Terminal shortcuts

gistfile1.txt

VIEW RUNNING APPS
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SSH INTO MACHINE
ssh [email protected]

SSH REMOTE TO LOCAL COPY
scp [email protected]:/Users/trentbrooks/Desktop/150327_Background.png bg.png

SSH REMOTE TO LOCAL COPY (FOLDER + RECURSIVE)
scp -r [email protected]:/Users/trentbrooks/Desktop /home/user/Desktop/

SSH LOCAL TO REMOTE COPY
scp bg.png pi@raspberrypi:~/openFrameworks/apps/lightwell/bg.png 

COMBINE FILES
cat file1.txt file2.txt > newfile.txt

SPLIT FILES INTO 1MB CHUNKS (bike.jpg becomes filea, fileb, etc)
split -b 1m bike.jpg ../test/file

GET ORIGINAL FILE FROM SPLIT
cat ../test/file* > bike2.jpg

ZIP FILES
zip newarchive.zip bike.jpg hello.js

ZIP DIRECTORY
zip -r newarchive.zip ../test

UNZIP
unzip newarchive.zip

SCREENSHOT
screencapture ../test/screenshot.png

SCREENSHOT TO CLIPBOARD
screencapture -c

FIND FILES CONTAINING TEXT
grep -lir "some text" *

FIND FILES CONTAINING TEXT FASTER
mdfind "On 19 January 1936"

FIND FILE
find ../ -name ant.png

FIND FOLDER
find . -name lightwellOF -type d

TALK
say 'hello world!'

LION DISPLAY LIBRARY FOLDER
chflags nohidden ~/Library/

VIEW HIDDEN FILES
defaults write com.apple.Finder AppleShowAllFiles YES
defaults write com.apple.Finder AppleShowAllFiles NO

CREATE A SHELL SCRIPT 
// place commands in a text file with .sh for terminal use or .command for double click. eg.
#!/bin/bash
echo "Hello, World!" 
// from terminal
chmod a+x somefile.command

RUN SIMPLE PYTHON SERVER (navigate to folder to make that the localhost pointer)
python -m SimpleHTTPServer

SAY
say -o /Users/trentbrooks/Documents/Openframeworks/OF_081/apps/trentbrooks/HarpasNightLight/bin/data/sound2/blue.caf --data-format=LEF64@44100 blue