Potherca

Introduction

Sometimes you want to be able to debug a bash script. Usually the -x option will suffice but sometimes something more sophisticated is needed.

In such instances using the DEBUG trap is often a good choice.

Attached to this gist is a example script to demonstrate how such a thing would work.

scue

__linux_git_complete_file=/usr/share/bash-completion/completions/git
__windows_git_complete_file=/etc/bash_completion.git
__host_os_type=$(uname -sm)

case ${__host_os_type:0:5} in
    Linux)
        __current_git_complete_file=$__linux_git_complete_file
        ;;
    MINGW)
        __current_git_complete_file=$__windows_git_complete_file

wandernauta

#!/usr/bin/env bash

#
# This is sp, the command-line Spotify controller. It talks to a running
# instance of the Spotify Linux client over dbus, providing an interface not
# unlike mpc.
#
# Put differently, it allows you to control Spotify without leaving the comfort
# of your command line, and without a custom client or Premium subscription.
#

willurd

Each of these commands will run an ad hoc http static server in your current (or specified) directory, available at http://localhost:8000. Use this power wisely.

Discussion on reddit.

Python 2.x

$ python -m SimpleHTTPServer 8000