A collection of useful scripts and snippets, in various languges.

analemma.py:

Plot the analemma from the selected location, using PyEphem and PyGTK.

bdump:

Ascii/hex/decimal dumps of any file. Like od but much more readable.

chatsounds.py:

An xchat Python script to handle nick (and other special-case) sounds.

Also a rare example of an xchat Python script.

decodemail.py:

Decode email lines encoded in RFC 2047 format, printing only lines

that match a specific header (Subject:, From:, etc.).

diffiles.py:

Find files that differ between two directories -- even if

they've been moved to different places in the directory structure.

eggtimer:

Pop up a reminder window in a specified number of minutes.

epubtag.py:

Display author, title and tag information for ebooks in epub format;

or add or modify an ebook's topic tags.

falls_between.py:

given a day of the week ("tue") or a day of the month (15),

did it occur between two given dates?

fontasia:

A Linux font chooser and categorizer.

fotogr:

Find tagged photos: search for strings in files named Keyword or Tags

beneath the current directory.

jsjupiter:

My Jupiter's Moons Javascript web app: show the Galilean moons and

their shadows, and predict transits, shadow transits and eclipses.

langgrep:

Search (grep) for patterns only within scripts written in a

specified language (e.g. in all python scripts).

louder:

Increase alsa system volume by a small increment. Symlink it to

another name like "quieter" and it will decrease instead.

Bind those to volume increase/decrease keys on your laptop.

and set it as the system wallpaper.

masq:

Set up IP masquerading to talk to another computer, such as a

Raspberry Pi, over eth0 while using wlan0 for the internet.

noaatemps.py:

Display and plot weather means for a set of stations,

by downloading NOAA data files.

pathmatch:

Search your executable path to find programs matching a string.

Like str<tab> except you can match patterns anywhere in the

string, not just at the beginning.

pisoothe:

Play sound samples (e.g. soothing white or pink noise samples)

in a loop, reacting to key events for volume control or to skip

to the next sample.

preso:

A lightweight presentation program for displaying HTML slides.

pyclip:

Read the X clipboard.

pykey:

Simulate keypresses under X. A simpler, Python version of

Crikey http://shallowsky.com/software/crikey/

pyplay.py:

A class to play sounds asynchronously by calling aplay (or an app

of your choice). Don't repeat a sound that's already playing.

Used in the xchat script chatsounds.py.

pyruler:

An X pixel ruler. Useful for measuring things like icon sizes.

pysync:

Call rsync, but check first what would be changed, and save the

password between the two calls.

randombg:

Choose a random background (wallpaper) from a directory named based on

current X resolution. So you can have different sets of backgrounds

sized for laptop screen, external monitor etc.

randomline:

Print a random line from a file. Useful for things like choosing

a random wallpaper or random system beep tone.

readkey.py:

Read a key press from the keyboard without waiting for a newline.

For CLI programs: doesn't need X, tkintr, pygame or similar libs.

termcolors:

Display ANSI colors for the current terminal.

tweet:

Play birdsong from a specific bird. Requires ripped tracks from a

bird song CD: for example, the Stokes, Cornell or Peterson collections.

vol:

A simple python-gtk volume slider. Much simpler and smaller than

alsamixergui.

xlsrd:

Display an .xls spreadsheet as a formatted ASCII table, using

the xlrd package to parse the spreadsheet.