Dec 28
2011

Here’s a quick riff on an older bash alias I use which will allow you to easily scan system messages from Terminal.

I’ve long had an alias in my ~/.bash_profile called console. It simply tailed the system log with ‘alias console=‘tail –f /var/log/system.log’.

Dec 24
2011

As I’ve mentioned before, I keep todo.taskpaper files in my web and code project folders. These allow me to keep track of bugs, ideas, notes, etc., and the archive it creates helps me remember what I did, when I did it and how it worked. I like having them separated per project; it’s the way my one-track mind works. I like the plain-text format because I can use any variety of…

Sep 08
2011

Thanks to a comment from Evaryont on the original SMS from the command line with Google Voice post, a problem that was causing Error 500s in the script has been solved.

Sep 06
2011

I just (accidentally) discovered the command tops while working in Terminal. I’m not seeing many of mentions of it (any) on the web, but it could be too early in the morning for me to form a coherent query. Regardless, I thought I’d give it a mention. The man page is quite complete, and has a succinct explanation of the command: tops - perform in-place substitutions on code.

Aug 12
2011

Apple has disabled the ability to copy and paste text (or even select it) in the Mac App Store. This is fine for descriptions, you can just view the web preview and get what you need (just right click the icon in the App Store app and choose Copy Link to paste into your browser). You can even get to the first few reviews that way. Marked users have left some insanely nice reviews, though…

Aug 12
2011

Update: See the comments for more (and possibly better) solutions from readers!

I’ve been trying to get Option-arrow keys to move by word in iTerm2. I figured out a solution, but it’s weird. If anyone has an explanation or a better way to do this, let me know.

First, I had to edit my ~/.inputrc file and add these lines:

May 24
2011

If you follow me on Twitter, you’ve probably seen me express my adoration for autojump, a command-line utility for navigating frequently-used folders. The only problem is that I deal with a lot of repetitive folder hierarchies; for example, the multiple site structures in my web development folder. j css almost certainly isn’t going to take me to the one I was thinking of.