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Enhanced trash size script
The trash size command typically adds the contents of the .DS_Store file (keeps track of Finder window attributes) that can appear when you open the Trash window. This is generally about 16K in size. So, a 4K file in the Trash can make the Trash appear to be 20K in total.
Using du's -I option allows one to specify a Ignore mask:
Additionally, if you have multiple partitions/volumes, you probably realize that the typical trash size script is limited, as it only keeps track of files trashed from your boot volume. The following is a script I have created that adds the trash from any volume on your system.
FYI:
I've elected to divide by powers of 10, rather than powers of 2 to provide a result that closer to reality.
kind regards,
MAJ
Another FYI:
Using the du command (disk usage) is not entirely accurate, as it records how much space the file/directory is taking up on the drive, not the actual file/directory size. But, this is much simpler than using the alternatives, like stat. Plus, the precise size of your Trash is of little significance to most of us, so this is good-enough-for-most-of-us(TM).
The trash size command typically adds the contents of the .DS_Store file (keeps track of Finder window attributes) that can appear when you open the Trash window. This is generally about 16K in size. So, a 4K file in the Trash can make the Trash appear to be 20K in total.
Using du's -I option allows one to specify a Ignore mask:
Code:
du -I .DS_Store -sh ~/.Trash | awk '{print "Trash: " $1}'Additionally, if you have multiple partitions/volumes, you probably realize that the typical trash size script is limited, as it only keeps track of files trashed from your boot volume. The following is a script I have created that adds the trash from any volume on your system.
Code:
TTL=0; UNT="K"
while read LINE; do
TSH=`sudo du -I .DS_Store -sk "/Volumes/$LINE/.Trashes" | awk '{print $1}'`
TTL=$((TTL + TSH ))
done<<<"`mount | grep hfs, | grep -v "on / " | sed 's/^.*\/Volumes\///;s/(hfs,.*$//'`"
TSH=`du -I .DS_Store -sk ~/.Trash | awk '{print $1}'`
TTL=$((TTL + TSH ))
if [[ $TTL -gt 999999 ]];then
VAR=$((TTL / 100000 )); UNT="G"
TTL="${VAR%[0-9]}.${VAR: -1}"
elif [[ $TTL -gt 999 ]];then
VAR=$((TTL / 100 )); UNT="M"
TTL="${VAR%[0-9]}.${VAR: -1}"
fi
echo "Trash: $TTL$UNT"FYI:
I've elected to divide by powers of 10, rather than powers of 2 to provide a result that closer to reality.
kind regards,
MAJ
Another FYI:
Using the du command (disk usage) is not entirely accurate, as it records how much space the file/directory is taking up on the drive, not the actual file/directory size. But, this is much simpler than using the alternatives, like stat. Plus, the precise size of your Trash is of little significance to most of us, so this is good-enough-for-most-of-us(TM).
It should not be relocating, disappearing, etc. I believe all of the problems you are having can be easily resolved by checking the box next to the folder that entails your scripts. This way geektool will open upon turning on your computer. Hope this helps.
Screen shot 2011-05-05 at 10.52.23 AM by Taylor Mefford, on Flickr
Here's mine, not as fancy as a lot of the others, but I like it.
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Does anyone know the geektool script that i need to acquire a dock similar to this image? http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v412/wilk0076/030610.png
I've looked for a while and can't find it anywhere :/
I've looked for a while and can't find it anywhere :/
I have been looking over this thread for some time as well as links given on this thread by MacRumors users and I just wanted to say Thank You to all of you as it has helped me a lot to learn GeekTool. : )
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Screen shot 2011-05-05 at 10.52.23 AM by Taylor Mefford, on Flickr
Here's mine, not as fancy as a lot of the others, but I like it.
Nice desktop. I like the dark Dock icons!
FYI, you might want to change the font on your monthly calendar to a mono-spaced font. That will keep the days aligned without any extra work on your part.
You can put a blank file geeklet exactly where you want the "dock" to appear, and set its color and transparency as you like. Then turn off the dock's actual background, and voilá!
I've shamelessly used that trick to make my mounted volumes visible when I've got a busy desktop picture.
