Here’s a link to the image, it’s called In the Dark

www.tastybooze.com

If anyone needs any help setting up GeekTool feel free to ask and I’ll provide any insight that I can.

One stupid question, when you say make a file on your posts, such as “create a new file named ipaddresses.bash” or “Make a new file, name it airpot.sh and copy the airport.sh” are these files made on the Script Editor? Or is it on some other application?

Thanks

For example, when I copied a bunch of pictures onto my MacBook Pro all the permissions were messed up. With a short shell command I was able fix all permissions on 10gb worth of pictures in the matter of a few seconds. Thats just one example, the terminal is VERY powerful.

set trackID to the current track
set trackName to the name of trackID
set theStream to the current stream title as text
if theStream is not “missing value” then
set totalData to “Stream : ” & trackName & trackPaused & ”
Title : ” & theStream
else
set artistName to the artist of trackID
set albumName to the album of trackID
set totalData to “Track : ” & trackName & trackPaused & ”
Artist : ” & artistName & ”
Album : ” & albumName
end if
return totalData

df -H -l

(not mine, found on one of the coutless Geektool hint pages out there :) )

So - could a cron job take care of the first part and then you’d just add the second entry to GeekTool? I don’t know if that would save any processing power - probably not - but I was just curious about it.

Also, for the top command, wouldn’t it be easier to use tail instead of grep to find the last 20 lines?

Here’s what I use:
top -ocpu -FR -l2 -n20 |tail -n21 | grep -v ' 0.0% ..:' | cut -c 1-24,33-42,64-77

Thanks for the help!

UPTIME : 4 days, 15:46

Notice that min isn’t appended to the line. I’ll take a look at it a bit later and see if I can come up with a fix.

I think that your use of tail with the top script is optimal. I don’t think that tail does any heavy parsing like grep, which your cpu will appreciate :) Thanks for the heads up!

Thanks for taking the time to post. I’m a bit of a beginner, and just downloaded Geek Tool today. I had no problem setting up the date, calendar, and Hardrive tracker, but I’m a bit confused how to set up the iTunes tracker. Obviously the shell command shouldn’t be an issue, but I can’t figure out how to make the iTunesInfo.scpt file and insert the command info. Can you help me out?

very nice tips you’ve given on how to use GeekTool!

Here’s a way I’ve found to display Battery stats:
/usr/sbin/ioreg -p IODeviceTree -n battery -w 0 | grep IOBatteryInfo

does anyone of you know a way to display temperature and fan stats, these would be the last missing commands to make this Geektool a full replacement of istat to me!

I’ve been doing some research on that today, but it doesn’t seem to be very easy to extract these infos, I’ve taken a look into the iStat Pro package, but it doesn’t just use a simple command to get the informations, it seems. Maybe someone else might find a way!

/Applications/AppleScript/Script Editor.app

Now copy and paste the following code into the Script Editor

tell application "System Events"
	set powerCheck to ((application processes whose (name is equal to "iTunes")) count)
	if powerCheck = 0 then
		return ""
	end if
end tell
tell application "iTunes"
	try
		set playerstate to (get player state)
	end try
	if playerstate = paused then
		set trackPaused to " (paused)"
	else
		set trackPaused to ""
	end if
	if playerstate = stopped then
		return "Stopped"
	end if
	set trackID to the current track
	set trackName to the name of trackID
	set artistName to the artist of trackID
	set albumName to the album of trackID
	set totalData to "Track  : " & trackName & trackPaused & "
Artist : " & artistName & "
Album  : " & albumName
	return totalData
end tell

Now click File > Save As…, put iTunesInfo.scpt as the name and change the file format to Application. Now click Save.

Now that iTunesInfo.scpt is created open up GeekTool and make a new shell entry. Type the following into the shell entry field.

osascript /Users/neyoung/code/iTunesInfo.scpt

Make sure you change /Users/neyoung/code/ to the directory that you saved the iTunesInfo.scpt application to.

Hope that helped :)

no, sorry, I’m stil lusing a 12″ Powerbook, so it might be different for MBP’s maybe there is a similar way to make it give the same output as well. The one I was using was just a snipplet I found while searching for a way to display the information.

There must be an Intel Mac equivalent to the command that you found. I’ll have a look around and see if I can come up with anything.

I guess that is the problem, I’ve also not been able to find a way to monitor the temperature except for downloading another tool that just does this job and allows you to run it via command line. But for me that’s uninteresting, as I want to use OS X’s built in features only, or maybe a little script.

I ran across a script on MacGeekery that says that allows you to output sensor data to the command line. But, it uses ioreg, just like your battery script so it doesn’t work that well on my Intel Mac. You might have some success with it. I found some apps (Temperature Monitor and another one also named Temperature Monitor)that let you output the temps to the command line as well, but I’d like a pure OS X solution :)

Thanks for getting back to me regarding my post about getting the iTunes script running. I just tried to enter the command into Script Editor, and when I try to save I receive a Syntax Error that says: Expected end of line, etc. but found unknown token. I’m not sure what I did wrong. Any ideas?

