Post your handy self made command line utilities

evil · 2010-06-21 20:21:24

gladstone wrote:

You can add in the "robustness" like so:
up()
{
    for updirs in $(seq ${1:-1}); do
        cd ..
    done
}
Source.

ok, what exactly does ${1:-1} do?

Daenyth · 2010-06-21 20:25:03

It's a variable expansion on $1, and it means that if $1 is unset, put in a literal 1 (the bit after ":-"). ":" is the general expansion action that does things in the value is unset, and "-" is a specific subaction of it. There are others like := which sets it if unset. I forget them all, but man bash will get you there

evil · 2010-06-21 20:30:01

Daenyth wrote:

It's a variable expansion on $1, and it means that if $1 is unset, put in a literal 1 (the bit after ":-"). ":" is the general expansion action that does things in the value is unset, and "-" is a specific subaction of it. There are others like := which sets it if unset. I forget them all, but man bash will get you there

Ahh, thank you for the information. It now makes a lot more sense.

TaylanUB · 2010-06-22 19:20:56

gladstone wrote:

You can add in the "robustness" like so:
up()
{
    for updirs in $(seq ${1:-1}); do
        cd ..
    done
}
Source.

Now that's a lot cleaner.

Although with "robust"ness i meant 1) more or less than 1 argument, 2) a non-integer $1, which will make seq err.

The source you've given has a nice one, here's a simpler version:

up ()
{
    test $# -eq 0 && { cd ..; return; }
    test $# -eq 1 && test "$1" -ge 0 2> /dev/null || { echo error; return 1; }
    for i in $(seq $1); do cd ..; done
}

The greater-than/equal-to 0 test with '2> /dev/null' also ensures that the variable holds an integer. The fact that it allows 0 and 1 means you can use `up 0` to do nothing (!) and `up 1` as a longer version for `up`. `seq` returns nothing when given a single negative number, but i prohibited negatives anyway since they're illogical unlike say 0.

Daenyth · 2010-06-22 19:25:41

You can also do "for updirs in {1..${1:-1}};" which is nicer than seq

falconindy · 2010-06-22 20:54:38

Can you? I've never had any success nesting variables inside a brace expansion...

$ foo=5
$ echo {1..${foo}}
{1..5}

The guys in #bash recommend just using a for/while loop:

for ((i=1;i<${1:-1};i++); do...done

i=1
while [[ $i -lt ${1:-1} ]]; do...i=$(($i + 1));done

Daenyth · 2010-06-22 21:10:30

Ah, I hadn't tried it. Just assumed it would work.

smartboyathome · 2010-06-23 22:43:23

Hi, after forgetting time and time again to write sudo in front of nano, editing a root-owned text file, then trying to save it and failing, I finally broke down and wrote a script which automates everything. I added in the -u flag (which allows you to edit as the owner of the file instead of as root when you are not the owner), the -g flag (which allows you to edit using your _graphical_ editor of choice), and the -gu flag (combines both -g and -u). It requires gksu, the $EDITOR variable to be set to your CLI editor of choice, and the $GUIEDITOR variable to your GUI editor of choice. This can be easily edited to use su instead of sudo if you so prefer.

edit() {
    case $1 in
        -u)
            if [ -w $2 ]; then
                $EDITOR $2
            else
                _fileUid=`stat ~ | grep uid | cut -d" " -f6`
                _uidName=`getent passwd $_fileUID | head -n 1 | cut -d":" -f1`
                if [ $_uidName = 'root' ]; then
                    sudo $EDITOR $2
                else
                    sudo -u $_uidName $EDITOR $2
                fi
            fi
        ;;
        -g)
            if [ -w $2 ]; then
                $GUIEDITOR $2
            else
                gksu $GUIEDITOR $2
            fi
        ;;
        -gu)
            if [ -w $2 ]; then
                $GUIEDITOR $2
            else
                _fileUid=`stat ~ | grep uid | cut -d" " -f6`
                _uidName=`getent passwd $_fileUID | cut -d":" -f1`
                if [ $_uidName = 'root' ]; then
                    gksu $GUIEDITOR $2
                else
                    gksu -u $_uidName $GUIEDITOR $2
                fi
            fi 
        ;;
        *)
            if [ -w $1 ]; then
                $EDITOR $1
            else
                sudo $EDITOR $1
            fi ;;
    esac
}

