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jmiserez / pidtree.sh
Last active October 6, 2015 16:22
Find child processes (and their children, etc.) with one ps call (no race conditions)
#!/bin/bash
# Original idea: http://superuser.com/a/784102/59125
pidtree(){
pids_for_ppid=()
while read pid ppid; do
pids_for_ppid[$ppid]+=" $pid"
done < <(ps -e -o pid,ppid --no-headers)
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jmiserez / bash_run_parallel.sh
Last active May 18, 2016 09:17
Run bash functions in parallel for a list of directories. Emulates GNU parallel (grouped output) but only uses standard tools (find, xargs, bash, etc.)
#!/bin/bash
# reliable way to get the directory where this file is stored
SCRIPT=$(readlink -f $0)
export SCRIPTPATH=`dirname $SCRIPT`
SCRIPTNAME=$(basename "$SCRIPT")
if [ "$#" -lt 1 ]
then
echo "Usage: ./$SCRIPTNAME <root folder path> [<pattern for matching directories within root directory, default is \"*\">]"
echo "or ./$SCRIPTNAME -i <single directory path to process>"
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jmiserez / export_google_music.js
Last active December 20, 2023 01:45
(fixed/updated 2016-05-10) Export your Google Music Library and Playlists (Google Play Music All Access) (see http://webapps.stackexchange.com/questions/50311/print-playlist-from-google-play-music for more)
// Copyright 2016 Jeremie Miserez <jeremie@miserez.org>
//
// MIT License
// Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
// The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
// THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF O
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jmiserez / myip.sh
Created December 10, 2014 22:07
myip.sh
#!/bin/bash
dig +short @resolver1.opendns.com myip.opendns.com
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jmiserez / noip
Last active April 17, 2016 14:19 — forked from PaulMaddox/noip
Dynamic DNS for Amazon Route53, using cli53 and remote OpenDNS resolver
#!/bin/bash
# Original author: https://gist.github.com/PaulMaddox/9210543
# Requires cli53 to be installed
# https://github.com/barnybug/cli53
DNS_NAME="home";
DNS_ZONE="example.com";
# not needed, we have a ~/.boto file
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jmiserez / bingdesktop.sh
Last active January 19, 2022 13:21
Linux / WSL alternative client for Bing Wallpaper, with annotation using ImageMagick
#!/bin/bash
# exit on error
set -e
# Description:
# - Linux-compatible alternative to the official Bing Wallpaper client (https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/bing/bing-wallpaper).
# - Downloads the current Bing wallpaper of the day directly.
# - Fetches the matching image description / copyright information and overlays it onto the image using ImageMagick.
#
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jmiserez / update_annotations.sh
Created May 28, 2014 18:13
Annotate LectureNotes PDFs
#!/bin/bash
mkdir /tmp/magick_tmp
MAGICK_TMPDIR=/tmp/magick_tmp
export MAGICK_TMPDIR
LECTURENOTESDIR=/home/ec2-user/Dropbox/LectureNotes/
cd $LECTURENOTESDIR
process_directory() {