Use the find feature of Script Editor.app (ie Apple F). Then search for & and replace it with &. That should fix your Syntax Error. Good Luck!

I think I made the changes correctly in Script Editor using the find feature. Remember, I’ve never used this application before. In the find menu, I REPLACED ALL the &’s with &.’s. After, I tried to save it again, and I got a different Syntax Error. This one said the following: “Syntax Error…Expected expression but found unknown token.” Again, I think I performed the task correctly, but I’m not sure. When you get a chance, let me know your thoughts. I really appreciate it.

Adam

Just figured it out. Was able to save the script, but its still not working. I think it has to do with the way I’m typing in the Shell command in geektool. How do I find out the directory that I saved the iTunesInfo.scpt application to?

thank you very much for the script, it works great on my Powerbook, now I’ve got all the information I’ve missed after uninstalling iStatPro right on my Desktop!

Adrixan,
Congrats on the GeekTool nirvana!

#! /bin/bash
echo “External :” `curl –silent http://checkip.dyndns.org/ | awk ‘{print $6}’ | cut -f 1 -d “

"<"
#! /bin/bash
echo “External :” `curl –silent http://checkip.dyndns.org/ | awk ‘{print $6}’ | cut -f 1 -d "<"`
myen0=`ifconfig en0 | grep “inet ” | grep -v 127.0.0.1 | awk ‘{print $2}’| grep -v inet`

if [ “$myen0″ != “” ]
then
echo “Ethernet : $myen0″
else
echo “Ethernet : INACTIVE”
fi

myen1=`ifconfig en1 | grep “inet ” | grep -v 127.0.0.1 | awk ‘{print $2}’| grep -v inet`

if [ “myen1″ != “” ]
then
echo “AirPort : $myen1″
else
echo “Airport : INACTIVE”
fi

Black=”\[33[0;30m\]”
DarkGray=”\[33[1;30m\]”
LightGray=”\[33[0;37m\]”
White=”\[33[1;37m\]”
Blue=”\[33[0;34m\]”
LightBlue=”\[33[1;34m\]”
Green=”\[33[0;32m\]”
LightGreen=”\[33[1;32m\]”
Cyan=”\[33[0;36m\]”
LightCyan=”\[33[1;36m\]”
Red=”\[33[0;31m\]”
LightRed=”\[33[1;31m\]”
Purple=”\[33[0;35m\]”
LightPurple=”\[33[1;35m\]”
Brown=”\[33[0;33m\]”
Yellow=”\[33[1;33m\]”

`tail -f /var/log/secure.log|colorize` doesn’t work :(

The one that dispalys current track info worls fine, but I have a problem with the one that displays Artwork.

I created ~/Pictures/iTunes Artwork folder and all needed stuff, including the script.

The problem is that I have to run the script manually in order for the right ArtWork to display… di I miss something ?

Francois

ioreg -w0 -l | grep DesignCapacity
ioreg -w0 -l | grep MaxCapacity
ioreg -w0 -l | grep CurrentCapacity

The output line isn’t pretty so I hide a portion of it off the screen. If anyone knows the terminal, what would someone add to change how the output wold look like.

You need to make TWO GeekTool entries. The first is a picture entry and the second is a shell entry. It sounds like you have the picture entry working. Now you just need to make a shell entry to create the album art image so that you don’t have to do it manually. Here is the code that you need to enter as a new shell entry

osascript /Users/neyoung/Pictures/iTunes Artwork/iTunesArtwork.scpt

I hope that this works for you :)

Steven,

Ask and you shall receive!

ioreg -w0 -l | grep DesignCapacity | awk '{ print substr($0,19,50) }' | sed 's/"//g'
ioreg -w0 -l | grep MaxCapacity | awk '{ print substr($0,19,50) }' | sed 's/"//g'
ioreg -w0 -l | grep CurrentCapacity | awk '{ print substr($0,19,50) }' | sed 's/"//g'

Thanks for your help. Let me give you details about what I did…

I did 3 things :
1)Create the script (by copying the source you give) and save it in ~/Pictures/iTunes Artwork/iTunesArtwork
2) inGeek Tools, I created an entry including this shell command : osascript /Users/MyAccount Name/Pictures/iTunes Artwork/iTunesArtwork.scpt
3) in GeekTool, I created another entry including this picture commande : file:///Users/MyAccount Name/Pictures/iTunes Artwork/albumArt.tif
Each GeekTool command have a 10 sec. refresh time.

When I do nothing… nothing happens ;-)

When I run the script manually (using Script Editor)… the playing album artwork displays correctly, but never changes unless I run the script manually.

I do not see where the bug can be… :-/

Francois

I can only think of one thing that could be your problem. You said that you named the script iTunesArtwork in step one. But in step two when you call the script you are referencing iTunesArtwork.scpt. The two need to match. Either make them both iTunesArtwork or make them both iTunesArtwork.scpt . Hopefully that will fix your problem :)

Thanks !

Francois

BTW your desktop looks pretty awesome.