brisbin33 · 2010-06-24 12:58:00

hehe, all that when a little

cmap w!! w !sudo tee % >/dev/null<CR>:e!<CR><CR>

works for vim

smartboyathome · 2010-06-24 13:36:47

brisbin33 wrote:

hehe, all that when a little
cmap w!! w !sudo tee % >/dev/null<CR>:e!<CR><CR>
works for vim

Not everyone likes vim. I barely know enough about vim to browse through text files with it, i still can't remember how to insert text, and will probably forget again. ;P

Daenyth · 2010-06-24 16:08:31

find . -type d -name .git | while read gitdir; do
    pushd $gitdir
    git remote update
    popd
done

Last edited by Daenyth (2010-06-24 16:08:42)

evil · 2010-06-26 21:01:20

Here is a function I wrote for my ~/.bashrc

function makescript()
{
[ $# -eq 0 ] || [ $# -gt 2 ] && echo '
Usage: makescript <FILENAME> <INTERPRETER>
   FILENAME - if no path is specified, just a filename, this will occur in the working 
directory
   INTERPRETER - Supported interpreters are bash, perl, python, ruby, sh' && return 1

interp=''
if [ $# -eq 2 ]; then
    case $2 in
            py | python) interp='#!/usr/bin/python' ;;
        b | bash) interp='#!/bin/bash' ;;
        pl | perl) interp='#!/usr/bin/perl' ;;
        sh) interp='#!/bin/sh' ;;
        ru | ruby) interp='#!/usr/bin/ruby' ;;
        *) echo "$2 isnt a known interpreter"; exit $? ;;
    esac
else
    interp='#!/bin/bash'
fi

if [ -f "$1" ]; then
    echo "makescript: do you wish to over-write $1? (Y/n) "
    read answer
    case $answer in
        y | Y | yes | YES) > $1; echo "makescript: file cleared for new script." ;;
        n | N | no | NO) echo "makescript: operation aborted."; exit $? ;;
        *) echo "makescript: not a correct response. aborting."; exit $? ;;
    esac
else
    > $1
fi

echo $interp > $1
chmod +x ./$1
echo "makescript: $1 has been created and chmodded."
}

I know, seems lazy but I was bored at the time so I wrote that.
For the noobs, this script creates empty script templates and chmods them executable.
You could also make defaults if no second argument is specified, which I am thinking about doing, to default to a bash script.
EDIT: I went ahead and modified it. If no arguments are provided, or more than 2 then the usage is printed. if you provide only a filename then bash is defaulted.

Last edited by evil (2010-06-26 22:50:53)

evil · 2010-06-26 21:03:37

falconindy wrote:

Can you? I've never had any success nesting variables inside a brace expansion...
$ foo=5
$ echo {1..${foo}}
{1..5}
The guys in #bash recommend just using a for/while loop:
for ((i=1;i<${1:-1};i++); do...done
i=1
while [[ $i -lt ${1:-1} ]]; do...i=$(($i + 1));done

until recently, i was unaware that you could use C style for statements. i like that a lot

evil · 2010-06-27 05:35:37

Heh, feels like im taking over the thread. Here is yet another script. To use it, you will either have to run it as root or chmod 744 /var/log/* so the average user can read the logs, just not modify/move/delete.

