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CLI Improved

This document lists improvements over the default Linux command line tools.

The list was initially motivated by a blog post by Remy Sharp.

CLI Tools

• bat - A replacement for cat.
• prettyping - Better ping.

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<#
    .SYNOPSIS
    A full graceful telnet client using PowerShell and the .NET Framework.

    .DESCRIPTION
    This script was made with a view of using it to have full control over the text
    stream for automating Cisco router and switch configurations.

    .PARAMETER TelnetHost
    The address of the server or router hosting the telnet service.

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<# 
    .Synopsis
    Returns IPv4 address details for the local machine.
    Information is gathered from the active interface being used by the default route.
#>
[CmdletBinding()]
[OutputType([string])]
Param ()

Write-Verbose -Message ("Begin: " + $MyInvocation.MyCommand.Path)

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I use this Gist to test GitHub markdown format.

Cheat Sheet

[]

Install-Module -Name <module name> -Force

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<#
.SYNOPSIS
   Detects if the passed Physical Disk Id is a Solid State Disk (SSD) or a
   spindle disk. Returns true for an SSD and false for anything else.

.DESCRIPTION
   Use Get-PhysicalDisk to get the Physical Disk Ids for the system you wish
   to test. This script supports values being passed throught the pipeline.
   
   The methods used for detecting are by reading the Nominal Media Rotation

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User Name,First Name,Last Name,Display Name,Job Title,Department,Office Number,Office Phone,Mobile Phone,Fax,Address,City,State or Province,ZIP or Postal Code,Country or Region
Porky,Porky,Pig,Porky Pig,Sidekick,ACME,12345,67890,1234567890,0987654321,4000 Warner Blvd,Burbank,CA,91522,USA
Daffy,Daffy,Duck,Daffy Duck,Bugs Bunny Sidekick,ACME,12345,67890,1234567890,0987654321,4000 Warner Blvd,Burbank,CA,91522,USA
Elmer,Elmer,Fudd,Elmer Fudd,Hunter,ACME,12345,67890,1234567890,0987654321,4000 Warner Blvd,Burbank,CA,91522,USA
Bugs,Bugs,Bunny,Bugs Bunny,Lead Character,ACME,12345,67890,1234567890,0987654321,4000 Warner Blvd,Burbank,CA,91522,USA
Tweety,Tweety,,Tweety,Cute Bird,ACME,12345,67890,1234567890,0987654321,4000 Warner Blvd,Burbank,CA,91522,USA
Sylvester,Sylvester,,Sylvester,Hungry Cat,ACME,12345,67890,1234567890,0987654321,4000 Warner Blvd,Burbank,CA,91522,USA
Yosemite,Yosmite,Sam,Yosmite Sam,Gun Slinger,ACME,12345,67890,1234567890,0987654321,4000 Warner Blvd,Burbank,CA,91522,USA
Foghorn,Foghorn,Leghorn,Forho

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$logPath = 'D:\Temp\github-ping.log'
$title = "Script started at " + (Get-Date)
Set-Content -Value $title -Path $logPath
Write-Host -Object $title
$ip = 'Error'
$logIt = $false
$count = 0
$result = $null
$newResult = $null
$newIp = $null

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// server.js
const log = require('./logger').child(module)
const driver = require('./store/driver')
const app = require('./app')
const SERVERPORT = process.env.SERVERPORT

if (process.listeners('unhandledRejection').length < 1) {
  process.on('unhandledRejection', (reason, promise) => {
    console.error(reason)
    process.exit(1)

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// global-teardown.js
module.exports = async function () {
  await global.__MONGOD__.stop()
}

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// http-setup.js
const axios = require('axios')
const app = require('../../src/server')
const log = require('../../src/logger').child(module)

module.exports = async function httpSetup () {
  log.info('HTTP test setup initiated')
  const listener = app.listen()
  const port = listener.address().port
  const baseURL = `http://localhost:${port}/api`