matthewmccullough

        RED="\[\033[0;31m\]"
     YELLOW="\[\033[0;33m\]"
 	  GREEN="\[\033[0;32m\]"
       BLUE="\[\033[0;34m\]"
  LIGHT_RED="\[\033[1;31m\]"
LIGHT_GREEN="\[\033[1;32m\]"
      WHITE="\[\033[1;37m\]"
 LIGHT_GRAY="\[\033[0;37m\]"
 COLOR_NONE="\[\e[0m\]"

sit

#!/bin/sh
# Use socat to proxy git through an HTTP CONNECT firewall.
# Useful if you are trying to clone git:// from inside a company.
# Requires that the proxy allows CONNECT to port 9418.
#
# Save this file as gitproxy somewhere in your path (e.g., ~/bin) and then run
#   chmod +x gitproxy
#   git config --global core.gitproxy gitproxy
#
# More details at http://tinyurl.com/8xvpny

cscotta

# backup_db.rb

# Remotely back up and securely download a copy of a MySQL database.
# Can be used in conjunction with cron to run nightly with a crontab like this:
# 0 0 * * * ruby /home/user/scripts/backup_db.rb

# Written by C. Scott Andreas (http://twitter.com/cscotta)
# No warranties, use entirely at your own risk.  The author assumes no liability
# for any consequences of this script, including data loss, security breaches, and service unavailability.
# Released under an MIT-style License.  Use, modify, and distribute this script as you like.

colinux

#!/bin/bash

# Renames subtitles files according to tv shows names found in a directory
# Acceped syntaxes for season/episode are: 304, s3e04, s03e04, 3x04 (case insensitive)
#
# Usage:
# Put this gist somewhere in your $PATH, like /usr/local/bin/subtitles-renamer
# Chmod +x it
# cd ~/YourHolidaysTvShowsWithSubtitles
# subtitles-renamer

SaitoWu

#0> non-block call

Thread.new do
  blahbla...
end

#1> 4 simple ways to call shell or cmd

`ps aux`

SaitoWu

#Person
class Person
end

#class method
class Person
  def self.address
    puts "hangzhou"
  end
end

SaitoWu

def block_new
  puts Proc.new.call
end

block_new{"hello"}

#slow practice
def herp_pass_block(&block)
  derp_call_block &block
end

SaitoWu

require 'fiber'

fib = Fiber.new do
  v = 0
  loop do
    v += 1
    Fiber.yield v
    v.times { print "-"}
    puts v
  end

smoser

Ubuntu Auto Install

This allows user to do automated installation of ubuntu. Provided here a a few different files/scripts for making this easier.

I've used this to verify that d-i kernel and initramfs from -proposed work as shown in bug 1511497.

The provided 'preseed' below can be used as a fully automated installation of ubuntu. Boot with qemu like:

note python web server is useful for this (python -m SimpleHTTPServer 9999)

mhayes

#!/bin/bash

# bootstrap ruby1.9 on a fresh RHEL5.5/CentOS5.5
# installs chef and bundler as well
# warning: this script does NOT make you breakfast

#enable EPEL repo, some packages (i.e. ruby-mysql) depend on this
rpm -Uvh http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/epel/5/i386/epel-release-5-4.noarch.rpm

RUBY_19_VERSION="ruby-1.9.2-p180"