These are a list of usages of shell commands I can't live without on UNIX-based systems.
Using Homebrew (yes, I am opinionated) you can install the following tools with the following packages:
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Dynamically update attribute of a Chef resource during converge phase (Node variable assignment in Compile vs Converge)
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| # In Chef, when a resource is defined all its variables are evaluated during | |
| # compile time and the execution of the resource takes place in converge phase. | |
| # So if the value of a particular attribute is changed in converge | |
| # (and not in compile) the resource will be executed with the old value. | |
| # Example problem: | |
| # Let's consider this situation where there are two steps involved in a recipe | |
| # Step 1 is a Ruby block that changes a node attribute. Rubyblocks get executed | |
| # in converge phase | |
| # Step 2 is a Chef resource that makes use of the node attribute that was |