#!/usr/bin/env python
"""
Some documentation:
Usage:
-h help
-r results file
"""
# Import libraries
import sys
import getopt
 
def process(arg):
  if arg.endswith(".results"):
   print_results(arg)
  else:
   print arg, "not recognized :'("
 
class Usage(Exception):
  def __init__(self, msg):
   self.msg = msg
 
def main(argv=None):
  if argv is None:
   argv=sys.argv
   try:
   # parse command line options
   try:
   opts, args = getopt.getopt(sys.argv[1:], "h", ["help"])
   except getopt.error, msg:
   raise Usage(msg)
   # process options
   for o, a in opts:
   if o in ("-h", "--help"):
   print __doc__
   return 0
   # process arguments
   for arg in args:
   process(arg)
   except Usage, err:
   print >> sys.stderr, err.msg
   print >> sys.stderr, "for help use -help"
   return 2
 
if __name__ == "__main__":
  sys.exit(main())

if you use a mac and have made spotlight part of your workflow GNOME + Do (http://do.davebsd.com/) is really worth a look

#!/bin/bash
 
if [[ "$#" == 1 && -f $1 ]];
then
 # replace with something functional like 'rm -f $1'!
 echo "file $1 exists"
else
 echo "Usage: $0 "
fi

Of course no-one should ever need to use these switches but here they are ...
 
... to disable the pmd plugin

-Dpmd.skip=true 

... to disable the test phase 

-Dmaven.test.skip=true

rsync is a great way to copy files between computers as it can continue after partial copies and update directories when only a few files have changed, it also supports secure file copies over ssh as shown below:

copy files locally:

rsync -rtvzP --delete --exclude=.Trash /Users/evan/ /Volumes/backup/evan/

copy local files to a remote computer excluding all the mac .DS_Store folders in the path:

rsync -ravzP --exclude=**/.DS_Store -e ssh "/Users/evan/my files/" evan@someserver.codepit.ca:/home/evan/files/

copy remote files onto a local computer:

rsync -ravzP -e ssh 10.10.238.123:"/home/evan/my files/" /Users/evan/files/

NOTE the use of " when there is are spaces in the file paths

Useful switches:

-n == dry run, very useful with --delete :o
--delete == delete files when they are missing from the source computer and present on the target

So I don't have a dedicated keyboard for my mythtv and I hate to connect one for those little maintenance operations, one solution is to use http://synergy2.sourceforge.net/. Heres how I set it up on my dell mini9 and mythtv server;

install synergy on both systems:

sudo apt-get install synergy

edit the host file and ensure both computers can find each other: 

sudo vim /etc/hosts 

on the laptop something like this:

xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx myth

and on the mythtv server something like this: 

xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx mini9 

create a synergy configuration file on the laptop: 

sudo vim /etc/synergy.config 

section: screens
 mini9:
 myth:
end
section: links
 mini9:
  right = myth
 myth:
  left = mini9
end

start the server on the laptop (-f keeps the server in the foreground for logging/testing purposes):

synergys -f

now start the client end on the mythtv system (also in foreground mode):

synergyc -f mini9

make sure the 2 systems can communicate and that the mouse pointer can move from one system to the other. Set the synergy client to start when the mythtv user logs in: 

go to system -> preferences -> sessions in X and add a new command to run on login:

synergyc mini9

restart the mythtv server and make sure everything starts up correctly, now when you need to access your mythtv system using a mouse and keyboard you can do so from the comfort of your couch my starting the "synergys" server on your laptop.