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@seanh
seanh / formatFilename.py
Created April 11, 2009 18:30
Turn any string into a valid filename in Python.
def format_filename(s):
"""Take a string and return a valid filename constructed from the string.
Uses a whitelist approach: any characters not present in valid_chars are
removed. Also spaces are replaced with underscores.
Note: this method may produce invalid filenames such as ``, `.` or `..`
When I use this method I prepend a date string like '2009_01_15_19_46_32_'
and append a file extension like '.txt', so I avoid the potential of using
an invalid filename.
@aliang
aliang / Mac SSH Autocomplete
Created June 14, 2011 07:14
Add auto complete to your ssh, put into your .bash_profile
_complete_ssh_hosts ()
{
COMPREPLY=()
cur="${COMP_WORDS[COMP_CWORD]}"
comp_ssh_hosts=`cat ~/.ssh/known_hosts | \
cut -f 1 -d ' ' | \
sed -e s/,.*//g | \
grep -v ^# | \
uniq | \
grep -v "\[" ;
@olivierlacan
olivierlacan / launch_sublime_from_terminal.markdown
Created September 5, 2011 15:50
Launch Sublime Text 2 from the Mac OS X Terminal

Launch Sublime Text 2 from the Mac OS X Terminal

Sublime Text 2 ships with a CLI called subl (why not "sublime", go figure). This utility is hidden in the following folder (assuming you installed Sublime in /Applications like normal folk. If this following line opens Sublime Text for you, then bingo, you're ready.

open /Applications/Sublime\ Text\ 2.app/Contents/SharedSupport/bin/subl

You can find more (official) details about subl here: http://www.sublimetext.com/docs/2/osx_command_line.html

Installation

@robertsosinski
robertsosinski / postgresql.py
Last active June 25, 2020 10:32
DataDog script for collecting PostgreSQL stats
# Create the datadog user with select only permissions:
# CREATE USER datadog WITH PASSWORD '<complex_password>';
#
# Grant select permissions on a table or view that you want to monitor:
# GRANT SELECT ON <schema>.<table> TO datadog;
#
# Grant permissions for a specific column on a table or view that you want to monitor:
# GRANT SELECT (id, name) ON <schema>.<table> TO datadog;
#
# Let non-superusers look at pg_stat_activity in a read-only fashon.
@bradmontgomery
bradmontgomery / install-comodo-ssl-cert-for-nginx.rst
Last active April 1, 2024 11:21
Steps to install a Comodo PositiveSSL certificate with Nginx.

Setting up a SSL Cert from Comodo

I use Namecheap.com as a registrar, and they resale SSL Certs from a number of other companies, including Comodo.

These are the steps I went through to set up an SSL cert.

Purchase the cert

@whyvez
whyvez / install-psycopg2.sh
Last active July 13, 2022 02:58
install psycopg2 on aws linux
sudo yum install gcc python27 python27-devel postgresql-devel
sudo curl https://bootstrap.pypa.io/ez_setup.py -o - | sudo python27
sudo /usr/bin/easy_install-2.7 pip
sudo pip2.7 install psycopg2
@Kartones
Kartones / postgres-cheatsheet.md
Last active June 7, 2024 13:13
PostgreSQL command line cheatsheet

PSQL

Magic words:

psql -U postgres

Some interesting flags (to see all, use -h or --help depending on your psql version):

  • -E: will describe the underlaying queries of the \ commands (cool for learning!)
  • -l: psql will list all databases and then exit (useful if the user you connect with doesn't has a default database, like at AWS RDS)
@tpai
tpai / instructions.md
Last active September 22, 2022 11:20
use both Tor and Privoxy with Mac OSX

1. install

brew install tor
brew install privoxy

2. copy and modify config file

@phrawzty
phrawzty / 2serv.py
Last active May 31, 2024 17:14
simple python http server to dump request headers
#!/usr/bin/env python2
import SimpleHTTPServer
import SocketServer
import logging
PORT = 8000
class GetHandler(SimpleHTTPServer.SimpleHTTPRequestHandler):
@justinclayton
justinclayton / add-dns-record.sh
Created July 15, 2015 22:04
CLI to add DNS Records in Route53
#!/bin/bash -eo pipefail
## Allows for creation of "Basic" DNS records in a Route53 hosted zone
function main() {
record_name=$1
record_value=$2
[[ -z $record_name ]] && echo "record_name is: $record_name" && exit 1
[[ -z $record_value ]] && echo "record_value is: $record_value" && exit 1