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Category Archives: shell
automate installing tripwire using expect
tripwire is a handy part of an intrusion detection system. It’s a nice piece of software but the installer is interactive which makes it a pain to install automatically (e.g. when using PoolParty/EC2). Below is a simple expect script I whipped up to solve the make install problem. Hopefully this will save someone two or [...]
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tweet twitter util – cli feedback on tweet length
One of the nice things about the Twitter web-interface is that it gives you feedback on the number of characters you’ve typed so far.
Since I use the command-line twitter gem (by John Nunemaker) I miss out on this feature and find myself using echo and wc to make sure I’m not over the limit.
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