#!/bin/bash

usage() 
{
echo "
Usage: logviewer [OPTIONS] log

Options:
    -f: Follow the log
    -l: Number of lines to tail log (default 10)
    -h: This help message
    -v: Verbose

Programmed Logs:

    all, ao, archftw, auth, crond, dmn, dmesg, err,
    faillog, kdm, kern, last, msg, pac, slim, sys,
    user, uucp, wtmp, and xorg

Example(s):
    logviewer err - views the error log
    logviewer -fvl 5 kern - displays last 5 lines of the
    kernel.log and continues to follow it as text is
    added to the log with verbose switched on"
}

[ $# -eq 0 ] && echo "logviewer: no arguments specified" && usage && exit $?
logdir="/var/log/ /home/$USER/.weechat/logs/"
follow=0
lines=10
mylog=''
verbose=0

while getopts "fhvl:" options ; do
    case $options in
        f) follow=1;  ;;
        l) lines=$OPTARG; ;;
        v) verbose=1; ;;
        h) usage; exit $?; ;;
    esac
done
shift $(($OPTIND - 1)) 

case $1 in
    all)     mylog='everything.log'                                         ;;
    ao)      mylog='irc.freenode.#archlinux-offtopic.weechatlog'            ;;
    archftw) mylog='irc.freenode.##arch-ftw.weechatlog'                     ;;
    auth)    mylog='auth.log'                                               ;;
    crond)   mylog='crond.log'                                              ;;
    dmn)     mylog='daemon.log'                                             ;;
    dmesg)   mylog='dmesg.log'                                              ;;
    err)     mylog='errors.log'                                             ;;
    faillog) mylog='faillog'                                                ;;
    kdm)     mylog='kdm.log'                                                ;;
    kern)    mylog='kernel.log'                                             ;;
    last)    mylog='lastlog'                                                ;;
    msg)     mylog='messages.log'                                           ;;
    pac)     mylog='pacman.log'                                             ;;
    slim)    mylog='slim.log'                                               ;;
    sys)     mylog='syslog.log'                                             ;;
    user)    mylog='user.log'                                               ;;
    uucp)    mylog='uucp.log'                                               ;;
    wtmp)    mylog='wtmp'                                                   ;;
    xorg)    mylog='Xorg.0.log'                                             ;;
    *)       echo "logviewer: the log you specified isnt available"; exit 1 ;;
esac

tries=0

for i in $logdir ; do
if [ -f $i$mylog ] && [ $follow == 0 ]; then
    [ $verbose -eq 1 ] && echo "logviewer: now showing the last $lines line(s) of $logdir$mylog"
    tail -n $lines $i$mylog
elif [ -f $i$mylog ] && [ $follow == 1 ]; then
    [ $verbose -eq 1 ] && echo "logviewer: now displaying the last $lines line(s) of $logdir$mylog in follow mode"
    tail -fn $lines $i$mylog
elif [ ! -f $i$mylog ]; then
    [ $tries -eq 1 ] && echo "logviewer: the log you have requested does not currently exist."
fi
tries=$(($tries + 1))
done

I wrote this for practice because I had never used getopts before.
EDIT: I am actually finding this script useful when I ssh in to a computer and need to quickly check logs for something.

Last edited by evil (2010-06-27 15:11:11)

falconindy · 2010-06-27 13:24:48

evil wrote:

you will either have to run it as root or chmod 744 /var/log/* so the average user can read the logs, just not modify/move/delete.

Better solution:

sudo gpasswd -a $USER log

I'll contribute... a password generator:

#!/bin/bash

ALLOWEDCHARS='[:alnum:][:punct:]'

if [[ $# -eq 0 ]]; then
    echo "Usage: ${0##*/} <string length> [output quantity]" >&2
    exit 1
fi

[[ -z $2 ]] && set $1 1

cat /dev/urandom | tr -dc $ALLOWEDCHARS | fold -w $1 | head -n $2

Spacenick · 2010-06-27 13:43:00

Far from a tool, but it just came in handy to convert a folder full of .vcf files (as Nokia's N900 exports it's Contacts) into one giant .vcf file as Evolution likes them.
In principle it's a simple cat *.vcf >> all.vcf but then one misses newlines between the files so here is my hacky solution:

