README.creole

Quadronyx Tools

Introduction

This repository contains a small collection of tools I use on a day to day basis that are too small or basic to warrant their own repository.

Availability

These tools are available on GitLab, GitHub and BitBucket with the primary repository being GitLab.

Tools

fork.c

fork is a small program designed for spawning processes that are completely disconnected from the original parent (ie, your shell).

Think nohup(1) on steroids (with some other minor advantages).

fork v0.04
Copyright (C) 2016-2017 Todd Harbour
https://gitlab.com/krayon/qdnxtools/

Spawns a process that's COMPLETELY disconnected from the original parent process

Usage: fork -h|--help
       fork -V|--version
       fork [--] <program> [<args> [...]]

-h|--help               - Displays this help
-V|--version            - Displays fork version

[--]                    - Indicates all remaining parameters are for <program>
<program>               - Program to run
<args> [...]            - Any arguments to pass to <program>

Example: fork youtube-dl https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ

urlencode.bash

URL Encoder

URL Encode (urlencode) v0.01
http://gitlab.com/krayon/qdnxtools/urlencode.bash


URL Encode (urlencode) encodes a URL, obeying RFC3986 (similar to PHP's rawurlencode)

Usage: urlencode.bash -h|--help
       urlencode.bash -V|--version
       urlencode.bash -C|--configuration
       urlencode.bash [-v|--verbose] [-f|--filepath] [-a|--all] [--] [-|<URL>]

-h|--help           - Displays this help
-V|--version        - Displays the program version
-C|--configuration  - Outputs the default configuration that can be placed in
                          /etc/urlencode.conf
                      or
                          /home/user/.urlencoderc
                      for editing.
-v|--verbose        - Displays extra debugging information.  This is the same
                      as setting DEBUG=1 in your config.
-f|--filepath       - Informs urlencode.bash that the URL(s) are file paths and urlencode.bash
                      will therefore not encode '/'.
-a|--all            - Informs urlencode.bash that you want ALL characters encoded, not
                      just those required by RFC3986 (-f|--filepath will still
                      be obeyed).
<URL>               - The URL to encode. If no text is specified, or <URL>
                      is "-" (minus/hyphen), then the URL(s) will be read from
                      stdin

Example: urlencode.bash "http://www.google.com.au/search?btnI&q=youtube dQw4w9WgXcQ"

emailobfuscate.bash

E-mail Obfuscater

E-mail Obfuscate (emailobfuscate) v0.01
http://gitlab.com/krayon/qdnxtools/emailobfuscate.bash


E-mail Obfuscate (emailobfuscate) obfuscates an email URI link using encoded 2 byte hex characters.
Anecdotally these don't seem to be picked up as much by spammers' email address
gathering web scrapers.

Usage: emailobfuscate.bash -h|--help
       emailobfuscate.bash -V|--version
       emailobfuscate.bash -C|--configuration
       emailobfuscate.bash [-v|--verbose] [-n|--nolink] [--] [-|<ADDY>]

-h|--help           - Displays this help
-V|--version        - Displays the program version
-C|--configuration  - Outputs the default configuration that can be placed in
                          /etc/emailobfuscate.conf
                      or
                          /home/user/.emailobfuscaterc
                      for editing.
-v|--verbose        - Displays extra debugging information.  This is the same
                      as setting DEBUG=1 in your config.
-n|--nolink         - Don't output an HTML mailto: link, only the address
                      encoded.
<ADDY>              - The email address to encode. If no text is specified, or
                      <ADDY> is "-" (minus/hyphen), then the address(es) will be
                      read from stdin

Example: emailobfuscate.bash [email protected]

xmodkeys_release.bash

XModKeys Release

A simple script to release any X modifier keys that are currently pressed.
Occasionally, when using synergy ( https://symless.com/synergy/ |
https://github.com/symless/synergy ) I find that a modifier is showing as
pressed when it isn't. This tool can release it for you (requires xdotool)

Usage:
    Easiest way to use it is probably to SSH into the afflicted machine, and
    run (assuming your DISPLAY is :0.0):
        DISPLAY=:0.0 xmodkeys_release

magpidl.bash

MagPi Magazine Downloader

A simple script to download the MagPi magazines you don't have.

Usage:
    $ ./magpidl.bash

    Last downloaded issue is 55 for 2017-03
    Downloading issue 56 (2017-04)...

    $ ./magpidl.bash

    Last downloaded issue is 56 for 2017-04
    Up to date, nothing to download

repchar.bash

Rep(eat) Char(acter)

Repeats a given character (or string) a specified number of times.

Can be run directly or sourced ( . "repchar.bash" ).

Usage: repchar.bash -h|--help
       repchar.bash <char> <count>

-h|--help           - Displays this help
<char>              - Character (or string) to repeat.
<count>             - Number of times to repeat <char>.

Example: repchar.bash = 10
=========

icalparse.bash

An iCal parser, useful for viewing calendar invites that arrive in email from text mail clients such as mutt.

Simply add something like the following to your mutt mailcap (such as /.mutt/mailcap):

# iCal Calendar
text/calendar;               ~/bin/icalparse %s; copiousoutput

iCal Parse

iCal Parse (icalparse) parses an iCal file, displaying a summary.

Usage: icalparse.bash -h|--help
       icalparse.bash -V|--version
       icalparse.bash [-v|--verbose] <file>

-h|--help           - Displays this help
-V|--version        - Displays the program version
-v|--verbose        - Displays extra debugging information.  This is the same
                      as setting DEBUG=1 in your config.
<file>              - The calendar file to parse.

Example: icalparse.bash appointment.ics

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