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These are old scripts that I no longer use, but kept here for reference of one day, I might need to look up something.

These are scripts that makes my life easier

enable-ssh

A script that creates an ssh key if a one is not there, then scp that key to the server.

rm2mp3

a script that I use to convert rm files to mp3 or ogg, actually it can be used to convert any format readable by mplayer, it uses lame for mp3, and vorbis-tools for ogg.

rmvb2avi

a script that I use to convert rmvb files to avi.

checkIPV6

A script to make sure that my IPv6 Tunnel is always on. more

checkGW

A script to change my default gateway, when the current one fails.

checkPTS

A script to check if someone logged into the machine and removed his entry from /var/run/utmp

IMAP/appendMessage

A Python script to append a message from a file to an IMAP mailbox.

Requirements

  • Python 3
  • imaplib (standard library)

Usage

appendMessage -u username -s server -f file [-p password] [-m mailbox] [-n]

Options

  • -u username - Mail username (required)
  • -s server - Mail server to connect to (required)
  • -f file - File containing the message to append (required)
  • -p password - Mail password (optional, will prompt securely if not provided)
  • -m mailbox - Mailbox to append message to (default: INBOX)
  • -n - Disable SSL/TLS (default: SSL/TLS enabled)

Features

  • Secure password prompting if not provided via command line
  • Uses SSL/TLS connection by default (IMAP4_SSL)
  • Optional non-SSL connection with -n flag
  • Proper error handling and resource cleanup
  • Decodes binary IMAP responses to UTF-8
  • Uses UTF-8 encoding for message content

Example

# Prompt for password securely
appendMessage -u user@example.com -s imap.example.com -f message.txt

# Append to a specific mailbox
appendMessage -u user@example.com -s imap.example.com -f draft.eml -m Drafts

# Use non-SSL connection
appendMessage -u user@example.com -s imap.example.com -f message.txt -n

IMAP/countInbox

A Python script to count the number of messages in an IMAP mailbox.

Requirements

  • Python 3
  • imaplib (standard library)

Usage

countInbox -u username -s server [-p password] [-m mailbox] [-n]

Options

  • -u username - Mail username (required)
  • -s server - Mail server to connect to (required)
  • -p password - Mail password (optional, will prompt securely if not provided)
  • -m mailbox - Mailbox to read the count of messages (default: INBOX)
  • -n - Disable SSL/TLS (default: SSL/TLS enabled)

Features

  • Secure password prompting if not provided via command line
  • Uses SSL/TLS connection by default (IMAP4_SSL)
  • Optional non-SSL connection with -n flag
  • Proper error handling and resource cleanup
  • Decodes binary IMAP responses to UTF-8

Example

# Prompt for password securely
countInbox -u user@example.com -s imap.example.com

# Specify password on command line (less secure)
countInbox -u user@example.com -s imap.example.com -p mypassword

# Check a specific mailbox
countInbox -u user@example.com -s imap.example.com -m "Sent Items"