I have a small problem with the time script. No matter what time script I use, the AM/PM never shows as capitalized even thought the scripts I copied and pasted from all showed that they're supposed to be. Does anyone know how I can change this? The font I'm using is Helvetica Neue, if that makes a difference.
Here's a picture of it.
Here's a picture of it.
Okay so I've been thinking, I want to move on to a horizontal calendar. That set me back to my old problem, which was "how the hell am I supposed to know what day it'll fall on just by looking at the line?"
Then it hit me ( and I'd love to see more practical suggestions ) that I could just pick days like monday and friday and assign them, say, colors. That way, every monday of the month would show as a yellow number on the horizontal calendar.
I have just one problem. I'm an utter, walking and babbling scripting failure. Can anyone lend me a hand o/?
Then it hit me ( and I'd love to see more practical suggestions ) that I could just pick days like monday and friday and assign them, say, colors. That way, every monday of the month would show as a yellow number on the horizontal calendar.
I have just one problem. I'm an utter, walking and babbling scripting failure. Can anyone lend me a hand o/?
whats the script youre using?
if you see the letter a, try using an "A" instead of the "a". should work.
no idea how to do what youre talking about. (and maybe a bit too colorful for me...
) but this is what im using and it works quite well.
Code:
#!/usr/bin/env ruby
#
# Author: Robert Jorgenson
# Author email: rjorgenson@gmail.com
require 'Date'
ABBR_DAYNAMES = {0, 'Su', 1, 'Mo', 2, 'Tu', 3, 'We', 4, 'Th', 5, 'Fr', 6, 'Sa'}
def days_in_month(year, month)
return (Date.new(year, 12, 31) << (12 - month)).day
end
def day_in_month(year, month, day)
return Date.new(year, month, day).wday
end
def build_day_array(year, month)
day_array = Array.new
for d in (1..days_in_month(year, month))
day_array[d] = ABBR_DAYNAMES[day_in_month(year, month, d)]
end
day_array.shift
return day_array * " "
end
def build_separator(year, month)
color = "\e[30m" #black
#color = "\e[37m" #uncomment for white
separator_string = "██" # change this to change separator, best if 2 characters wide
close = "\e[0m" # don't change this
separator = Array.new
for d in (1..days_in_month(year, month))
if year == Time.now.year && month == Time.now.month && d == Time.now.day then
separator[d] = "#{color}#{separator_string}#{close}"
else
separator[d] = "#{separator_string}"
end
end
separator.shift
return separator * "█"
end
def build_date_array(year, month)
date_array = Array.new
for d in (1..days_in_month(year, month))
date_array[d] = d
end
date_array.shift
date_array.each do |d|
if d < 10 then
date_array[(d-1)] = "0#{d}"
end
end
return date_array * " "
end
year = Time.now.year
month = Time.now.month
puts build_day_array(year, month)
puts build_separator(year, month)
puts build_date_array(year, month)I'm using date "+%l:%M %p"
Haven't seen a script with "a", or was that just an example? I tried using "P" instead of "p" but that just screwed up the am/pm part.
Weather problems.
Hello all. I pulled this piece of code from a geeklets site, but the coder has not been responsive with questions. Can anyone help me figure out this bash script? It fetches a 5 day forecast with descriptions from Yahoo and displays it one line/day.
The code was then later updated by another user who also put in decent formatting:
So here's the problem. The first script I posted, works, but has a bunch of html tags that come with the output. The second, well, just flat out doesn't work, but was supposed to be an update that removes said html tags.
Can ANYone out there help me fix this script up? So far as I can tell, this is the only script i've come across that provides more than a 2-day forecast plus details of each day. I'd really like to get this working so there is at least one version out there on the net for people. Bonus would be to incorporate an earlier script from this thread that looked up your IP and fetched the appropriate zip from yahoo based on the IP.
So. Anyone out there willing to shed some light on this?
I appreciate any effort anyone puts towards this.
Hello all. I pulled this piece of code from a geeklets site, but the coder has not been responsive with questions. Can anyone help me figure out this bash script? It fetches a 5 day forecast with descriptions from Yahoo and displays it one line/day.