#!/usr/bin/zsh
touch all.vcf;
rm all.vcf;
find -name '*.vcf' | while read filename;
do;
   cat $filename >> all.vcf;
   echo "\n" >> all.vcf;
done;

TaylanUB · 2010-07-01 19:39:31

#!/bin/sh
cd /srv/http/stream || exit 1

mkdir -p /tmp/fifos

if [ -e /tmp/fifos/mplayer ]
then
    test -p /tmp/fifos/mplayer || exit 1
else
    rm -f /tmp/fifos/mplayer # Might have been a dangling symlink; just remove it
    mkfifo /tmp/fifos/mplayer
fi

mplayer tv:// -slave -input file=/tmp/fifos/mplayer -vf screenshot -vo null < /dev/null > /dev/null 2>&1 &
trap "kill $! 2> /dev/null; exit" INT TERM EXIT

sleep 3 # Give MPlayer time to initialize

rm -f shot????.png # Initial cleanup

while true
do
    echo screenshot 0 > /tmp/fifos/mplayer
    sleep 2 # Here's our FPS setting (this would be 0.5 FPS)
    mv shot????.png current_frame.png
done

Put a screenshot to /srv/http/stream/current_frame.png (change to whatever you want) every N seconds.
Clients may create their own frontends. (View http://foobar/stream/current_frame.png and refresh every N seconds.)
A default frontend with once per 2.5 seconds refresh (totally simple HTML+JavaScript) is present as index.html in the directory 'stream'.

There you've got cheap and dirty streaming from your webcam.

---

I had shared some older, crappy version of this:

#!/bin/dash
#
# screenrec.sh: POSIX sh based screen recorder that relies on scrot and mencoder.
#               You also need bc.
#

. "$HOME"/bin/common_stuff.sh

if [ $# -gt 1 ]
then
    echo >&2 "usage:"
    echo >&2 "$z [filename]"
    echo >&2
    echo >&2 "'filename' defaults to 'out' and will be appended '.avi'"
    echo >&2 "send a SIGINT (e.g. press ^C) to stop recording"
fi

file=${1:-out}

make_tmp_dirs imgdir || exit 2
trapEXIT "rm -rf '$imgdir'"

breaker=${TMPDIR:-/tmp}/$z-$$-breaker
trapEXIT "rm '$breaker'"
trap "touch '$breaker'" INT
start=$(date +%s)
for i in $(seq -w 1 999999)
do
    scrot "$imgdir"/$i.png
    test -e "$breaker" && break
done

dur=$(( $(date +%s) - start ))

fps=$(echo "scale=3; $(ls "$imgdir" | wc -l)/$dur" | bc)

mencoder "mf://$imgdir/*" -mf fps=$fps -o "$file".avi -ovc lavc -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg4 > /dev/null 2>&1

Something like 1 FPS, and the mouse isn't visible, and it lags the OS like hell while it's running, but hey it works! xD

evil · 2010-07-05 19:53:25

Run xstart after login to select your WM. BEFORE USING make a backup of your $HOME/.xinitrc file.

#!/bin/bash

# Name: Evil (Arch forum nick / registered nick on Freenode)
# Script: Start-up WM Selector
# Scriptname: xstart
# Date: July 4th 2010

wm=''

choice=''
dialog --title "Select your Window Manager" --menu "Choose one of the following or press <Cancel> to exit." 11 40 3 "1" "KDE" "2" "Openbox" "3" "Rat Poison" "4" "Awesome" "5" "Enlightenment" 2> ./.ans

choice=$(cat ./.ans)

    case $choice in
        1) wm='startkde'
              ;;

        2) wm='dbus-launch --exit-with-session openbox-session'
              ;;

        3) wm='dbus-launch --exit-with-session ratpoison'
              ;;

        4) wm='dbus-launch --exit-with-session awesome'
              ;;

        5) wm='dbus-launch --exit-with-session enlightenment_start'
              ;;

        *) exit 1
               ;;
esac

clear

cd ~
echo 'xman: configuring .xinitrc'

setheader='#!/bin/bash'
echo "$setheader
exec $wm" > .xinitrc

echo 'xman: .xinitrc configured'
echo 'xman: launching X'
startx

Last edited by evil (2010-07-05 19:54:39)

Daenyth · 2010-07-05 20:30:40

~/.xinitrc is a bash script. Don't overwrite it, put your selection stuff in it.

evil · 2010-07-05 21:27:30

Daenyth wrote:

~/.xinitrc is a bash script. Don't overwrite it, put your selection stuff in it.

