bin
Command-line scripts (mostly *nix).
Installation
$ cd /usr/local/
$ git clone git@github.com:xflr6/bin.gitUsage
backup-squashfs.py
$ backup-squashfs.py --help
usage: backup-squashfs.py [-h] [--name TEMPLATE] [--exclude-file PATH]
[--comp {gzip,lzo,xz,zstd}] [--owner OWNER]
[--group GROUP] [--chmod MODE] [--set-path LINE]
[--set-umask MASK] [--quiet] [--ask-for-deletion]
[--version]
source_dir dest_dir
Create SquashFS image from given directory, optioally ask for its deletion.
positional arguments:
source_dir image source directory
dest_dir image target directory
options:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
--name TEMPLATE image filename time.strftime() format string template
(default: %Y%m%d-%H%M.sfs)
--exclude-file PATH path to file with one line per blacklist item
--comp {gzip,lzo,xz,zstd}
compression (use mksquashfs default if omitted)
--owner OWNER image file owner
--group GROUP image file group
--chmod MODE image file chmod (default: 400)
--set-path LINE PATH for mksquashfs subprocess (default: /usr/bin)
--set-umask MASK umask for mksquashfs subprocess (default: 177)
--quiet suppress stdout and stderr of mksquashfs subprocess
--ask-for-deletion prompt for image file deletion before exit
--version show program's version number and exitbackup-tar.py
$ backup-tar.py --help
usage: backup-tar.py [-h] [--name TEMPLATE] [--exclude-file PATH]
[--no-auto-compress] [--owner OWNER] [--group GROUP]
[--chmod MODE] [--set-path LINE] [--set-umask MASK]
[--ask-for-deletion] [--version]
source_dir dest_dir
Create tar archive from given directory, optionally ask for its deletion.
positional arguments:
source_dir archive source directory
dest_dir directory for tar archive
options:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
--name TEMPLATE archive filename time.strftime() format string template
(default: %Y%m%d-%H%M.tar.gz)
--exclude-file PATH path to file with one line per blacklist item
--no-auto-compress don't pass --auto-compress to tar
--owner OWNER tar archive owner
--group GROUP tar archive group
--chmod MODE tar archive chmod (default: 400)
--set-path LINE PATH for tar subprocess (default: /usr/bin:/bin)
--set-umask MASK umask for tar subprocess (default: 177)
--ask-for-deletion prompt for tar archive deletion before exit
--version show program's version number and exitblame-wiki.py
$ blame-wiki.py --help
usage: blame-wiki.py [-h] [--export-url URL] [--version]
page_title search_string
Dump XML of first MediaWiki page revision containing a search string.
positional arguments:
page_title title of the page on MediaWiki
search_string string to match page wikitext
options:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
--export-url URL MediaWiki instance export url (default:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Export)
--version show program's version number and exitcount-wiki.py
$ count-wiki.py --help
usage: count-wiki.py [-h] [--tag TAG] [--stats] [--stats-top N]
[--display PATH] [--display-after N] [--stop-after N]
[--version]
filename
Count page tags in MediaWiki XML export.
positional arguments:
filename path to MediaWiki XML export (format: .xml.bz2)
options:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
--tag TAG end tag to count (default: mediawiki:page)
--stats also compute and display page edit statistics
--stats-top N show top N users edits and lines (default: 100)
--display PATH ElementPath to log in sub-total (default:
mediawiki:title)
--display-after N log sub-total after N tags (default: 1000)
--stop-after N stop after N tags
--version show program's version number and exitdownload-podcasts.py
$ download-podcasts.py --help
usage: download-podcasts.py [-h] [--config PATH] [--encoding NAME] [--limit N]
[--serial] [--verbose]
[section ...]
Download podcast episodes from subscriptions in config file sections.
positional arguments:
section config section name of podcast to download
options:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
--config PATH INI file with one section per podcast subscription, result
paths relative to its directory (default: podcasts.ini)
--encoding NAME config file encoding (default: utf-8)
--limit N number of episodes to download (overrides --config file)
--serial don't parallelize downloads from different sections
--verbose log skipping of downloads that match present filesdumpall-svn.py
$ dumpall-svn.py --help
usage: dumpall-svn.py [-h] [--name TEMPLATE] [--no-auto-compress]
[--no-deltas] [--chmod MODE] [--set-path LINE]
[--detail] [--verbose] [--version]
target_dir repo_dir [repo_dir ...]
Svnadmin dump subversion repositories into target directory.
positional arguments:
target_dir output directory for dump files
repo_dir subversion repository directory
options:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
--name TEMPLATE dump filename time.strftime() format string template
(default: {name}.svndump.gz)
--no-auto-compress never compress dump file(s) (default: auto-compress if
--name ends with any of: .bz2, .gz, .xz)
--no-deltas don't pass --deltas to $(svnadmin dump)
--chmod MODE dump file chmod (default: 400)
--set-path LINE PATH for subprocess(es) (default: /usr/bin:/bin)
--detail include detail infos for each repository
--verbose don't pass --quiet to $(svnadmin dump)
--version show program's version number and exitfix-dropbox-overlays.py
$ fix-dropbox-overlays.py --help
usage: fix-dropbox-overlays.py [-h] [--dry-run] [--version]
Fix Dropbox update messing up Toirtoise* overlay handlers in Windows registry.
options:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
--dry-run show what would be changed (don't write to registry)
--version show program's version number and exitlog-pings.py
$ log-pings.py --help
usage: log-pings.py [-h] [--host IP] [--file LOGFILE] [--format TMPL]
[--datefmt TMPL] [--ipfmt TMPL] [--icmpfmt TMPL]
[--setuid USER] [--chroot DIR] [--no-hardening]
[--encoding NAME] [--max-size N] [--verbose] [--version]
Log incoming ICMP echo request messages to stdout and optionally into file.
options:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
--host IP address to listen on (default: 0.0.0.0)
--file LOGFILE file to write log to (log only to stdout by default)
--format TMPL log format (default: %(asctime)s%(ip)s%(icmp)s %(message)s)
--datefmt TMPL log time.strftime() format (default: %b %d %H:%M:%S)
--ipfmt TMPL log format (default: %(src)s:%(ident)d)
--icmpfmt TMPL log format (default: %(ident)d:%(seq_num)d)
--setuid USER user to setuid to after binding (default: nobody)
--chroot DIR directory to chroot into after binding (default: /tmp)
--no-hardening don't give up privileges (ignore --setuid and --chroot)
--encoding NAME try to decode data with this encoding (default: utf-8)
--max-size N payload byte limit for packages to process (default: 1472)
--verbose increase stdout logging level to DEBUG
--version show program's version number and exitlog-udp.py
$ log-udp.py --help
usage: log-udp.py [-h] [--host IP] [--port SERVICE] [--file LOGFILE]
[--format TMPL] [--datefmt TMPL] [--setuid USER]
[--chroot DIR] [--no-hardening] [--encoding NAME]
[--verbose] [--version]
Log incoming UDP messages to stdout and optionally into file.
options:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
--host IP address to listen on (default: 0.0.0.0)
--port SERVICE UDP port number or name to listen on (default: discard)
--file LOGFILE file to write log to (log only to stdout by default)
--format TMPL log format string (default: %(asctime)s %(message)s)
--datefmt TMPL log time.strftime() format string (default: %b %d %H:%M:%S)
--setuid USER user to setuid to after binding (default: nobody)
--chroot DIR directory to chroot into after binding (default: /tmp)
--no-hardening don't give up privileges (ignore --setuid and --chroot)
--encoding NAME encoding of UDP messages (default: utf-8)
--verbose increase stdout logging level to DEBUG
--version show program's version number and exitmake-nup.py
$ make-nup.py --help
usage: make-nup.py [-h] [--name TMPL] [--paper SIZE] [--nup XxY]
[--pages RANGE] [--orient {l,p,a}] [--scale FACTOR]
[--no-frame] [--no-openright] [--keep] [--version]
pdf_file
Compile a 2up version of a PDF file using LaTeX pdfpages' \includepdfmerge.
See also https://github.com/DavidFirth/pdfjam
positional arguments:
pdf_file name of the source PDF file for \includepdfmerge
options:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
--name TMPL template for nup PDF file (default: {stem}_2up.pdf)
--paper SIZE output LaTeX paper size (default: a4)
--nup XxY nup option for \includepdfmerge (default: 2x1)
--pages RANGE pages option for \includepdfmerge (default: -)
--orient {l,p,a} l(andscape), p(ortrait), a(uto) (default: a)
--scale FACTOR scale option for \includepdfmerge (default: 1.01)
--no-frame don't pass frame option to \includepdfmerge
--no-openright don't pass openright option to \includepdfmerge
--keep don't delete intermediate files (*.tex, *.log, etc.)
--version show program's version number and exitpull-gists.py
$ pull-gists.py --help
usage: pull-gists.py [-h] [--reset] [--detail] [--version]
target_dir gh_username
Git clone --mirror or git remote update all public gists of GitHub user.
positional arguments:
target_dir output directory for bare git clones
gh_username GitHub username
options:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
--reset delete present git clones first
--detail show detailed info for each clone/update
--version show program's version number and exitpull-repos.py
$ pull-repos.py --help
usage: pull-repos.py [-h] [--reset] [--detail] [--version]
target_dir repo_url [repo_url ...]
Git clone --mirror or git remote update git repositories.
positional arguments:
target_dir output directory for bare git clones
repo_url git repository url
options:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
--reset delete present git clones first
--detail show detailed info for each clone/update
--version show program's version number and exitserve-asciimation.py
$ serve-asciimation.py --help
usage: serve-asciimation.py [-h] [--host IP] [--port SERVICE] [--fps N]
[--setuid USER] [--chroot DIR] [--no-hardening]
[--verbose] [--version]
Run async server displaying asciimation via telnet.
options:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
--host IP address to listen on (default: 127.0.0.1)
--port SERVICE TCP port number or name to listen on (default: telnet)
--fps N frames (1-100) per second to generate (default: 15)
--setuid USER user to setuid to after binding (default: nobody)
--chroot DIR directory to chroot into after binding (default: /tmp)
--no-hardening don't give up privileges (ignore --setuid and --chroot)
--verbose increase stdout logging level to DEBUG
--version show program's version number and exitupdate-shasums.py
$ update-shasums.py --help
usage: update-shasums.py [-h] [--target TEXT_FILE] [--encoding NAME]
[--pattern REGEX] [--confirm]
glob [glob ...]
Update SHA256 checksums in text file given a regex locating file and hash.
positional arguments:
glob glob pattern of files to checksum
options:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
--target TEXT_FILE path to the text file to be updated
--encoding NAME target text file read/write encoding (default: utf-8)
--pattern REGEX re.sub() pattern with file and checksum group
--confirm prompt for confirmation before exit when updatedLicense
These scripts are distributed under the MIT license