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putnamhill / bash-snippets.md

Last active March 13, 2025 20:10

These are mostly notes for myself; some I've found and others I've made.

git

clone from tnas

git clone -u /usr/local/bin/git-upload-pack nas-c:git/smokeping.git

before pushing to tnas

git config remote.origin.receivepack /usr/local/bin/git-receive-pack

putnamhill / bgrep.sh

Created May 11, 2012 16:06

binary grep

	#!/bin/bash

	usage() {
	cat <<EOT
	Usage: ${0##*/} [-l] [-h] pattern [arg2] ...
	Prints lines containing a BRE pattern, after stripping binary data.
	Sort of like strings command followed by grep, only better.
	If no file paths are specified after the pattern, paths are
	read from stdin (tip: feed with find).
	Options:

putnamhill / lingo-shell-xtra-snippets.ls

Last active October 5, 2015 08:58

mac shell xtra snippets

	on listReadOnlyVolumes
	return shell_cmd_list("mount \| sed -n 's/^\/dev\/.* on $\/.$ (.read-only.*/\1/p'")
	end

	on nonEmptyFolderExists atPosixPath
	rslt = shell_cmd_list("ls " &qq(atPosixPath) &" 2>/dev/null")
	return count(rslt) > 0
	end

	on directoryExists atPosixPath

putnamhill / dir-vers.pl

Created June 13, 2012 04:03

This script prints the version of adobe director used to create a file. Now detects director file versions 6, 7, 8, 8.5 (or 9.0), 10.1, 11.5.0r593, 11.5.8.612, and 12.

	#!/usr/bin/perl -w

	use constant IFFTYPES => qw( RIFX XFIR );
	use constant DIRTYPES => qw( MV93 39VM MC95 );
	use constant {
	INT_SIZE => 4,
	VERSION_OFFSET => 40
	};
	use Getopt::Long;
	#use diagnostics;

putnamhill / genUID.sh

Last active October 8, 2015 08:38

A bash version of the genUID.app CLSID generator for Adobe Director MOA classes.

	#!/bin/bash

	# genUID.sh - A bash version of the genUID.app CLSID generator for Adobe Director MOA classes.

	openssl rand -hex 16 \| awk '{
	printf "DEFINE_GUID(CLSID(CRegister), 0x%sL, 0x%s, 0x%s, 0x%s, 0x%s, 0x%s, 0x%s, 0x%s, 0x%s, 0x%s, 0x%s);\n",
	substr($0, 1, 8), substr($0, 9, 4), substr($0, 13, 4), substr($0, 17, 2),
	substr($0, 19, 2), substr($0, 21, 2), substr($0, 23, 2), substr($0, 25, 2),
	substr($0, 27, 2), substr($0, 29, 2), substr($0, 31, 2)
	}' \| \

putnamhill / notifymail.sh

Created November 1, 2012 14:03

an email notifier that listens for finger connections from the mail server

	#/bin/bash
	# usage:
	# sudo nohup notifymail 2>&1 >/dev/null

	# to see if it is already running
	# ps ax \| egrep ' (sh /Users/colet/bin/[n]otifymail)\|([n]c -l 79)$'

	[ $(whoami) != 'root' ] && echo must be root && exit

	# first clean up any old related processes

putnamhill / win2003-ntp.txt

Last active December 16, 2015 20:19

Configuring ntp on Windows 2003 using the command prompt. Use stratum two servers if possible: https://support.ntp.org/bin/view/Servers/StratumTwoTimeServers?redirectedfrom=Servers.StratumTwo

	net stop w32time
	w32tm /unregister
	w32tm /register
	net time /setsntp:"tick.example.com,0x1 tock.example.com,0x1"
	net start w32time

putnamhill / smtp-test

Last active December 18, 2015 12:19

smtp commands to test email between two servers via telnet

	telnet smtp.example.com 25
	Trying 203.0.113.1...
	Connected to smtp.example.com.
	Escape character is '^]'.
	220 example.com running My Bitchin Mail Server 1.0.0
	HELO example.org
	250 example.com hello example.org (198.51.100.1)
	MAIL FROM:<postmaster@example.org>
	250 2.1.5 sender OK
	RCPT TO:<someone@example.com>

putnamhill / mysql-notes

Last active September 29, 2016 11:45

Creating a new user with the mysql client and set some privileges for all the tables of a database.

	CREATE USER 'someuser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'cleartext-password';
	GRANT SELECT,INSERT,UPDATE,DELETE ON `database`.* TO 'someuser'@'localhost';

putnamhill / stop-watch.sh

Created July 31, 2013 20:04

A simple bash stop watch.

	#!/bin/bash

	START=$(date +%s)
	read -s -n1 -p $'Press a key when done.\n'
	ELAPSED_SECONDS=$(bc <<< "scale=10; ($(date +%s) - $START)")
	if [ $ELAPSED_SECONDS -gt 60 ]; then
	ELAPSED_MINUTES=$((ELAPSED_SECONDS / 60))
	ELAPSED_SECONDS=$((ELAPSED_SECONDS - ELAPSED_MINUTES * 60))
	echo -n "$ELAPSED_MINUTES minutes "
	fi

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