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pcolby / Badges.sh
Last active August 29, 2015 14:00
#!/bin/bash
if [ $# -lt 2 ]; then
echo "Usage: `basename $0 .sh` github-username github-project-name" >&2
exit 1
fi
# @brief Generate Markdown.
# @param $1 Image alt text.
# @param $2 Image URL.
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pcolby / ! Bootstrap.md
Last active August 29, 2015 14:17
Bootstrapping new OSes

TODO

eg

# sudo yum install git || sudo apt-get install git
git clone https://gist.github.com/9ca8b78f57ed5af5e40d.git bootstrap
pushd bootstrap
bash './Bootstrap ....sh'
popd
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pcolby / bootstrap
Created June 5, 2015 04:34
Bootstrapping out-of-source builds
#!/bin/bash
declare -A CC CXX SPEC
CC=( [clang]=clang [gcc]=gcc )
CXX=( [clang]=clang++ [gcc]=g++ )
SPEC=( [clang]=clang [gcc]=g++ )
SOURCE_DIR=`pwd`
TOPDIR=~/tmp/build
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pcolby / PrintableVariant.cpp
Created July 1, 2015 06:01
A printable variant for QtTest
// Usage: QCOMPARE(PrintableVariant(v1), PrintableVariant(v2));
// Note, QTest will still limit output to 1024 chars in QTestResult::compare
class PrintableVariant : public QVariant {
public: PrintableVariant(const QVariant &other) : QVariant(other) { }
};
namespace QTest {
template<> char *toString(const PrintableVariant &variant){
QString string;
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pcolby / install-aws-php-sdk.sh
Created October 6, 2013 07:24
Near-trivial notes on how to install the official AWS PHP SDK on RHEL-based boxes.
sudo yum install php php-pear
sudo pear channel-discover guzzlephp.org/pear
sudo pear channel-discover pear.amazonwebservices.com
sudo pear channel-discover pear.symfony.com
sudo pear install aws/sdk
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pcolby / init_rpm.sh
Created December 3, 2013 22:53
Initialise RPM build environment
mkdir -p ~/rpmbuild/{BUILD,RPMS,SOURCES,SPECS,SRPMS}
echo '%_topdir %(echo $HOME)/rpmbuild' > ~/.rpmmacros
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pcolby / fetch-screesaver-videos.sh
Created August 13, 2016 03:01
#!/bin/bash
COLLECTIONS_DIR=~/.kodi/addons/screensaver.video/resources/collections
VIDEOS_DIR=~/.kodi/userdata/addon_data/screensaver.video/videos
while IFS= read -d '' -r COLLECTION; do
echo "$COLLECTION"
VIDEOS=`awk 'BEGIN{FS="[<>]";OFS="|"}{if($2=="filename")FILENAME=$3;if($2=="primary")print FILENAME,$3}' "$COLLECTION"`
for VIDEO in ${VIDEOS[@]}; do
FILENAME=`echo "$VIDEO" | cut -d'|' -f1`
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pcolby / get-windows-product-key-from-bios.sh
Created November 2, 2016 00:06
sudo sed -re 's/.*((\w{5}-){4}\w{5}).*/\1\n/' /sys/firmware/acpi/tables/MSDM
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pcolby / ! XPS 13.md
Last active August 24, 2017 19:50
XPS 13 9343

Just some notes on my XPS 13 (9343) setup.

See also mpalourdio/xps13.

DP-1
  -> DP-1-1
    -> DP-1-1-1: Dell 2007FPB (Left)  [eVGA DP3]
    -> DP-1-1-2: Dell 2007FPB (Right) [eVGA DP2]
 -&gt; DP-1-2: Dell U3014 (Middle) [eVGA DP1]
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pcolby / rip-dvd-iso.sh
Created January 10, 2018 10:35
A simple way to copy a DVD ISO using dd
#!/bin/bash
DEVICE=/dev/cdrom
DD=`which dd` || { echo 'Required command not found: dd' >&2; exit 1; }
ISOINFO=`which isoinfo` || { echo 'Required command not found: isoinfo' >&2; exit 1; }
SED=`which sed` || { echo 'Required command not found: sed' >&2; exit 1; }
LABEL=`"$ISOINFO" -d -i "$DEVICE" | "$SED" -nre 's/^Volume id: //p'`
BLOCK_SIZE=`"$ISOINFO" -d -i "$DEVICE" | "$SED" -nre 's/^Logical block size is: //p'`