by damonp on November 17, 2010
in General
Search for
searchtext at the beginning of a line in
files:
Search for
searchtext at the end of a line in
files:
Search
files for blank lines:
Search
files for US formatted phone numbers (###-###-####):
grep '[0-9][0-9][0-9]-[0-9][0-9][0-9]-[0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9]' files
or:
grep '[0-9]\{3\}-[0-9]\{3\}-[0-9]\{4\}' files
Search for
e-commerce or
ecommerce in
files:
Search for
searchtext case-insenstively in
files:
Search for
searchtext at the beginning of a line in
files:
Chain two grep commands together for more advanced searches. Search for lines in
files that contain both
partial_name and
function:
grep partial_name files | grep function
That one is great for searching source directories for a function definition when you can’t remember the completely function name.
Popularity: 3%
by damonp on April 28, 2010
in General
Goodreader is simply the best PDF / document reader around for the iPad. It allows you to download documents in a dozen different ways and store them locally on your device. Another great feature is the ability to directly email these as attachments from inside Goodreader.
Unfortunately, said feature is limited somewhat by the limitations of the device. Trying to compose a message in the tiny popup box is a pain… especially when the box starts jumping around on every keypress as the tiny window tries to alternately flow the text and show the attachment.
Good thing there is a fix for any app using the iPhone/iPad built-in mail functionality. Simply type something in the text field to put something in the message body. I use a couple of returns or set the To: address. Then close the message. When the app asks if you would like to save the draft, hit Yes and the message along with attachment will be saved in your Mail Drafts folder. You can retrieve it there any time to finish writing your message and send the attachment.
If you fail to type something in the new message pop up, the mail app wont ask you if you want to save the draft. It will exit and trash your message.
Popularity: 2%