Code:
curl --silent -o /tmp/weather.html http://weather.yahoo.com/united-states/oregon/portland-23424682/; curl --silent -o /tmp/weather.png $(grep "div\ class=\"forecast-icon\"\ style=\"background:url" /tmp/weather.html| awk -F"'" '{ printf $2 }');for NUM in $(grep -n "<li><strong>.*\n" /tmp/weather.html|cut -d":" -f1); do TARGET=$((NUM+1)) ; sed -n "$NUM"p /tmp/weather.html|sed 's|<li><strong>||g'|sed 's|</strong>||g'| sed 's/^[\t]*//'; sed -n "$TARGET"p /tmp/weather.html ; doneThe code was then later updated by another user who also put in decent formatting:
Code:
curl --silent -o /tmp/weather.html http://weather.yahoo.com/united-states/nevada/las-vegas-2436704/;
curl --silent -o /tmp/weather.png $(grep "div class="forecast-icon" style="background:url" /tmp/weather.html| awk -F"'" '{ printf $2 }');
LINE=$(grep -n ".*n" /tmp/weather.html|cut -d":" -f1);
FIRST=1
for NUM in $LINE;
do TARGET=$((NUM+1)) ;
if [ $FIRST -eq 1 ]; then
sed -n "$NUM"p /tmp/weather.html | sed 's|Detailed Local ForecastHow to Read This||g' | sed 's|||g' | sed 's/^[tnn]*//';
FIRST=$((FIRST+1));
else
sed -n "$NUM"p /tmp/weather.html | sed 's|||g' | sed 's|||g' | sed 's/^[t]*//';
fi
sed -n "$TARGET"p /tmp/weather.html ;
doneSo here's the problem. The first script I posted, works, but has a bunch of html tags that come with the output. The second, well, just flat out doesn't work, but was supposed to be an update that removes said html tags.
Can ANYone out there help me fix this script up? So far as I can tell, this is the only script i've come across that provides more than a 2-day forecast plus details of each day. I'd really like to get this working so there is at least one version out there on the net for people. Bonus would be to incorporate an earlier script from this thread that looked up your IP and fetched the appropriate zip from yahoo based on the IP.
So. Anyone out there willing to shed some light on this?
I appreciate any effort anyone puts towards this.
whats the script youre using?
no idea how to do what youre talking about. (and maybe a bit too colorful for me...
but this is what im using and it works quite well.
Ohhh, sweet! Yea it would definetly be too colorful for me too, I'm more of a white on dark desktop kind of guy, but I hadn't considered the angle you're using there! At a later point, the day nr distances itself to the right from the day itself, but I can definetly live with that!
I just wonder 2 things.
1) What's the purpose of that black separator? When I pasted your ( blessed ) script, the black square just stayed all the way >.
2) Is there anything I could add to that script to make the current day/date have a bold font?
In any case this is sweet, thanks Bren!
Edit: From what I read in your script, it was supposed to keep the right separator within range of the current date, right? Somehow that's just not happening here. Furthermore, it doesn't display what month it is, hm. Is it just me?
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this one pissed me off a little but i finally got it!
just check off the "set locale environment" option in the bottom.
voila!
when I do it, it opens it with geektool by default. try reinstalling geektool?
use a monospaced font. should help you see things clearly...
its gonna look like that:
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use a monospaced font. should help you see things clearly...
its gonna look like that:
You are divine
ps: Is the minimum refresh rate 1s on GT? I'm trying to make a small animated icon next to my wi fi script, I can't seem to make gifs work on geektools so I'm thinking I'll just set a 0.2 refresh rate in a folder with slightly different pictures of the icon so that it looks animated. Or maybe I'm just stupid and there's a simple way to make animated icons I don't know about?
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this one pissed me off a little but i finally got it!
just check off the "set locale environment" option in the bottom.
voila!
Omg thank you! I thought I'd never resolve this.
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Still looking for a solution to this. Really, all I need is the first code mentioned to strip out the html tags it includes. Its so close to working perfectly... Would really like someone to take a look and see whats wrong.
Haha, I'm looking for the exact same fix... Does anybody else know of any scripts that can produce multi-day forecasts neatly?
That's really all I'm lookin for.
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