In Part 2, we added some read prompts to read which directory to run the script in and used some bash if/then/else statements to do some basic input validation. This week by using the creating script parameters with getopts article we’ll enhance the script a little to remove the echo from the example to allow the user to delete the files if they choose, defaulting to not remove files.
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This week I went through my downloads folder, cleaning up erroneous files. In light of that I’ll share a quick tip on how to clean up the multiple copies of files that inevitably pile up. The issue is, when you save a file from firefox or Chrome, the next time you download the file, it just makes another copy with (1) or (2). I have a number of these on multiple systems, so hit the jump for a quick snippet, and explanation.
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Sometimes you will run into the problem of having too many files in a folder. This results in basic programs like rm and mv to not be able to process your commands. For example, I recently had to extract 52628 jpgs from seven zip files. Once extracted I realized that I had them in the wrong folder. Now, there are other ways I could have accomplished the same goals, such but for various reasons sometimes the easiest way (renaming the folder) was not feasible. Here is the solution: (Read on …)
Zend Studio is a really good PHP IDE for Linux well worth the money. Although it has a high price tag this doesn’t mean that its bug free. I some times have little quirks with it but they seem to have been fixed since I added more ram. Anyway recently while I was trying to use Zend it just would not open. I had to use another PHP IDE on my Linux box until I could figure out the problem. Well, the problem was:
This Application has Unexpectedly Quit: Invocation of this Java Application has caused an InvocationTargetException. This application will now exit. (LAX) |
Reinstalling Zend does not fix the issue. The issue seems to be in the configuration directory. All you have to do to fix this issue is:
rm -r ZDE |
I’d make a back up first if I were you, just incase, but mine was broken and I didn’t really have anything in the config directory except some saved urls so I just deleted it. Now my Zend Studio works like it used to again! Hurray!, Now I hope it wont do this again for another 6 months or so.
The current MPlayer Installer script that I uploaded to this site had a slight problem.
mplayer_setup.sh: line 9: rm-rf: command not found |
I have fixed the spacing issue and re-uploaded the file.
Once I had done this I tried reinstalling again just to make sure it works and found out that it doesn’t work any more. The reason being the MPlayer package has been removed.
That being said I am going to be working on a new version of the Slackware Mplayer Installer but the first priority is to make the installer work. I will be swapping the essential codec pack to the all codec pack bundle. Then I will be working on making the installer more user friendly.
Hang tight, I should have it fixed soon. Once it is, I’ll make another post.
