This function will allow your computer to speak.
function shellspeak() { mplayer "http://translate.google.com/translate_tts?tl=en&q=$(echo $@ | sed 's/\s/+/')" > /dev/null 2>&1; } |
A script that will change all files in a directory to lowercase filenames.
function lowercase() # move filenames to lowercase. { for file ; do filename=${file##*/} case "$filename" in */*) dirname==${file%/*} ;; *) dirname=.;; esac nf=$(echo $filename | tr A-Z a-z) newname="${dirname}/${nf}" if [ "$nf" != "$filename" ]; then mv "$file" "$newname" echo "lowercase: $file --> $newname" else echo "lowercase: $file not changed." fi done } |
A function that will check for all invalid symlinks in a directory.
function badlink() # From Atomic magazine #43 August 2004. http://www.atomicmpc.com.au { DEFAULT=$(tput sgr0); FILELIST=.badlink.list [ -e $FILELIST ] && $( rm -fr $FILELIST ) function checklink() { for badlink in $1/*; do [ -h "$badlink" -a ! -e "$badlink" ] && echo \ \"$badlink\" >> $FILELIST [ -d "$badlink" ] && checklink $badlink done } for directory in `pwd`; do if [ -d $directory ] ; then checklink $directory; fi done if [ -e $FILELIST ] ; then for line in $(cat $FILELIST); do echo $line | xargs -r rm | echo -e "$line \ -removed" echo done rm -fr $FILELIST else printf "Bad symlinks not found.\n\n" fi } # End Atomic function. |
Get your network IP addresses easily with this simple function.
function my_ip() # get IP adresses. Bracket on next line C style... { MY_IP=$(/sbin/ifconfig wlan0 | awk '/inet/ { print $2 } ' | sed -e s/addr://) MY_ISP=$(/sbin/ifconfig wlan0 | awk '/P-t-P/ { print $3 } ' | sed -e s/P-t-P://) } |
Get user information from the shell.
if [ -x /usr/bin/finger ] ; then INFO=$(finger -lmps $LOGNAME | sed -e "s/On/Logged in/g" | grep "since" ) else INFO=$(uname -msov) fi echo -ne "${INFO}\n" |