Snippet Collection

An evergrowing quick reference for some osx console commands i use more ore less frequently. Because i can’t remember all the magic.. ;)

 
 
 

Q: how to make a screenshot from the terminal

# capture images in format -t(ype) 'png' after waiting a -T(ime) of 5 seconds
# and open the -P(review) after storing them to ~/Desktop/
 
screencapture -t png -T 5 -P  ~/Desktop/screen1.png ~/Desktop/screen2.png
 
# -t the type of image (pdf, jpg, tiff)
# -T <seconds> the delay before the image is taken
# -P open images in preview window
# -M send images via mail
# -m only take the main monitor


Q: how to remove files or directories

# remove .svn folders
rm -rf `find . -type d -name .svn`
 
# remove .DS_Store files
rm -rf `find . -type f -name .DS_Store`


Q: how to start the trac-standalone server

tracd -r --port=8000 - --basic-auth="env,passwd,realm" $project/$env


where: $project – the absolut path to your project folder (e.g. /Sites/project/) $env – the environment name (e.g. trac) $passwd – the absolut file to the .passwd file for the project (e.g.  $project/$env/.htpasswd) $realm – something that you like (e.g. example.org, trac)

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