Negate find results

Find files that do not match expression and dostuff on them:

find ./ [expressions] -prune -or [dostuff]

Example:

find ./ -name '.svn' -prune -or -type f -print

finds all non-svn files and prints their paths on stdout

top (unix command) with two samples in logging mode - but only the second matters

i wanted to use the unix top command with GeekTools and found that this wasn't as straight forward as i had expected...

anyways, the following bundle does the trick:

top -o cpu -l 2 -u -S | sed -e '2,/^Processes:/ d'

use Quick Look (OS X) from command line

qlmanage -p FILE
qlmanage -p FILE >& /dev/null &

Open in (OS X) Terminal here...

...seems so handy! but doesn't come with the system.

now, obviously the problem has already been encountered before:

http://c-command.com/scripts/finder/open-in-terminal

so i used this to get started (and finished) - result is a Finder.app Workflow:

on run {input, parameters}

   repeat with i in input
     my processItem(i)
   end repeat

   return input
end run

...just accompany this snippet with on processItem(i) and on canChangeDirectoryTo(f), save it as Workflow - done.

Modify iWeb sites to work with Google Analytics

wanted to use Google Analytics together with iWeb & didn't want to use BBEdit, someEdit, someOtherEdit or an Automator action... as i have to sync the iWeb content anyway - why not use a little (python) script to integrate the Google snippet?

use somthing like

find iWeb/ -iname '*.html' -exec ./iWeb.py "</body>" iWeb.analytics {} {} \;

with iWeb.analytics beeing the Google snippet and iWeb.py the follwoing script. after that i use sitecopy --update [SITENAME]...

#!/usr/bin/env python
import sys,os
usage = "usage: %s searchText insertText_file [infile [outfile]]" % os.path.basename(sys.argv[0])

def init():

stext = sys.argv[1]

replaceTextFileIn = open(sys.argv[2],'r')
replaceTextFileContent = replaceTextFileIn.readlines()
replaceTextFileIn.close()

# print replaceTextFileContent

input = sys.stdin
output = sys.stdout
if len(sys.argv) > 3:
input = open(sys.argv[3])

inputContent = input.readlines()
input.close()


if len(sys.argv) > 4:
output = open(sys.argv[4], 'w')

for s in inputContent:
output.write(s.replace(stext, ''.join(replaceTextFileContent) + stext))

output.close()

if __name__ == "__main__":
if len(sys.argv)

the latest version of this script might be available from (something like):
https: / / iiegn.dyndns.org / svn / de.iiegn / _stuff / iWeb.py

references:

1. http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20061220033306772
2. http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/automator/addgoogleanalyticsaction.html
   
3. http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Cookbook/Python/Recipe/52250
   

Preview.app as viewer in jHylaFax (or other java/macport/... applications)

/usr/bin/open -a Preview [FILENAME]

debian, ampache, and xspf player

installed ampache (https://ampache.bountysource.com/wiki/Ampache_on_Debian) and after local play was working wanted to try xspf player:

but it seemed like the link for the temporary playlist-id did not transfer correctly - solution was to modify the trunk version of show_xspf_player.inc.php from the svn repository.

<div id="mp3player">
<object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase="http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=7,0,0,0" width="400" height="170" id="xspf_player" align="middle">
<param name="pluginspage" value="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" />
<param name="allowScriptAccess" value="sameDomain" />
<param name="movie" value="/modules/flash/xspf_player.swf?autoplay=true&playlist_url=" />
<param name="quality" value="high" />
<param name="bgcolor" value="#ffffff" />
<param name="type" value="application/x-shockwave-flash" />
<param name="width" value="400" />
<param name="height" value="170" />
<param name="name" value="xspf_player" />
<param name="align" value="middle" />
<embed src="/modules/flash/xspf_player.swf?autoplay=true&playlist_url=" quality="high" bgcolor="#ffffff" width="400" height="170" name="xspf_player" align="middle" allowScriptAccess="sameDomain" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" />
</object>
</div>

port install fails with 'checksum mismatch'

