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walterhiggins / sample.json
Last active August 4, 2023 10:39
sample json
{
title: "This is the title",
person: {
name: "Walter",
gender: "Male"
}
items: [
{id: 5, name: "Jupiter"},
{id: 7, name: "Saturn"},
{id: 9, name: "Mars"}
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walterhiggins / microblog.md
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walterhiggins / howling-blocks-canary.js
Last active November 25, 2020 17:58
var sounds = require('sounds');
function howl(event){
sounds.wolfHowl(event.block);
}
events.blockDestroy(howl);
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walterhiggins / Do something with all files in a tree.md
Last active March 28, 2019 16:59

I've been using xargs for years without truly understanding what it did. I assumed it repeated the same command on each file but instead it runs the command passing all the files as arguments.

To run a command on multiple files - 1 file at a time - do this:

for file in $DIRECTORY/*; do ${YOUR_COMMAND_HERE} ${file}; done

For example: to revert local changes in a git-managed directory:

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walterhiggins / stones.js
Created October 5, 2018 16:21
(function(exports) {
var bands = [
{
name: "The Beatles",
members: [
{
name: "George Harrison",
instrument: "Lead Guitar",
bio: "Blah blah blah",
songs: ["While my guitar gently weeps", "Here comes the sun"]
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walterhiggins / Lakewood-Soccer-Tuesday-20180515.md
Created May 15, 2018 18:04
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walterhiggins / Lakewood-Soccer-Tuesday-20180410.md
Created April 9, 2018 18:00
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walterhiggins / Lakewood-Soccer-Monday-20180212.md
Created February 11, 2018 18:35
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walterhiggins / Lakewood-Soccer-Match-20180211.md
Last active February 10, 2018 17:53
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walterhiggins / Lakewood-Soccer-Monday-20180205.md
Last active February 4, 2018 18:34