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WinSCP - Synchronize host and remote

2 min read
Christophe
Markdown, WSL and Docker lover ~ PHP developer ~ Insatiable curious.

WinSCP - Synchronize host and remote

By the use of a script, it's possible to ask WinSCP to synchronize your host and remote machine i.e. if a file is newer on the host, copy it to your remote server and the opposite.

If a file has been added to your host, copy it to your remote server and vice versa.

I'm using such script for making a full backup of some of my folders to my Synology.

Bash - Echo on the console and in a logfile in the same time

2 min read
Christophe
Markdown, WSL and Docker lover ~ PHP developer ~ Insatiable curious.

Bash - Echo on the console and in a logfile in the same time

In my previous article Bash - Script to add logging features to your script, I've shared a way to write information in a logfile.

By running ls -alh /tmp you will get the list of all files in the /tmp folder and display the list on your console. By running ls -alh /tmp >> application.log you won't see the list in your console since everything will be written in the application.log file.

How can we display the output of a command like ls f.i. both on the console and in a logfile?

Bash - Script to add logging features to your script

7 min read
Christophe
Markdown, WSL and Docker lover ~ PHP developer ~ Insatiable curious.

Bash - Script to add logging features to your script

Also read Bash - Echo on the console and in a logfile in the same time

When you write Bash scripts and certainly when you foresee running them in a cron, you should implement a logfile. Every action fired by your script should be logging somewhere so you can start the script in a non-interactive mode and in case of need, consult the last logfile.

Below is a script I've developed in the form of a library, which means you can easily include it in your existing code without having to change anything.

You just need to include the file in your script (i.e. add a source log.sh line) then here and there foresee a log::write "Something to log". Easy no?

CodeSnap addon for VSCode

One min read
Christophe
Markdown, WSL and Docker lover ~ PHP developer ~ Insatiable curious.

CodeSnap addon for VSCode

The extension CodeSnap will take beautiful screenshots of your code in VS Code without effort.

Open your file in vscode, select the desired lines, press CTRL-SHIFT-P, run CodeSnap. You just need to select lines now.

CodeSnap partial example

Export the list of extensions you've installed in VSCode

One min read
Christophe
Markdown, WSL and Docker lover ~ PHP developer ~ Insatiable curious.

Export the list of extensions you've installed in VSCode

A small tip: by running code --list-extensions in a console (Linux or DOS), you'll get the list of all extensions you've installed in VSCode.

Now, just copy/paste that list and you can send it to a friend Hey, here are the extensions I use. Maybe one or the other will be useful to you..

Multiple cursors in vscode

2 min read
Christophe
Markdown, WSL and Docker lover ~ PHP developer ~ Insatiable curious.

Multiple cursors in vscode

One of the best features in vscode is the Multiple cursors one.

Imagine you've a bunch of lines where you need for instance remove the first two characters. Each lines starts with '//' and you wish to remove them but only there (a search & replace can't be used).

Or, for another example, you must enclose each line in double brackets.

With vscode, it's ultra-simple: multiple cursors.

Quarto Callout Blocks

3 min read
Christophe
Markdown, WSL and Docker lover ~ PHP developer ~ Insatiable curious.

Quarto Callout Blocks

A callout (called admonition by Docusaurus) is a special syntax used to highlight a paragraph, f.i. a Pay attention to... or Tip: Did you know that... box.

On this blog powered by Docusaurus, the syntax for admonition is

:::caution[Pay attention to...]
Never give your bank card code to a stranger.
:::

and this is rendered like

Pay attention to...

Never give your bank card code to a stranger.

And now a nice tip:

Did you know that...

By going to bed earlier, you'll get better quality sleep.

Quarto implements this a little differently, so let's have a look...

Quarto includes short code

2 min read
Christophe
Markdown, WSL and Docker lover ~ PHP developer ~ Insatiable curious.

Quarto includes short code

Using the Quarto includes short code, writing a long document can easily be broken down into several smaller ones.

Imagine the following main.qmd file:

# My thesis in Latin

{{< include chapter1.md >}}

{{< include chapter2.md >}}

Quarto will then merge the three files when you render main.qmd.

Quarto Inline style

One min read
Christophe
Markdown, WSL and Docker lover ~ PHP developer ~ Insatiable curious.

Quarto Inline style

Don't want to take the time to create a CSS class and figure out how to integrate it into Quarto to quickly highlight part of your paragraph?

Quarto supports an inline css style syntax for producing HTML documents (not working for, f.i., pdf or docx).

Syntax

You can apply styles to inline text by creating spans using [] to surround the text you want to style and {} to define the style you want to apply.

Introduction to fzf - Fuzzy Finder

5 min read
Christophe
Markdown, WSL and Docker lover ~ PHP developer ~ Insatiable curious.

Introduction to fzf - Fuzzy Finder

As you probably know, CTRL+R in the console will give you access to your HISTORY i.e. you'll retrieve the list of the commands you previously typed in your console. Just like using UP or DOWN keys but with a very small search engine.

And it makes the job but, honestly, this is really basic, no?

The Fuzzy Finder (aka fzf) command line utility will explode the possibilities linked to searching in the history but, in reality, this is just one of the consequences of installing fzf, which is so much more powerful.

Let's have a look.