date +"%Y$sep%m$sep%d$sep%H%M$sep%S" | tr -d '/\n/'
}
+ # a wrapper for the which command that finds items on the path. some OSes
+ # do not provide which, so we want to not be spewing errors when that
+ # happens.
+ function whichable()
+ {
+ to_find="$1"; shift
+ local WHICHER="$(\which which 2>/dev/null)"
+ if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+ # there is no which command here. we produce nothing due to this.
+ echo
+ fi
+ echo $($WHICHER $to_find 2>/dev/null)
+ }
+
# makes a directory of the name specified and then tries to change the
# current directory to that directory.
function mcd() {
##############
# locates a process given a search pattern to match in the process list.
- # supports a single command line flag style parameter of "-u USERNAME";
- # if the -u flag is found, a username is expected afterwards, and only the
- # processes of that user are considered.
+ #
+ # + the -u flag specifies a user name, e.g. "-u joe", which causes only
+ # the processes of that user "joe" to be considered.
+ #
+ # + the -x flag specifies a pattern to exclude from the list, e.g. "-x pszap.sh"
+ # would ignore any processes that mention the phrase "pszap.sh".
function psfind() {
+ local user_flag="-e"
+ # default user flag is for all users.
+ local excluder="ScrengeflebbitsAPhraseWeNeverExpecttomatchanythingYO298238"
+ # for our default, pick an exclusion string we would never match.
+
+ local found_flag=1
+ while [ $found_flag -eq 1 ]; do
+ # reset our sentinel now that we're safely in our loop.
+ found_flag=0
+
+ # save the first argument, since we're going to shift the args.
+ local arg1="$1"
+ if [ "$arg1" == "-u" ]; then
+ # handle the user flag.
+ user_flag="-u $2"
+#echo "found a -u parm and user=$2"
+ found_flag=1 # signal that we found one.
+ # skip these two arguments, since we've consumed them.
+ shift
+ shift
+ elif [ "$arg1" == "-x" ]; then
+ # handle the exclusion flag.
+ excluder="$2"
+#echo "found a -x parm and excluder=$excluder"
+ found_flag=1 # signal that we found one.
+ # skip these two arguments, since we've consumed them.
+ shift
+ shift
+ fi
+ done
+
+ # now that we've yanked any flags out, we can pull the rest of the
+ # arguments in as patterns to seek in the process list.
local -a patterns=("${@}")
#echo ====
#echo patterns list is: "${patterns[@]}"
#echo ====
- local user_flag
- if [ "${patterns[0]}" == "-u" ]; then
- user_flag="-u ${patterns[1]}"
-#echo "found a -u parm and user=${patterns[1]}"
- # void the two elements with that user flag so we don't use them as patterns.
- unset patterns[0] patterns[1]=
- else
- # select all users.
- user_flag="-e"
- fi
-
local PID_DUMP="$(mktemp "$TMP/zz_pidlist.XXXXXX")"
local -a PIDS_SOUGHT
# ids out of the results.
local i
for i in "${patterns[@]}"; do
+#echo "pattern curr is '$i'"
PIDS_SOUGHT+=($(cat $PID_DUMP \
| grep -i "$i" \
+ | grep -v "$excluder" \
| sed -n -e "$pid_finder_pattern"))
done
#echo ====
done
}
-#hmmm: not really doing anything yet; ubuntu seems to have changed from pulseaudio in 17.04?
- # restarts the sound driver.
- function fix_sound_driver() {
- # stop bash complaining about blank function body.
- local nothing=
-#if alsa something
-# sudo service alsasound restart
-#elif pulse something
-# sudo pulseaudio -k
-# sudo pulseaudio -D
-#else
-# something else...?
-#fi
-
- }
-
function screen() {
save_terminal_title
#hmmm: ugly absolute path here.
fi
}
-#bork # su function: makes su perform a login.
-#bork # for some OSes, this transfers the X authority information to the new login.
-#bork function su() {
-#bork if debian_like; then
-#bork # debian currently requires the full version which imports X authority
-#bork # information for su.
-#bork
-#bork # get the x authority info for our current user.
-#bork source "$FEISTY_MEOW_SCRIPTS/security/get_x_auth.sh"
-#bork
-#bork if [ -z "$X_auth_info" ]; then
-#bork # if there's no authentication info to pass along, we just do a normal su.
-#bork /bin/su -l $*
-#bork else
-#bork # under X, we update the new login's authority info with the previous
-#bork # user's info.
-#bork (unset XAUTHORITY; /bin/su -l $* -c "$X_auth_info ; export DISPLAY=$DISPLAY ; bash")
-#bork fi
-#bork else
-#bork # non-debian supposedly doesn't need the extra overhead any more.
-#bork # or at least suse doesn't, which is the other one we've tested on.
-#bork /bin/su -l $*
-#bork fi
-#bork }
-
# this function wraps the normal sudo by ensuring we replace the terminal
- # label before we launch what they're passing to sudo. we also ensure that
- # the feisty meow environment is recreated; normal subshells don't need
- # this, but when switching identity with sudo, it seems important. yet,
- # we also don't want to hose up their normal sudo actions, such as passing
- # along the current environment, should the user choose.
+ # label before we launch what they're passing to sudo. we also preserve
+ # specific variables that enable the main user's ssh credentials to still
+ # be relied on for ssh forwarding, even if the '-i' flag is passed to cause
+ # a fresh shell (which normally doesn't get the launching user's environment
+ # variables).
function sudo() {
save_terminal_title
+
# hoist our X authorization info in case environment is passed along;
- # this can allow root to use our display to show Xorg windows.
