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Repository for some useful shell scripts which I've done to solve problems or make things...

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Shell Script Tools

Repository for some useful shell scripts which I've done to solve problems or make things...

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install_flash_player

Script to install Adobe Flash Player in GNU/Linux machines with Mozilla Firefox. It finds the latest plugin version and downloads the tarball direct from Adobe web site.

Requires:

  • curl
  • wget

Usage: sudo ./install_flash_player.sh

kdialog_progbar_helper

This script is a helper to simplify the creation and update of KDialog progress bar with d-bus.

Requires:

  • kdialog
  • d-bus

Usage: source ./kdialog_progbar_helper

To see the help

Call the function kdialog_progbar_help

Creating a dialog with cancel button

progress_bar_create "<Title>" "<Text>" true

It returns a string with the d-bus instance

Updating the bar to 20%

progress_bar_update "${instance}" 20

Checking if it was canceled

progress_bar_was_canceled ${instance}

Closing progress bar

progress_bar_exit ${instance}

Running tests

There is a test to create a dialog with a cancel button. To run it, call the function test01

cowsay_and_whatthecommit

This script uses two very funny web sites to display the Cowsay (based o the cowsay cli program by Tony Monroe) and random commit messages. The result is basically a cow saying a funny commit message.

Requires:

  • curl

Usage: ./cowsay_and_whatthecommit.sh

APIs

http://cowsay.morecode.org (by Jesse Chan-Norris http://jcn.me)

http://whatthecommit.com (by Nick Gerakines https://github.com/ngerakines/commitment)

Result

$ ./cowsay_and_whatthecommit.sh
  _______________________________________
/ fixed some minor stuff, might need some \
\ additional work.                        /
  ---------------------------------------
         \   ^__^ 
          \  (oo)\_______
             (__)\       )\/\
                 ||----w |
                 ||     ||

fix_icc_profile_bug

This script is a workaround to prevent some pictures to be displayed with wrong colors.

Source forum that this fix was suggested: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/eog/+bug/938751

Put this file in startup folder in your graphical environment. Since I use KDE I put the script to start with KDE in $HOME/.kde/Autostart.

What it runs

xprop -root -remove _ICC_PROFILE

safe_rm

This script prevents accidental deletions by sending files to Trash.

If gvfs-trash command is available in the system, it will be used, otherwise, a folder called .trash will be created inside ${HOME} directory and the files will be moved to there.

The best way to use this function is to source it in .bashrc file.

WARNING: This approach doesn't work with sudo command or when using different user accounts.

Requires:

  • rm

Optional:

  • gvfs-trash

Usage: source safe_rm

Result with gvfs-trash

$ rm folder*
--- safe rm (gvfs 1.22.2) ---
File(s) [folder1 folder2 folder3 folder4] sent to trash.
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Result without gvfs-trash

$ rm folder*
--- safe rm ---
“folder1” -> “/home/user/.trash/folder1.1472009967”
“folder2” -> “/home/user/.trash/folder2.1472009967”
“folder3” -> “/home/user/.trash/folder3.1472009968”
“folder4” -> “/home/user/.trash/folder4.1472009968”

Trash size: 20K /home/user/.trash
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