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These are some unix shell (bash/ksh/tcsh/...) tricks I've collected. I'm placing them here because, typically I'm away from my personal machine when I most need one.


Fast Process Search (fps) - I'm constantly checking to see if a certain program or process is running. This helps reduce the typing and the clutter.
    function fps {
        (( $# )) &&
        ps -aux | sed -n "1p;/_µµµµ_µµµµ_fps_µµµµ_µµµµ_/d;/$1/p" ||
        echo "Usage: fps <search string>"
    }


Interesting button on an order form I saw: It deals with the issue of multiple clicks on a submission button by changing the name when the user first clicks on the button and ignoring additional clicks.

<script type='text/javascript'>

document.write("<INPUT TYPE='button' NAME='Submit'
   VALUE='Submit Secure Order' onClick=\"if(this.value ==
   'Submit Secure Order') this.form.submit();
   this.value = 'Working...Please Wait.';\">");
// -->
</script>
<noscript>
<INPUT TYPE='submit' NAME='Submit' VALUE='Submit Secure Order'>
</noscript>


List All Available Man Pages:

man --path | perl -pe 's/:/\n/g' | xargs -J% -n1 find % -type f | xargs basename | sort -u


Just temporarily storing some code examples:
- (NSArray *)tokensSeparatedByCharactersFromSet?:(NSCharacterSet? *)separatorSet
{
  NSScanner      *scanner      = NSScanner scannerWithString:self?;
  NSCharacterSet? *tokenSet     = separatorSet invertedSet?;
  NSMutableArray? *tokens       = NSMutableArray array?;

  scanner setCharactersToBeSkipped:separatorSet?;

  while ([scanner isAtEnd])
  {
    NSString  *destination = NSString string?;

    if (scanner scanCharactersFromSet:tokenSet intoString:&destination?)
    {
      [tokens addObject:NSString stringWithString:destination?];
    }
  }

  return NSArray arrayWithArray:tokens?;
}

- (NSArray *)objCTokens
{
  NSMutableCharacterSet? *tokensSet = NSMutableCharacterSet alphanumericCharacterSet?;
  _:?;
  return [self tokensSeparatedByCharactersFromSet?:tokensSet invertedSet?];
}

-(NSString *)removeTabsAndReturns?
{
    NSMutableString? *outputString = NSMutableString string?;
    NSCharacterSet? *charSet;
    NSString *temp;

    NSScanner *scanner = NSScanner scannerWithString:self?;

    charSet = \n\r\t?;

    while (scanner scanUpToCharactersFromSet:charSet intoString:&temp?)
      {
        outputString appendString:temp?;

      }
    return [outputString copy? autorelease];
}

 

   

 
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