Ask HN: Small scripts, hacks and automations you're proud of?

Post by cfiggers » Mon, Mar 13, 2023, 2:05 AM UTC

puika wrote: post #43

cfiggers wrote: post #7

All of my favorite things are little AutoHotkey shortcuts. I have several that basically just execute a Regex replace on whatever text is currently highlighted. It's ridiculously convenient to just have those functions ready to go any time. But I started accumulating so many of them, it got to be a problem just remembering all the ones I had and how to trigger them. I had to start finding new ways of keeping them all…

Another interesting trick is to have a capslock layer (or any other "useless" key you may have, but capslock is much easier to reach obviously) with something like: ; ahk v1 code CapsLock:: KeyWait, CapsLock If (A_PriorKey="CapsLock") SetCapsLockState, % GetKeyState("CapsLock","T") ? "Off" : "On" Return #If, GetKeyState("CapsLock", "P") u:: ; convert selection to code in markdown by pressing CapsLock+u SendRaw, ````…

Post by rewgs » Mon, Mar 13, 2023, 2:10 AM UTC

entitydc wrote: post #80

One of my favorite spa/hotels for a weekend retreat for my wife and I has absurd waitlists — takes a few months typically to reserve 2 nights. However, they have a 7 day cancellation policy that leads to a U shaped availability curve for rooms. The hotel website itself is inordinately difficult to search more than 1-2 nights (each day takes 6-8 clicks to search), but it’s all queryable through an undocumented API, so…

Post by StrangeATractor » Mon, Mar 13, 2023, 2:12 AM UTC

Post by tbillington » Mon, Mar 13, 2023, 2:15 AM UTC

Post by tupolef » Mon, Mar 13, 2023, 2:22 AM UTC

  # full terminal page of \n
  pgdown () {
    printf '\n%.0s' $(eval echo {1..$(( $(tput lines) - 1 ))})
  }
  
  # clear teminal and TMUX history and get to the bottom line
  c () {
    echo -en "\ec"; pgdown
    if [[ -n $TMUX_PANE ]]; then
      tmux clear-history -t $TMUX_PANE
    fi
  }
  
  # force MOTD display in a new ssh session
  alias sshmotd='ssh -o SetEnv=SSH_MOTD=1'
  
  if command -v tmux 1> /dev/null; then
    # open a new tmux session named default or attach to it
    tmuxa () {
      systemd-run -q --scope --user tmux new-session -A -s default "$@"
      exit
    }
    
    # open a new tmux session named ssh_tmux or attach to it
    alias tmuxs='tmux new-session -A -s ssh_tmux && exit'
    
    # run tmux if TMUX variable is null locally or in an ssh session
    if [[ "${TERM-}" != tmux* ]] && [[ -z "${TMUX}" ]] && [[ -z "${SSH_CONNECTION}" ]]; then
      tmuxa
    elif [[ -z "${TMUX}" ]] && [[ -n "${SSH_CONNECTION}" ]]; then
      tmuxs
    fi
  fi
  
  # run MOTD at login only in an ssh session
  if [[ -n "${TMUX}" ]] && [[ -n "${SSH_CONNECTION}" ]] && [[ "${SSH_MOTD-}" == 1 ]] && [[ -f "/etc/update-motd.d/00-motdfetch" ]]; then
    motd
  else
    pgdown
  fi