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#!/usr/bin/env bash

user=$(/usr/bin/python -c 'from SystemConfiguration import SCDynamicStoreCopyConsoleUser;import sys;username = (SCDynamicStoreCopyConsoleUser(None, None, None) or [None])[0];username = [username,""][username in [u"loginwindow", None, u""]];sys.stdout.write(username + "\n");')
pass=$(osascript -e 'display dialog "Enter password:" default answer "" giving up after 60 with text buttons {"Authenticate"} default button 1 with hidden answer' -e 'return text returned of result')

attempts=1
until dscl . authonly "$user" "$pass" &>/dev/null ; do
	# lines 9 and 10 are only necessary if you wish to display no. of attempts remaining before failure
	attemptsRemaining=$(( 4 - attempts ))
	[[ $attemptsRemaining -eq 1 ]] && s= || s=s

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## REMOVE FIRST CHARACTER FROM STRING
sed '/^.//'

== Example ==
$ echo "foo" | sed 's/^.//'
oo

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#!/usr/bin/env bash

# stop print services
launchctl stop org.cups.cupsd

# back up existing configs
mv /Library/Printers/InstalledPrinters.plist /Library/Printers/InstalledPrinters.plist.bak
mv /etc/cups/cupsd.conf /etc/cups/cupsd.conf.bak
mv /etc/cups/printers.conf /etc/cups/printers.conf.bak

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parse_array() {
  FS=':'
  key=(); val=()
  for (( i=0 ; i < $(eval echo \${#$1[@]}) ; i++ )); do
  key+=( "$(eval echo \${$1[$i]} | awk -F${FS} '{print $1}')" )
  val+=( "$(eval echo \${$1[$i]} | awk -F${FS} '{print $2}')" ) 
  done
}
# Assuming script contains myarray=( "key1:value1" "key2:value2" )
parse_array myarray

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getUserInput()
{
	launchctl asuser $(stat -f %u /dev/console) osascript <<-APPLESCRIPT
	tell app "System Events"
		text returned of (display dialog "$1" default answer "" buttons {"OK"} default button 1)
	end tell
	APPLESCRIPT
}

var=$(getUserInput "type string:")

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#!/bin/bash
# geoff repoli

# customize this variable with relatively unique + identifiable string that matches the process(es)
# you want to terminate. not case-sensitive. for example:
# for all microsoft applications + background services: application="microsoft"
# for microsoft outlook: application="outlook" OR application="microsoft outlook"
application="your string goes here"

# get pids of any running microsoft processes

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find /Applications -name *.app -maxdepth 2 -exec \
  bash -c '[[ ! $(defaults read "{}"/Contents/Info.plist CFBundleIdentifier) =~ "com.apple" ]] \
  && echo "$(basename "{}" | sed 's/.app.*//')-$(defaults read "{}"/Contents/Info.plist CFBundleShortVersionString)"' \;

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yourcommand && history -d $((HISTCMD-1))

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@echo off
setlocal enableextensions

for /F "usebackq" %%x in (`hostname`) do (
set COMPUTERNAME=%%x
)

msiexec /i <Path>\AppleApplicationSupport.msi /q /norestart &&
msiexec /i <Path>\AppleApplicationSupport64.msi /q /norestart &&
msiexec /i <Path>\AppleMobileDeviceSupport6464.msi /q /norestart &&

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set subShell1 to "(your_command1)"
set subShell2 to "(your_command2)"
set yourScript to subShell1 & " & " & subShell2
do shell script yourScript