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This is a beginning script. You can create a file with > filename. You can also use diff to compare output run at different times to verify no change in your files. I apologize in advance if this is too simple. For some it should be a start.
Finder compresses to ZIP but always includes extraneous metadata files (__MACOSX and .DS_Store) files and folders that may confuse other programs.
One alternative is creating them and then editing the ZIP. This can work standalone or in an automator script accepting multiple selections (files or folders) and creating one zip per argument/selected file without that metada.
Display recursive file list (newest file displayed at the end) and be free to access last file in the list simply by pressing arrow_up_key i.e. open it with joe editor.
BTW IMHO the list of files with newest files at the end is often more informative.
Put this 'lsa' function somewhere in your .bashrc and issue
$ . ~/.bashrc
or
$ source ~/.bashrc
to have access to the 'lsa' command immediately.
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(the function appends command "joe last_file_in_the_list" at the end of command history)
Useful to add a timestamp to every line printed to stdout.
You can use `-Ins` instead of `-Iseconds` if you want more precision.
and, a lot uglier, with sed:
$ ifconfig | sed -n '/inet addr:/s/[^:]\+:\(\S\+\).*/\1/p'
Edit:
Wanted to be shorter than the perl version. Still think that the perl version is the best..
piping through 'pv' shows a simple progress/speed bar for dd. This is a replacement for my otherwise favorite 'while :;do killall -USR1 dd;sleep 1;done'
This takes a picture (with the web cam) every 5 minutes, and send the picture to your e-mail.
Some systems support
mail -a "References: "
so that all video surveillance emails are grouped in a single email thread.
To keep your inbox clean, it is still possible to filter and move to trash video surveillance emails (and restore these emails only if you really get robbed!)
For instance with Gmail, emails sent to me+trash@gmail.com can be filtered with "Matches: DeliveredTo:me+trash@gmail.com"
swap out "80" for your port of interest. Can use port number or named ports e.g. "http"