Also the display info iTunes shell is kinda funky– When I do the script on the script editor, and save it as a ‘.scpt’ but as an application format, it tells me I have to change it to .app, or make it .scpt.app, I’m definitely sure I’m doing something weird on that.

Anyways, when you’re not busy, it would be nice to have some light shed into my direction :D

Next I would like to find out the ISP name using the WAN IP.

Sorry for the long post, i am really excited using the Geektool.

Thanks

I recently migrated my main PC to Linux and have been trying to set up a geektool-esque look on my computer, but I am having trouble:(

Regardless, here is what my geektool-ed mac (laptop) looks like. Image is compressed a bit, but you can get the general idea: http://img137.imageshack.us/img137/3…screen1bq9.gif

Also can you explain to me what the number after the comma on the first line means? (eg, UPTIME: 12 mins, 1) What does that 1 stand for? Days?

expected end of line, etc. but found “)”.

This is probably a real easy fix, but i must confess. im at a loss. Any ideas? Thanks alot. :)

Great entry and follow up. Got a tip and a question…

Tip: you can get updating weather images from BBC weather by cutting the image address from the 5 day forecast and adding as a picture on GeekTool.

Question: anyone got a nice way to display RSS/Atom feeds with this?

Ed

curl –silent “http://www.guardian.co.uk/rss” | grep -E ‘(title>|description>)’ | \

sed -n ‘4,$p’ | \

sed -e ’s///’ -e ’s///’ -e ’s///’ -e ’s///’ | \

head -n 10

Save as “rss-feed.sh” and run from GeekTool.

:-)

curl –silent “http://www.guardian.co.uk/rss” | grep -E ‘(title>|description>)’ | \

sed -n ‘4,$p’ | \

sed -e ’s/<title>/ - /’ -e ’s/<\/title>//’ -e ’s/<description>//’ -e ’s/<\/description>//’ | \

head -n 14

Hope that works …

Surely there’s an easier way which I just don’t know how to do?

Just came across this page and found it really useful. But, like lots of other folks here, I had some issues getting some of the scripts to work. One of the problems may be the following:

If you’re trying to run a script in a folder name with a space in it, you need to add the backslash. So for me, my home director is ‘mdrew’ and if I’m trying to run a script in:

/Users/mdrew/Pictures/iTunes Artwork/ScriptName.scpt
I need to enter the shell command as:

osascript /Users/mdrew/Pictures/iTunes\ Artwork/ScriptName.scpt
This is a common issue with Linux/Unix-based systems. It may be obvious to most but I bet not to all. Hope that helped.

Oh, one question. The iTunesInfo script works well when I’m playing regular stuff from my library, but if I’m listening to a streamed station via iTunes I just get an incorrect track listing and nothing for Artist or Album. (Although they appear on iTunes correctly.) Any thoughts?

-

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Also - I’m not getting the CPU info you have in your Uptime entry. Any idea why that might be?

The output looks something more like this:

ETHERNET IP   : INACTIVE
AIRPORT  STATUS: CONNECTED
         SSID : linksys
         RATE : 54 Mb/s
AIRPORT  IP    : 10.0.9.60

I use the parsed output of the command-line airport status tool. It’s a handy doodad, and located at: /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/Apple80211.framework/Versions/Current/Resources/airport

Here’s my perl script..

#!/usr/bin/perl                                                                                                         
# a little script to get your network status                                                                            

$en0_info = `ifconfig en0 | grep "inet" | grep -v 127.0.0.1`;
$en1_info = `ifconfig en1 | grep "inet" | grep -v 127.0.0.1`;
$airport_info = `/System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/Apple80211.framework/Versions/Current/Resources/airport -I`;

if($en0_info)
{
    $en0_info =~ /inet (.*) netmask/s;
    $output .= "ETHERNET IP   : $1\n";

}
else
{ $output .= "ETHERNET IP   : INACTIVE\n";}


if($en1_info)
{
    $en1_info =~ /inet (.*) netmask/s;
    $en1_info = $1;
    $airport_info =~ /lastTxRate: (\d )/s;
    $airport_rate = $1;
    $airport_info =~ /BSSID(.*?)SSID: (.*?)\n/s;
    $airport_SSID = $2;
    $output .= "AIRPORT  STATUS: CONNECTED\n";
    $output .= "         SSID : $airport_SSID\n";
    $output .= "         RATE : $airport_rate Mb/s\n";
    $output .= "AIRPORT  IP    : $en1_info\n";
}
else
{ $output .= "AIRPORT  STATUS: INACTIVE\n";}

print "$output";

ETHERNET IP : INACTIVE
AIRPORT STATUS: CONNECTED
SSID : Lothlorien
RATE : 172.16.1.8 Mb/s
AIRPORT IP : 172.16.1.8

echo “External :” `curl –silent http://checkip.dyndns.org | awk ‘{print $6}’ | cut -f 1 -d “

When I run it as a shell command it gives me an error “: No such file or directory.

I’m not sure what else needs to be done. Thanks