- if [ ! -z "$DISPLAY" ]; then
+ # this can allow root to use our display to show X.org windows.
+ if [ -z "$IMPORTED_XAUTH" -a ! -z "$DISPLAY" ]; then
export IMPORTED_XAUTH="$(xauth list $DISPLAY | head -n 1 | awk '{print $3}')"
+ local REMOVE_IMP_XAUTH=true
fi
- # prep a simple command string here, rather than messing with arguments
- # in the already complicated command below. i was seeing some really
- # screwy behavior trying to expand $@ when embedded for the bash -c flag,
- # but making the variable ahead of time gets rid of that.
- cmd="/usr/bin/sudo ""$@"
-
- # omit any variables that are either wrong for a different user or used
- # to shield the feisty meow scripts from reconfiguring. when we do the
- # sudo, we want a fresh start for feisty meow at least.
- # our approach to launching sudo is further complicated by our sentinel
- # alias, which normally is passed to any subshells (to prevent recreating
- # aliases). we turn off the expand_aliases shell option to avoid passing
- # the sentinel, which ensures aliases do get recreated for the new user.
- BUILD_VARS_LOADED= \
- CORE_VARIABLES_LOADED= \
- FEISTY_MEOW_SCRIPTS_LOADED= \
- function_sentinel= \
- MAIL= \
- bash +O expand_aliases -c "$cmd"
+
+ # launch sudo with just the variables we want to reach the other side.
+ local varmods=
+# varmods+="PATH= "
+ if [ ! -z "$IMPORTED_XAUTH" ]; then varmods+="IMPORTED_XAUTH=$IMPORTED_XAUTH "; fi
+ if [ ! -z "$SSH_AUTH_SOCK" ]; then varmods+="SSH_AUTH_SOCK=$SSH_AUTH_SOCK"; fi
+ /usr/bin/sudo $varmods "$@"
retval=$?
+
+ # take the xauth info away again if it wasn't set already.
+ if [ ! -z "$REMOVE_IMP_XAUTH" ]; then
+ unset IMPORTED_XAUTH
+ fi
restore_terminal_title
return $retval
}
# overlay for nechung binary so that we can complain less grossly about it when it's missing.
function nechung() {
- local wheres_nechung=$(which nechung 2>/dev/null)
+ local wheres_nechung=$(whichable nechung)
if [ -z "$wheres_nechung" ]; then
echo "The nechung oracle program cannot be found. You may want to consider"
echo "rebuilding the feisty meow applications with this command:"
echo
}
- # a wrapper for the which command that finds items on the path. some OSes
- # do not provide which, so we want to not be spewing errors when that
- # happens.
- function whichable()
- {
- to_find="$1"; shift
- which which &>/dev/null
- if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
- # there is no which command here. we produce nothing due to this.
- echo
- fi
- echo $(which $to_find)
- }
-
function add_cygwin_drive_mounts() {
for i in c d e f g h q z ; do
#hmmm: improve this by not adding the link if already there, or if the drive is not valid.
this_host=$(hostname)
elif [ ! -z "$(echo $MACHTYPE | grep suse)" ]; then
this_host=$(hostname --long)
- elif [ -x "$(which hostname 2>/dev/null)" ]; then
+ elif [ -x "$(whichable hostname)" ]; then
this_host=$(hostname)
fi
echo "$this_host"
fi
local charnfile="$(mktemp $TMP/zz_charn.XXXXXX)"
+#hmmm: any way to do the below more nicely or reusably?
find "${dirs[@]}" -follow -maxdepth 1 -mindepth 1 -type f | \
grep -i \
-"doc\|docx\|eml\|html\|jpeg\|jpg\|m4a\|mov\|mp3\|ods\|odt\|pdf\|png\|ppt\|pptx\|txt\|vsd\|vsdx\|xls\|xlsx\|zip" | \
+"csv\|doc\|docx\|eml\|html\|jpeg\|jpg\|m4a\|mov\|mp3\|ods\|odt\|pdf\|png\|ppt\|pptx\|txt\|vsd\|vsdx\|xls\|xlsx\|xml\|zip" | \
sed -e 's/^/"/' | sed -e 's/$/"/' | \
xargs bash "$FEISTY_MEOW_SCRIPTS/files/spacem.sh"
# drop the temp file now that we're done.
##############
- # site avenger aliases
+ # tty relevant functions...
+
+ # keep_awake: sends a message to the screen from the background.
+ function keep_awake()
+ {
+ # just starts the keep_awake process in the background.
+ bash $FEISTY_MEOW_SCRIPTS/tty/keep_awake_process.sh &
+ # this should leave the job running as %1 or a higher number if there
+ # are pre-existing background jobs.
+ }
+
+ ##############
+
+ # site avenger functions...
+
function switchto()
{
THISDIR="$FEISTY_MEOW_SCRIPTS/site_avenger"
##############
+ # you have hit the borderline functional zone...
+
+#hmmm: not really doing anything yet; ubuntu seems to have changed from pulseaudio in 17.04?
+ # restarts the sound driver.
+ function fix_sound_driver() {
+ # stop bash complaining about blank function body.
+ local nothing=
+#if alsa something
+# sudo service alsasound restart
+#elif pulse something
+# sudo pulseaudio -k
+# sudo pulseaudio -D
+#else
+# something else...?
+#fi
+
+ }
+
+ # ...and here's the end of the borderline functional zone.
+
+ ##############
+
# NOTE: no more function definitions are allowed after this point.
function function_sentinel()