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Commands tagged ruby

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ruby -ryaml -rjson -e 'puts YAML.dump(JSON.parse(STDIN.read))' < file.json > file.yaml
2013-04-24 07:20:37
User: wejn
Tags: json ruby yaml
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Convert JSON to YAML
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echo "$: << '.'" >> $IRBRC
2012-10-05 16:26:27
User: emmasteimann
Functions: echo
Tags: PATH rails ruby
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Add current directory to Ruby load path
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cap -s branch=my_branch deploy
2012-05-23 06:54:21
User: carlzulauf
Tags: ruby capistrano
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Capistrano deploy specific branch

You can also deploy a specific tag:

cap -s tag=my_tag deploy
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ash prod<tab>
2012-05-12 19:51:02
User: c3w
Tags: ssh screen osx json ruby
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OSX Terminal helper with tab completion, ssh tunneling, and now screen re-attach

http://github.com/c3w/ash

. a Ruby SSH helper script

. reads a JSON config file to read host, FQDN, user, port, tunnel options

. changes OSX Terminal profiles based on host 'type'

USAGE:

put 'ash' ruby script in your PATH

modify and copy ashrc-dist to ~/.ashrc

configure OSX Terminal profiles, such as "webserver", "development", etc

run "ash myhostname" and away you go!

v.2 will re-attach to a 'screen' named in your ~/.ashrc

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tail -f production.log | perl -ne 'if (/^Completed.in.(\d+)/){$d = int($1/1000);print "\n";$f{$d}++;for $t (sort(keys(%f))){print $t."s: ".$f{$t}."\n"}}'
2012-02-23 14:37:33
User: theist
Functions: perl tail
Tags: perl log rails ruby filter tail -f
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filter rails log to count requests sliced in seconds

Commandline perl filter for, using a production.log from a rails app, display on realtime the count of requests grouped by "seconds to complete" (gross round, but fair enough for an oneliner) :)

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ruby -ne 'puts $_.split.collect(&:capitalize).join(" ")' <<< "pleAse cOuld YOu capiTalizE Me"
2011-09-15 01:04:43
User: Quiryaki
Tags: ruby, bash ruby capitalize
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Capitalize first letter of each word in a string - A ruby alternative

"-n" loops around ; "-e" executes the given quoted string ; "$_" is the current line ; "split" creates an array on white space; each item of the array is "collected" to be then "capitalized" ; the array is "joined" back into a string.

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echo 'fOo BaR' | ruby -e "p STDIN.gets.split.map(&:capitalize).join(' ')"
2011-09-10 06:22:02
User: ekehat
Functions: echo
Tags: ruby capitalize
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Capitalize first letter of each word in a string

Ruby ftw

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require 'time';backup_dir = '/path';Dir.glob(backup_dir+"/*.sql").each{ |f| filetime = Time.parse(`mdls -name kMDItemContentCreationDate -raw #{f}`);monthago = Time.now - (30 * 60 * 60 * 24);`rm #{f}` if filetime < monthago }
2011-04-01 00:30:05
User: juliend2
Tags: ruby
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delete files older than 1 month in a directory
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ruby -e 'puts (1..6).map{"%0.2X"%rand(256)}.join(":")'
2010-12-08 10:01:31
User: eightmillion
Tags: Network bash mac ruby
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Generate random valid mac addresses

Ruby version.

Also, a perl version:

perl -e 'printf("%.2x.",rand(255))for(1..5);printf("%.2x\n",rand(255))'
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changing_assets = `s3cmd sync --dry-run -P -M --exclude=*.php --delete-removed #{preprod_release_dir}/web/ #{s3_bucket} | grep -E 'delete:|upload:' | awk '{print $2}' | sed s_#{preprod_release_dir}/web__`
2010-05-07 16:03:42
User: trivoallan
Functions: awk grep sed sync
Tags: bash ruby s3 capistrano cdn
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Get the list of local files that changed since their last upload in an S3 bucket

Can be useful to granulary flush files in a CDN after they've been changed in the S3 bucket.

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ruby -rdate -e 'p DateTime.now.cweek'
2009-12-02 02:33:51
User: Tekhne
Tags: date week ruby
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ruby one-liner to get the current week number
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ruby -e 'require "date"; puts DateTime.now.cweek'
2009-12-01 20:59:18
User: imsaar
Tags: date week ruby
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ruby one-liner to get the current week number
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