lgarron / scripts

Some of my scripts.

lgarron's scripts

Many scripts can be installed using: https://github.com/lgarron/homebrew-lgarron/

Many scripts are also written in fish.

app-tools

editor-open

Open a Markdown file in either Obsidian (if in a relevant folder) or VSCode.

restart-qs

Restart Quicksilver.

audio

flacify

Convert to flac

mp3ify

Convert to .mp3 with high (but not maximum) quality.

wavify

Convert to .wav

focus-modes

gaming-mode-on

Commands to run for turning on gaming mode.

gaming-mode-off

Commands to run for turning off gaming mode.

git

gclone

Clone the given URL to ~/Code/git/github.com/[user]/[repo]/. Useful to combine with chrometab, or using QS.

git-distance

Calculate the distance from the current branch (or any branch) to another branch, in terms of # of unique commits on each since the last common ancestor.

node_crunchule

Compress any node_modules in the current or ancestor folders (useful to reduce the number of files on disk for a dormant repo, which can make system backups faster to diff).

rmbranch

Remove git branches locally and remotely.

rmtag

Remove git tags locally and remotely.

tagpush

Push and update git tags automatically.

version

Get the current or previous project version.

graphics

jpeg-optimize

Optimise a single file using jpeg-recompress.

jpeg-optimize-all

Optimise all .jpg files in the current folder using jpeg-recompress.

jpegrescan

A script to optimize JPEGs, by Loren Merritt

jpgcrush

A script to optimize JPEGs, by Loren Merritt.

resize

Resize an image (padding with transparency if needed).

square

Resize an image into a square (padding with transparency if needed).

web-app-images

Automatically create resized versions of an icon for web app use cases.

whiteboard

Convert an image into an optimized black-and-white file using this gist by Leland Batey.

maestral

dbx-link

Copy a link to the given path (relative to the current working dir, or absolute), creating it if needed.

dbx-web

Open a link to the given path (relative to the current working dir, or absolute) on the Dropbox website in the browser.

pack

pack-logs

Pack argument files into a logs.7z file. Example: pack-logs *.log

pack-pov

Pack .bmp or .png files in a folder. Example: pack-pov cube?????.png

storage

dmgify

Create a .dmg out of a folder. Can be as useful as a .zip file, but allows mounting and editing in macOS without any special tools. Example: dmgify ./path/to/folder

generate-web-folder-index

Create a simple HTML folder index for the given input files.

reveal-sd-card-backup-dcim

Given either the source or destination of a DCIM file backed up using sd-card-backup, reveal the other.

sudo

thermal-pressure

Get thermal pressure on macOS without sudoing every time.

niceplz-sudo

Run niceplz without sudoing every time.

system

app-screenshot

Take a macOS screenshot and save it with with a folder and file name based on the current foreground app. (Currently hardcoded to my own Dropbox path.)

assign-icon

Assign an icon file to a file/folder.

macos-charging-watts

Print the number of watts supported by the current charger.

niceplz

Script to set the nicess of processes based on ~/.config/niceplz/niceplz.json.

pnice

Set the nicess of processes by matching (a substring of) process names. Invokes sudo if needed.

pnicest

Set a process to maximum niceness using pnice.

touch-id-sudo-config

Enable Touch ID for sudo commands in shells by adding pam_tid.so to /private/etc/pam.d/sudo. Useful after every macOS update. Example: touch-id-sudo-config enable

map

Super simple parallization scripts. Example: map process file1.txt file2.txt

portkill

Run kill -9 for any processes using a given port. Example: portkill 8000

set-remote-screen-sharing-resolution

Set the remote screen sharing resolution for a given computer automatically. Hardcoded to a 5K monitor and the 16-inch MacBook Pro.

symlink-replace

Replace a symlink with its target.

toggle-retina

Toggle Retina display scaling. Requires RDM to be installed.

toggle-screen-sharing-resolution

Toggle resolution for screen sharing. Requires RDM to be installed.

unixtime

Print the current unix time in seconds. Equivalent to date +%s but easier to remember.

xdig

A wrapper for dig that allows using ~/.config/dig/digrc (XDG dir convention compatible) instead of .digrc, with reasonable fidelity.

video

hevc

Encode a video using HEVC for excellent archival quality.

mts2mov

Wraps RX100 AVCHD files into a .mov that macOS likes.

timelapse

Timelapse a video by averaging frames.

web

add-biome

Install and configure biome for a JS repo with my legacy defaults.

bun-roll

Roll a dependency to the latest version and add using bun.

chrometab

Get the current open Chrome tab.

npm-cost

Calculate the cost of a given npm module by number of files and disk size, without modifying the current folder.

npm-roll

Roll a dependency to the latest version and install using npm.

safaritab

Get the current open Safari tab.

ts

Bundles and runs the given entry file using esbuild.

weblocify

Create a .webloc file for the given URL. Example (using chrometab in fish): weblocify (chrometab) bookmark-file.webloc

ytflac

Use youtube-dl to get a .flac file for a URL.

ytmp3

Use youtube-dl to get a .mp3 file for a URL.