David Greenwald davidegreenwald

File templating with Bash

Performs the application of given key/value pairs to a source template, with generated results written to an output file.

Functions applyTemplate accepts three arguments:

Source template file.
Target output file generated.
List of key/value pairs as an array.

Example

With the given source template:

Resources for Web Developers and Designers

This is an incomplete list of resources including courses and individuals who publish content that has helped me grow as a web developer and designer. Many of these resources are WordPress-specific as that is my current area of specialization. This list will grow over time. If you've got something to add, send me a link @kevinwhoffman and I'll check it out!

Course Providers

How to Change Open Files Limit on OS X and macOS

This text is the section about OS X Yosemite (which also works for macOS Sierra) from https://docs.basho.com/riak/kv/2.1.4/using/performance/open-files-limit/#mac-os-x

The last time i visited this link it was dead (403), so I cloned it here from the latest snapshot in Archive.org's Wayback Machine https://web.archive.org/web/20170523131633/https://docs.basho.com/riak/kv/2.1.4/using/performance/open-files-limit/

Mac OS X

To check the current limits on your Mac OS X system, run:

How to convert markdown to PDF:

This post reviews several methods for converting a Markdown (.md) formatted file to PDF, from UNIX or Linux machines.

Using `Pandoc`:

$ pandoc How_I_got_svg-resizer_working_on_Mac_OSX.md -s -o test1.pdf

PHP CacheTool - Manage cache in the CLI

Use CacheTool to view stats for and manage PHP's APC or Zend Opcache opcode cache.

Using CacheTool you can clear the PHP opcache without reloading PHP-FPM.

In this example, CacheTool is to be installed alongside a demonstration PHP-FPM Docker container.

	sudo su

	yum --enablerepo=extras install epel-release
	yum -y install patch dkms kernel-devel perl
	yum update

	#Required for kernel num 5:
	yum --enablerepo=elrepo-kernel -y install kernel-ml-devel

	reboot

	#! /bin/bash

	# ECHO COMMAND
	# echo Hello World!

	# VARIABLES
	# Uppercase by convention
	# Letters, numbers, underscores
	NAME="Bob"
	# echo "My name is $NAME"

	#!/bin/bash
	export DEBIAN_FRONTEND="noninteractive"

	if [[ $(whoami) != "root" ]]; then
	echo "Please run this script as root user"
	exit 1
	fi

	inputWithDefault() {
	read -r userInput

	# wp-secure.conf
	#
	#
	# This file includes common security considerations for wordpress using nginx.
	#
	# The goal is to block actions which are usually dangerous to wordpress.
	# Additionally, we block direct access to PHP files and folders which should not
	# be accessed directly from a browser.
	#
	# Also have included exceptions for plugins that are known to require this access.

	#!/bin/bash

	echo 'Starting Provision: lb1'
	sudo apt-get update
	sudo apt-get install -y nginx
	sudo service nginx stop
	sudo rm -rf /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/default
	sudo touch /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/default
	echo "upstream testapp {
	server 10.0.0.11;