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colorizing php cli scripts
It’s pretty common in most scripting languages which center around the command line (bash, perl, etc) to find information on…
Bash Tip: Closing File Descriptors
I recently found that you can close bash file descriptors fairly easily, it goes like this: exec 0>&- # close…
Throttle your Threads…
Lets say you want to run some command, such as /bin/long-command on a set of directories. And you have a…
so-you-wanna-see-an-image
We’ve been asked how we manage serving files from Amazons very cool S3 service at WordPress.com… This is how. (covering…
Useful bash oneliner: List Server IP Addresses
for i in $(/sbin/ifconfig | grep addr: | cut -d’:’ -f2 | cut -d’ ‘ -f1 | grep -Ev ‘^$’);…
I have to say
this is amazing: http://jan.kneschke.de/2007/10/7/wormhole-index-reads and I cant wait to try it somewhere!
Autumn Leaves Leaf #3: Commander
This leaf is capable of running a script on the local server in response to the !deploy channel command. For…
Autumn Leaves Leaf #2: Feeder
This handy little bot keeps track of RSS feeds, and announces in the channel when one is updated. (note: be…
Autumn Leaves Leaf #1: Announcer
This bot is perfect for anything where you need to easily build IRC channel notifications into an existing process. It’s…