep -v "\[" ;

bycoffe / csvtosqlite.py

Created October 23, 2009 16:52

Creates a sqlite database and table from a CSV file for easier querying

	"""
	Copyright (c) 2009, Aaron Bycoffe
	All rights reserved.

	Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
	modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
	are met:
	1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
	notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
	2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright

	_complete_ssh_hosts ()
	{
	COMPREPLY=()
	cur="${COMP_WORDS[COMP_CWORD]}"
	comp_ssh_hosts=`cat ~/.ssh/known_hosts \| \
	cut -f 1 -d ' ' \| \
	sed -e s/,.*//g \| \
	grep -v ^# \| \
	uniq \| \
	grep -v "\[" ;

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