Recursively Zip Up a Directory while Excluding Certain Files Based on File Extension Type
In the example below, I'm going to zip up a directory that includes images in both PNG and PSD file formats. However, I want to exclude the PSDs because they are huge!
zip -r my-compressed-dir-without-psd.zip directory-to-zip -x '*.psd'
Written by Sean Behan on 06/17/2012
A Through Z
How to print the alphabet in Rails very easily.
("A".."Z").each {|letter| link_to letter, "/#{letter"}
"A".upto("Z") {|letter| link_to letter, "/#letter"}
Written by Sean Behan on 06/17/2012
TODO and Custom Annotations in Rails Applications
While writing software it's common to leave comments for your future self. For instance, if you have written some code but realize that it should be refactored to be more efficient, you may place something along the lines of "TODO: change active record fi...
Written by Sean Behan on 06/17/2012
Using to_sentence method on an Array in Ruby on Rails
Member.all.collect {|member| member.firstname}.to_sentence
=> "Alex, Andy, and Sean"
Declare separator and the connector
Member.all.collect {|member| member.firstname}.to_sentence(
:connector => "and last but not least,",
:skip_last_comma => tr...
Written by Sean Behan on 06/17/2012
Non Standard Port Number with SSH and Git
Here is an example using the port 4567 to connect with over ssh and git
ssh remote add origin ssh://sean@seanbehan.com:4567/path/to/git
git push origin master
Written by Sean Behan on 06/17/2012
