Re: tips and tricks (was:Re: tlug: CDROM)

[Scott Stone <sstone@example.com>]

On Mon, 2 Mar 1998, Jim Schweizer wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> When I have to do something more than twice, my brain kicks in
> and asks, "Should this be a shell script or alias?" The
> mount/unmount commands for both the CDROM and floppy drives
> ended up as shell scripts in /sbin. Yeah, it's still a pain to
> su to root to run them but it's better than nuttin'.
> 
> My .bashrc files just keeps growin' and growin'. here's some of
> it: (hope you find something usefull in there and don't be shy
> about sharing *your* favorite alias with the group!)

If I did stuff like this, I'd end up confusing myself :) - I use a lot of
different machines here... :)

> 
> alias cdshp='cd /hdd/webmaster/SHP/'
> alias cdtlug='cd /hdd/webmaster/tlug/'
> alias ftphare='ncftp www1.harenet.or.jp'
> alias ftpamda='ncftp fmv166.amda.or.jp'
> alias tchk='tar tzvf'
> alias tgz='tar xvzf'
> alias lg='logout'
> alias pd=pushd
> alias pod=popd
> alias dr='ls -l | grep "^d"'
> alias ll='ls -la | more'
> alias  psg='ps -aux | grep  $1'
> 
> And don't forget you can automate a lot of stuff like telnet
> logins with expect; like this:
> 
> schweiz:~/bin$ cat teltlug
> #!/usr/bin/expect --
> 
> spawn telnet www.twics.com 
> expect "login: " 
> send "tlug\r"
> expect "Password:"
> send "****\r"
> expect "TERM = (vt100)"
> send "\r"
> expect "beehive:~$"
> interact
> 
> 
> Later,
> 
> Jim S.
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> Featuring Tague Griffith of Netscape i18n talking on source code
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> 

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Scott M. Stone <sstone@example.com, sstone@example.com>
               <sstone@example.com>
Linux Developer/Systems Administrator for Pacific HiTech, Inc. 
http://www.pht.com		http://armadillo.pht.co.jp
http://www.pht.co.jp	        http://www.turbolinux.com


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Next TLUG Nomikai: 11 March Wed 1998 Tengu TokyoEkiMae 19:30
Chuo-ku, Kyobashi 1-1-6, EchiZenYa Bld. B1/B2 03-3275-3691
Next TLUG Meeting: 11 April 1998 Saturday, Tokyo Station
Featuring Tague Griffith of Netscape i18n talking on source code
---------------------------------------------------------------
a word from the sponsor:
TWICS - Japan's First Public-Access Internet System
www.twics.com  info@example.com  Tel:03-3351-5977  Fax:03-3353-6096