I did. I put the script in there minus the parts of overwriting .xinitrc of course then typed startx and didn't work. It wont even show the dialog.

hwkiller · 2010-07-06 15:32:52

I'm a bit of an amateur at scripting and such, but I love customization. GDM >=2.8 is bloody irritating to customize.

I know one should be able to run something like "sudo -u gdm gconftool-2 --set --type string /desktop/gnome/background/picture_filename /path/to/your/background/here.jpg" to change the background for the GDM login.

I couldn't get that to work at all, however.

So I wrote this.

#!/bin/sh
echo "Enter your username (e.g.,[hwkiller] without the brackets)"
read USER


bkrnd=`sudo -u $USER gconftool-2 --get /desktop/gnome/background/picture_filename`
echo "Using $bkrnd"
if [ ! -e /usr/share/pixmaps/backgrounds/gnome/nature/gnome-background-default.jpg ]; then sudo cp /usr/share/pixmaps/backgrounds/gnome/background-default.jpg /usr/share/pixmaps/backgrounds/gnome/nature/gnome-background-default.jpg
fi

sudo cp $bkrnd /usr/share/pixmaps/backgrounds/gnome/background-default.jpg
echo "Finished."

You just run it as root and type in which user's background you want to use for the login screen. If you've never run it before, it will backup the original default background picture and replace it with your preferred one.

PoZiTPoH · 2010-07-06 16:50:04

#!/bin/bash

################################################### CONFIGURATION ######
PKGBUILDSPATH=/data/etc/PKGBUILDS
REPOPATH=/data/WWW/pozitpoh.is-a-geek.org/repo/i686
REPONAME=pozitpoh
########################################################################

################################################### Variables ##########
PKGNAME=1
########################################################################

################################################### Main code ##########

################################################### Rebuild all packages
buildpkg_done () {
    echo -e "\033[1;36m===>\033[0m \033[1;32mJob completed. Check ~/reporebuild Logs/reporebuild-PKGNAME.log for details.\033[0m"
    exit
}

buildpkg () {
for PKGNAME in $(cat ~/.reporebuild | awk '{ print $PKGNAME }'); do
    # END in package list detected?
    if [ "$PKGNAME" == "END" ]; then
        buildpkg_done
    fi
    echo -e "\033[1;36m===>\033[0m Rebuild package: \033[1;31m$PKGNAME\033[0m"
    cd $PKGBUILDSPATH/$PKGNAME
    makepkg $3 &> ~/reporebuild\ Logs/reporebuild-$PKGNAME.log
    echo -e "\033[1;36m===>\033[0m \033[1;33mRebuild complete. Moving package\033[0m \033[1;31m$PKGNAME\033[0m \033[1;33mto repository dir and update repo database...\033[0m "
    rm $REPOPATH/$PKGNAME-*.pkg.tar.* &> /dev/null
    mv $PKGBUILDSPATH/$PKGNAME/$PKGNAME-*.pkg.tar.* $REPOPATH &> /dev/null
    cd $REPOPATH && rm $REPONAME.db.tar.gz && repo-add $REPONAME.db.tar.gz *.pkg.tar.gz *.pkg.tar.xz &> /dev/null
    PKGNAME=PKGNAME+1
done
################################################### Make some cycle :>
buildpkg
}

all () {
    echo -e "\033[1;36m=====>\033[0m Rebuild all packages.\033[0m Output redirected to ~/reporebuild Logs/reporebuild-PKGNAME.log"
    buildpkg
}

