Commands by qcjn (3)

  • creating you're logging function for your script

    Put this logging function in you're script, when need it call it. command || logme "Error with command"


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    logme(){ echo "$(date +%d-%m-%Y-%H:%M) => $0 @ $1 returned error" >> persoscript.log }
    qcjn · 2013-10-22 15:55:01 0
  • Creating rapidly an html menu

    This will create rapidly an html menu. You can paste it in you're html page with the middle button(the wheel). I didn't test it in an html with css, but it seems alright. Show Sample Output


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    for menu in {1..4}; do echo -e "<ul>\n <li>menu $menu</li>\n <ul>"; for items in {1..5}; do echo " <li>item $items</li>"; if [ $items -eq 5 ];then echo -e " </ul>";fi;done; echo "</ul>";done | xclip
    qcjn · 2013-09-22 06:34:32 0
  • pipe output to notify-send

    you can put almost any command. notify-send -t 0 "MOTD" "$(sed -n '/#^4/,/#$4/{/#^4\|#$4/!p}' motd2 | cut -d# -f2)" notify-send -t 0 "readfile" "$(while read mess; do echo $mess;done < motd2)"


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    notify-send -t 5000 "date" "$(date)"
    qcjn · 2013-08-27 03:15:14 0

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