Posted by jpluimers on 2021/04/07
compact-directory-recursively.bat:
if [%1]==[] goto :eof call compact /s /c %1 %1\*.*
Example usage:
compact-directory-recursively.bat C:\ProgramData\{51D553F1-B483-41C2-B35E-6D461D9E0F9C} compact-directory-recursively.bat "C:\ProgramData\Package Cache" @for /d %d in (*.*) do @call compact-directory-recursively.bat "%d"
The @ signs are to get less output clutter.
–jeroen
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Posted by jpluimers on 2021/04/01
[WayBack] Exit Vim 2 Win shows the use of vim.js for a challenge.
Source code at [WayBack] GitHub – idoco/exit-vim-2-win: Exiting vim eventually
–jeroen
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Posted by jpluimers on 2021/03/31
Based on [WayBack] linux – How can I execute a series of commands in a bash subshell as another user using sudo? – Stack Overflow:
alias restart-spotlight-service-as-root="sudo bash -c 'echo stop;launchctl stop com.apple.metadata.mds;echo start;launchctl start com.apple.metadata.mds;echo started'"
The bold bits above sudo bash -c 'echo stop;launchctl stop com.apple.metadata.mds;echo start;launchctl start com.apple.metadata.mds;echo started' allow the commands between single quotes to executed in one new bash shell under sudo.
–jeroen
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Posted by jpluimers on 2021/03/25
A great way for testing REST JSON calls is using the [WayBack] JSONPlaceholder – Fake online REST API for developers:
Fake Online REST API for Testing and Prototyping
Serving ~200M requests per month
Powered by JSON Server [WayBack] + LowDB [WayBack]
It is like [WayBack] Placeholder.com: Placeholder Images Done For You [JPG, GIF & PNG] but for JSON and supports both CORS and JSON-P for cross domain requests.
You can either use that site (which has a predefined set of REST calls) or the basic [WayBack] My JSON Server – Fake online REST server for teams that allows you to respond it to a db.json file from github:
Fake Online REST server for teams
Create a JSON file on GitHub
github.com/user/repo/master/db.json{ "posts": [ { "id": 1, "title": "hello" } ], "profile": { "name": "typicode" } }Get instantly a fake server
my-json-server.typicode.com/user/repo/posts/1{ "id": 1, "title": "hello" }
There is basic documentation at the repository [WayBack] GitHub – typicode/jsonplaceholder: A simple online fake REST API server:
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Posted by jpluimers on 2021/03/25
I bumped into this amazing JScript/batch file hybrid. It starts as a batch file, then continues as a JScript script, and creates/updates .lnk files: [WayBack] batch.scripts/shortcutJS.bat at master · npocmaka/batch.scripts · GitHub.
Wow. Just wow.
Not that I would want to be the one maintaining it (:
Via [WayBack] batch file – How do I create a shortcut via command-line in Windows? – Stack Overflow of which I like these answers most:
Check the shortcutJS.bat – it is a jscript/bat hybrid and should be used with .bat extension:
call shortcutJS.bat -linkfile "%~n0.lnk" -target "%~f0" -linkarguments "some arguments"
With -help you can check the other options (you can set icon , admin permissions and etc.)
http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/nircmd.html
Full instructions here: http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/nircmd2.html#using (Scroll down to the “shortcut” section.)
Yes, using nircmd does mean you are using another 3rd-party .exe, but it can do some functions not in (most of) the above solutions (e.g., pick a icon # in a dll with multiple icons, assign a hot-key, and set the shortcut target to be minimized or maximized).
Though it appears that the shortcutjs.bat solution above can do most of that, too, but you’ll need to dig more to find how to properly assign those settings. Nircmd is probably simpler.
–jeroen
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