wanted to install Coin with

sudo port -v install coin

but only got

---> Verifying checksum(s) for Coin
---> Checksumming Coin-2.4.6.tar.gz
Error: Checksum (md5) mismatch for Coin-2.4.6.tar.gz
Portfile checksum: Coin-2.4.6.tar.gz md5 17f9a941cec7a1b69693d240e4ac308d
Distfile checksum: Coin-2.4.6.tar.gz md5 30efbdb9c761dd9fea7a7f4a0f01a50d
Error: Checksum (sha1) mismatch for Coin-2.4.6.tar.gz
Portfile checksum: Coin-2.4.6.tar.gz sha1 8595fcc9b4669b8c58490637d577f061589dbdbb
Distfile checksum: Coin-2.4.6.tar.gz sha1 662cde2c7fd06e79f95e02aa23325d283d3294a1

checked whether my download was 'broken': downloaded Coin-2.4.6.tar.gz from different sites and - consistently - found one other checksum...

...then changed the checksum in

/opt/local/var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/release/ports/graphics/Coin/Portfile

(for other ports the file will be different - but somewhere in that direction...)


references:

1. http://blog.codefront.net/2007/05/29/imagemagick-port-broken-temporarily/
2. http://groups.google.com/group/mailing.freebsd.questions/
3. http://trac.macports.org/projects/macports/ticket/12618 - now, that's only the bug report...

booting from the network with GRUB

http://en.opensuse.org/SDB:Booting_from_the_Network_with_GRUB

SSH handler for Firefox

linux

add the following lines to user.js (in the profile folder):

user_pref("network.protocol-handler.external.ssh", true);
user_pref("network.protocol-handler.warn-external.ssh", false);
user_pref("network.protocol-handler.expose.ssh", true);
user_pref("network.protocol-handler.app.ssh", \
[noLineBreak] "/PATHTO/NAME_OF_SSHHANDLER_HELPER_SCRIPT");

ssh handler helper script

#!/usr/bin/env bash

xterm -e ssh `echo $1 | sed -e "s/ssh:\/\///"`
#
# don't forget to set the script's exectuable flag
#

windows

execute (or combine) ssh.reg:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\ssh]
@="URL:ssh Protocol"
"URL Protocol"=""

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\ssh\DefaultIcon]
@=hex(2):25,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,52,00,6f,00,6f,00,74,00,25,\
00,5c,00,73,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00,32,00,5c,00,75,00,72,00,\
6c,00,2e,00,64,00,6c,00,6c,00,2c,00,30,00,00,00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\ssh\shell]

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\ssh\shell\open]

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\ssh\shell\open\command]
@="c:\\Program Files\\SSH Communications Security\\ \
[noLineBreak] SSH Secure Shell for Workstations\\Sshhandler.cmd \"%1\""

save ssh.cmd in (e.g.) c:\Program Files\SSH Communications Security\SSH Secure Shell for Workstations\Sshhandler.cmd

@echo off
@FOR /F "tokens=2,3 delims=/@" %%a IN ("%~1") DO \
"c:\Program Files\SSH Secure Shell for Workstations\SSH Secure Shell for Workstations\ \
[noLineBreak] SshClient.exe" -u "%%a" -h "%%b"

rem ...DO start SshClient.exe - without quotes - works better;
rem but how does the path go into there without quotes...?

in case it doesn't work add the following lines to user.js:

user_pref("network.protocol-handler.external.ssh", true);
user_pref("network.protocol-handler.warn-external.ssh", false);
user_pref("network.protocol-handler.expose.ssh", true);

i happily give credit for this - and particularly the windows integration - to martisch_AT_uos.de (www.waldwolf.net)

how Thunderbird (on OS X) knows about Address Book.app

it seems like the story has been going on for a while. have a look on
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=203927 for details.

what is working for me:

1. download http://files.mistermartin75.net/thunderbird-2.0.0.6.en-US.mac.dmg


2. edit prefs.js and add:
   

   user_pref("ldap_2.servers.osx.description", "OS X");
   user_pref("ldap_2.servers.osx.dirType", 3);
   user_pref("ldap_2.servers.osx.uri", "moz-abOSXdirectory:///");

   
   
3. if it doesn't work try to delete some of the "ldap_2.server"-entries that seem as if they could interfere...