################################################### Some help :>
help () {
    clear
    echo "=================================================================================="
    echo -e "\033[1;32mLocal repository rebuild script\033[0m version 0.3"
    echo -e "\033[1;33mUsage:\033[0m"
    echo "reporebuild.sh [OPTION] -f"
    echo
    echo "Options:"
    echo "   all            rebuild all packages specified in ~/.localrepo"
    echo "   build pkgname    build specified package from AUR (PKGBUILD will be saved"
    echo "            in PKGBUILDS directory for later usage with localbuild"
    echo "            command)"
    echo "   localbuild pkgname    rebuild only specific package from local PKGBUILD"
    echo "   -f            force rebuild (for localbuild only)"
    echo
    echo "You must verify CONFIGURATION section in this script."
    echo "PKGBUILDs must be placed in <pkgname> folder (for example, for PSI-PLUS package:"
    echo "psi-plus/PKGBUILD)"
    echo
    echo    
    echo "List of packages in your local repository must be placed in ~/.localrepo"
    echo "Example contents of ~/.reporebuild:"
    echo 
    echo "packagename1 packagename2 ... packagenameN END"
    echo 
    echo -e "\033[1;31mREMEMBER!\033[0m Word 'END' in the end of package list is mandatory!"
    echo
    echo    
    echo "If you want to build package from AUR (option 'build pkgname') - you need yaourt to"
    echo "be installed"
    echo "=================================================================================="
}

case "$1" in
all)
    all
    ;;
build)
################################################### Save PKGBUILD from AUR and build it
    echo -e "\033[1;36m===>\033[0m Rebuild package: \033[1;31m$2\033[0m"
    echo -e "\033[1;31m===> WARNING:\033[0m \033[1;33mPKGBUILD for package $2 will be saved in $PKGBUILDSPATH/$2 directory. Want to proceed [Y/N]?\033[0m"
    read pkgbuildsaverequest
    if [ $pkgbuildsaverequest = y -o $pkgbuildsaverequest = Y ]; then
    mkdir -p $PKGBUILDSPATH/$2
    cd $PKGBUILDSPATH/$2 && yaourt -G aur/$2
    echo -e "\033[1;32m===> Fetching Complete.\033[0m \033[1;33mBuilding package...\033[0m"
    makepkg &> ~/reporebuild\ Logs/reporebuild-$PKGNAME.log
    echo -e "\033[1;36m===>\033[0m \033[1;33mRebuild complete. Moving package\033[0m \033[1;31m$2\033[0m \033[1;33mto repository dir and update repo database...\033[0m "        
    rm $REPOPATH/$2-*.pkg.tar.* &> /dev/null
    mv $PKGBUILDSPATH/$2/$2-*.pkg.tar.* $REPOPATH &> /dev/null
    cd $REPOPATH && rm $REPONAME.db.tar.gz && repo-add $REPONAME.db.tar.gz *.pkg.tar.gz *.pkg.tar.xz &> /dev/null
    echo -e "\033[1;36m===>\033[0m \033[1;32mJob completed.\033[0m"
    fi
    if [ $pkgbuildsaverequest = n -o $pkgbuildsaverequest = N ]; then
    mkdir -p /tmp/reporebuild/$2
    cd /tmp/reporebuild/$2 && yaourt -G aur/$2 &> /dev/null
    echo -e "\033[1;32m===> Fetching Complete.\033[0m \033[1;33mBuilding package...\033[0m"
    makepkg &> ~/reporebuild\ Logs/reporebuild-$PKGNAME.log
    echo -e "\033[1;36m===>\033[0m \033[1;33mRebuild complete. Moving package\033[0m \033[1;31m$2\033[0m \033[1;33mto repository dir and update repo database...\033[0m "        
    rm $REPOPATH/$2-*.pkg.tar.* &> /dev/null
    mv $PKGBUILDSPATH/$2/$2-*.pkg.tar.* $REPOPATH &> /dev/null
    cd $REPOPATH && rm $REPONAME.db.tar.gz && repo-add $REPONAME.db.tar.gz *.pkg.tar.gz *.pkg.tar.xz &> /dev/null
    rm -rf /tmp/reporebuild/$2
    echo -e "\033[1;36m===>\033[0m \033[1;32mJob completed.\033[0m"
    exit 0
    fi
    ;;
localbuild)
################################################### I cant make it run from function =\
    echo -e "\033[1;36m===>\033[0m Rebuild package: \033[1;31m$2\033[0m"
    cd $PKGBUILDSPATH/$2
    makepkg $3 &> ~/reporebuild\ Logs/reporebuild-$2.log
    echo -e "\033[1;36m===>\033[0m \033[1;33mRebuild complete. Moving package\033[0m \033[1;31m$2\033[0m \033[1;33mto repository dir and update repo database...\033[0m "
    rm $REPOPATH/$2-*.pkg.tar.* &> /dev/null
    mv $PKGBUILDSPATH/$2/$2-*.pkg.tar.* $REPOPATH &> /dev/null
    cd $REPOPATH && rm $REPONAME.db.tar.gz && repo-add $REPONAME.db.tar.gz *.pkg.tar.gz *.pkg.tar.xz &> /dev/null
    echo -e "\033[1;36m===>\033[0m \033[1;32mJob completed.\033[0m"
    ;;
*)
    help
    ;;
esac

