No More Ereg? Drats!

According to this article from the nice people at IBM, PHP6 will not support ereg() out-of-the-box. That's kind of annoying because I often like to use it when I am in a hurry. I find POSIX easier to remember than PCRE. PCRE aren't any more difficult, I just learned the other way first. I'll spend some time committing it to memory today.

In the meantime, here's a little script I wrote this morning...

<br />
#!/bin/bash<br />
# This is a script to open Mac OS X applications and files from<br />
# Terminal.app without having to cd or use the Finder. It probably works<br />
# in Linux and other *Nixons, but I haven't tested for that.<br />
#<br />
# Installation<br />
#<br />
#  1. Place the file somewhere in your PATH, or update your PATH to include<br />
#     where you placed it. Normally you update your user PATH in ~/.profile, or<br />
#     the systemwide path in /etc/profile.<br />
#<br />
#  2. Make the script executable using: chmod a+x opnapp.<br />
#<br />
#  3. Edit the appPaths variable below. Add the full path to each directory you<br />
#     want to automatically scan for files and apps when using opnapp. Separate<br />
#     each entry with a space or place on a new line. Place them in the order<br />
#     of precedence, as the script opens files on a first come, first served<br />
#     basis.<br />
#<br />
# For usage info, run opnapp -h<br />
#<br />
#<br />
# A list of directories in which to search for apps and files.<br />
# Files are opened on a first come, first serve basis.<br />
appPaths='/Applications ~/Scripts';</p>
<p>if [ "$1" ]<br />
then</p>
<p>  if [ "$1" = '-h' ] || [ "$1" = '--help' ]<br />
  then<br />
    echo "";<br />
    echo "  opnapp filename.ext | 'file1.ext file2.ext file2.ext'";<br />
    echo "";<br />
    echo "  Opening a single file - To open a single file or application,";<br />
    echo "  enter the file or application name (case-sensitive) and extension.";<br />
    echo "";<br />
    echo "  Opening multiple files - To open multiple files, enter any number of"<br />
    echo "  file names as above, places spaces between each argument, and enclose";<br />
    echo "  the entire group in single-quotes, like so...";<br />
    echo "";<br />
    echo "      opnapp 'App1.app App2.app File1.txt File2.txt'";<br />
    echo "";<br />
    exit;<br />
  fi</p>
<p>  # For every app named in $1,<br />
  # check if the app exists in any of the appPaths,<br />
  # and try to open it if you come across it.<br />
  for i in $1<br />
  do    </p>
<p>    isFound=false;</p>
<p>    for dir in $appPaths<br />
    do<br />
      if [ -e "$dir/$i" ]<br />
        then<br />
          open "$dir/$i";<br />
          isFound=true;<br />
      fi<br />
    done</p>
<p>    if [ $isFound = false ]<br />
    then<br />
      echo "";<br />
      echo "Error: Could not locate $dir/$i in any of the following directories:";<br />
      echo "  "$appPaths;<br />
      echo 'Hint: Run opnapp -h or opnapp --help for more info.';<br />
      echo "";<br />
    fi</p>
<p>  done</p>
<p>else<br />
  echo "Error: A filname is required.";<br />
  echo 'Hint: Run opnapp -h or opnapp --help for more info.';<br />
fi

The most current version of this script is kept here.

Attachment	Size
opnapp.txt	2.33 KB

Submitted by Erik on Mon, 05/12/2008 - 15:43.

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