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xbalaji / python_random_strings.sh
Last active October 8, 2020 06:26
python_random_strings.sh
# generate string list
python3 -c 'import random,json,string; print([ "".join([random.choice(string.ascii_letters) for ix in range(15)]) for jx in range(10)])'
# print one each line, logic is to create a list first and use print with * and separator
python3 -c 'import random,string; sx = ["".join([random.choice(string.ascii_letters) for ix in range(15)]) for jx in range(10)]; print(*sx, sep="\n")'
# generate a csv file, the one below generates a csv file with random people name and age, change the tuple to more than 2, you could create address
python3 -c 'import random,string; ppl = [("".join(random.choice(string.ascii_letters) for ix in range(6)), random.randrange(20,90)) for jx in range(10)]; [print(f"{name}, {age}") for name, age in ppl]'
# generate AWS account numbers, random 12 digit number, primarily used for testing
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xbalaji / create-macos-vm.txt
Last active June 25, 2023 01:50
create-macos-vm
# create a volume, attach it, erase the disk, save the install app to it
hdiutil create -o macos/Catalina -size 10g -volname Catalina -layout SPUD -fs HFS+J
hdiutil attach macos/Catalina.dmg -noverify -mountpoint /Volumes/Catalina
DISKNUM=$(df -h /Volumes/Catalina | tail -1 | cut -c6-10)
diskutil eraseDisk JHFS+ Catalina ${DISKNUM}
# now install the macos on to the mounted volume
"/Applications/Install macOS Catalina.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia" --volume /Volumes/Catalina/ --nointeraction
# convert to img
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xbalaji / oneliners-aws-organizations.sh
Last active November 9, 2024 21:08
aws organizations cli
#list all accounts
aws organizations list-accounts
#list all active accounts
aws organizations list-accounts | jq -r '.Accounts[] | select(.Status == "ACTIVE") | "\(.Id) \(.Name)"'
# create a key value pair of account number to name
aws organizations list-accounts | jq -M '[.Accounts[] | select(.Status == "ACTIVE") | {(.Id): .Name}] | add | to_entries | sort_by(.key) | from_entries'
#list all in-active accounts
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xbalaji / xml2yaml.sh
Last active September 5, 2019 22:54
xml to yaml python one-liner
cat "xml-file" | python3 -c 'import sys,xmltodict,yaml,json; print(yaml.dump(json.loads(json.dumps(xmltodict.parse(sys.stdin.read())))))'
aws ec2 describe-vpn-connections | jq -r '.VpnConnections[].CustomerGatewayConfiguration' | python3 -c 'import sys,xmltodict,yaml,json; print(yaml.dump(json.loads(json.dumps(xmltodict.parse(sys.stdin.read())))))'
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xbalaji / oneliners-aws-config.sh
Last active February 24, 2021 04:22
aws cli config display defaults
aws configservice --region us-west-1 describe-delivery-channels
aws configservice --region us-west-2 describe-delivery-channels
aws configservice --region us-east-1 describe-delivery-channels
aws configservice --region us-east-2 describe-delivery-channels
aws configservice --region us-west-1 delete-delivery-channel --delivery-channel-name default
aws configservice --region us-west-2 delete-delivery-channel --delivery-channel-name default
aws configservice --region us-east-1 delete-delivery-channel --delivery-channel-name default
aws configservice --region us-east-2 delete-delivery-channel --delivery-channel-name default
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xbalaji / oneliners-aws-ec2.sh
Last active February 24, 2021 04:22
aws ec2 cli one liners
aws ec2 describe-instances | jq -c '.Reservations[].Instances[] | { InstanceId: .InstanceId, IP:.PrivateIpAddress, State: .State.Name} '
aws ec2 describe-instances | jq -c '.Reservations[].Instances[] | [ .InstanceId, .PrivateIpAddress, .State.Name] '
aws ec2 describe-instances --query 'Reservations[*].Instances[*].[InstanceId]' --filters Name=instance-state-name,Values=running --output text
aws ec2 describe-instances --query 'Reservations[*].Instances[*].[InstanceId,PrivateIpAddress,State.Name]' --filters Name=instance-state-name,Values=running --output text
aws ec2 describe-instances --filters Name=instance-state-name,Values=running --query 'Reservations[*].Instances[*].[InstanceId,PrivateIpAddress]' --output text
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xbalaji / oneliners-aws-resources.sh
Last active August 3, 2022 09:56
aws list resources
# list all regions
aws ec2 describe-regions --output text | cut -f3-
# the use resourcegrouptaggingapi to list resources in each region
aws resourcegroupstaggingapi get-resources --region ${REG_NAME} | jq -r '.[][] | .ResourceARN'
aws resourcegroupstaggingapi get-resources --tag-filters "Key=XYZ" | jq -r '.[][] | .ResourceARN as $res | .Tags[] | select(.Key == "XYZ") | [$res, .Value ] | @csv '
# display all non-us regions
aws ec2 describe-regions | jq -r '.Regions[] | select(.RegionName | test("^(?!(us-).*)")) | .RegionName'
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xbalaji / oneliners-aws-iam.sh
Last active February 24, 2021 04:23
aws iam one liners
aws iam list-users | jq '.Users[].UserName' | xargs -t -L 1 -I {} aws iam list-user-tags --user-name {} | jq '.Tags'
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xbalaji / oneliners-json2yml.sh
Last active October 10, 2022 04:03
json2yml one liner
# oneliners-json2yml.sh
cat "json-file" | python -c 'import sys,yaml; yaml.dump(yaml.safe_load(sys.stdin),sys.stdout)'
python -c 'import sys,yaml; yaml.dump(yaml.safe_load(sys.stdin),sys.stdout)' < "json-file"
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xbalaji / walk_aws_cli.sh
Last active September 17, 2019 03:12
aws cli shell script handling next token
walk_aws_cli()
{
ToCombine="$1"
shift
AwsCliCmd="$@"
DirName="${FUNCNAME[0]}-$$"
mkdir $DirName
LoopCount=0