exit
########################################################################

General script purpose: keeping local repository up-to-date. Im using CRON for launch it. Also script can fetch pkgbuilds in local folder for later rebuild :>

bobdob · 2010-07-06 17:14:14

Here is the scripts I use to run wine in my chroot32:
wine.sh

#!/bin/sh
#

if [ ! -e /var/run/daemons/arch32 ]; then
  echo "Chroot environment not started. Starting now"
  sudo /etc/rc.d/arch32 start
fi

ROOT="/media/disk/chroot32"
if [ "$WINE" ]; then
  linux32 chroot $ROOT wine "$WINE" $*
else
  linux32 chroot $ROOT wine $*
fi

It's kind of hackish, since when I run the command linux32 chroot $ROOT wine "$WINE" in a shell it doesn't need the quotes, but a soon as I put it in a script it stops working without them. Anyone know why this is?

Anyway. Then I have a script for each program like so, ie Spotify:

#!/bin/sh
#

export WINE="C:\\Program Files\Spotify\spotify.exe"
export WINEDEBUG=-all
~/scripts/wine.sh $*

Lars Stokholm · 2010-07-06 17:21:50

A utility to launch various command line applications in screen sessions by their name. It either resumes a session with the running application in it or starts a new session for it. Screen has build-in functionality for that. I'm just wrapping it up:

#!/bin/bash
#
# screen-launch: Execute command in a screen session
#

[[ ${STY} ]] && echo \
  Please quit or detach from current session first >&2 && exit 1

COMMAND=$(basename ${0})
XTERM="urxvt -T ${COMMAND} -e"
SCREEN=screen

[[ ${DISPLAY} && ${TERM} == linux ]] && SCREEN="${XTERM} ${SCREEN}"

exec ${SCREEN} -d -R ${COMMAND} /usr/bin/${COMMAND}

I make use of it by creating symlinks to it, placing the symlinks in some $PATH and executing them with dmenu:

canto -> utils/screen-launch
irssi -> utils/screen-launch
ncmpc -> utils/screen-launch
rtorrent -> utils/screen-launch
slrn -> utils/screen-launch

Last edited by Lars Stokholm (2010-07-14 07:22:09)

bobdob · 2010-07-06 20:25:35

Here's another one. I use it along with flashgot to open pdf's using google docs.
Pass it a url, it encodes it and opens the link with firefox.

#!/bin/sh
#

URI=$(echo -n "$*" | perl -MURI::Escape -le 'print uri_escape <STDIN>')

firefox "http://docs.google.com/viewer?url=$URI"

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