Mac Location Services Script Add App

• Maintenance Scripts Mac
• Mac Location Services Script Add App Download
• Mac Location Services Script Add Appointment
• Google App Scripts

I was wondering if it was possible to change the network environment ('Location' in the Apple menu) by a script (I tried with AppleScript and Automator but didn't find anything) or to run a script automatically whenever I change the Location. This way I would only have to run either the script or change the Location to adjust all settings. Location Services Indicator. If an app on your Mac is currently using Location Services, an arrow indicator appears in the menu bar. Simply, click it to see which apps are using Location Services. If an app has requested your location within the last 24 hours, an arrow indicator appears to the right of the app name in System Preferences. Click Location Services. If the lock at the bottom left is locked, click it to unlock the preference pane. Select the checkbox next to an app to allow it to use Location Services. Select the Start button and scroll to find the app you want to run at startup. Right-click the app, select More, and then select Open file location. This opens the location where the shortcut to the app is saved. If there isn't an option for Open file location, it means the app can't run at startup.

Love Child or Demon Spawn?

• Install PowerShell on MacOS
• Execute script file
• Version Logic: If Then Else
• Strings
• Curl

This article describes the use of PowerShell scripting on Mac and Linux.

'PowerShell' refers to both the command-line shell and scripting language designed system administration.

PowerShell is an object-centered 'management engine'that can be hosted in an application program.

• CMD in Windows
• PowerShell ISE (from Microsoft)
• PowerGUI
• SAPIEN Technologies PowerShell Studio
• Idera PowerShell Pro
  

ISE = 'Integrated Scripting Environment' is a GUI that providespopup tab completion and other assists.

PowerShell promises more consistency than the various commands added over time by various parties.

• It reads Excel files natively as well as JSON, XML, and even ASCII.
• Microsoft Deployment Toolkit
• Microsoft System Center
• IBM, etc.
  

Open source on Linux and MacOS

From the PowerShell and DSC Team YouTube channel:

This 51-minute series of demos was published Aug 18, 2016, the same dayPowerShell is open-sourced for all OSs at
https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell.

This article notes Desired State Configuration for Linux and the promise of SSH support arrived in 2014 (several months before Microsoft open sourced .NET and brought .NET Core to Linux). But 'you had to author your scripts on the Windows platform, you had to configure things on the Windows platform and then deliver the desired configuration to a Linux box and have it be configured; now you can do all of that on Linux.'

Install PowerShell on MacOS

1. There is a brew powershell as of beta.7:

   brew cask install powershell

   Alternately, click to download the latest release for MacOS at:
   https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell

   Alternately, get back versions at
   https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell/releases

   Date	File	MB Size	Space	Cmds
   Apr, 2018	6.0.2 on brew	50.8 MB
   Sep 13, 2017	powershell-6.0.0-beta.7-osx.10.12-x64.pkg	50.8 MB
   Sep 13, 2016	powershell-6.0.0-alpha.10.pkg	28.2 MB	? MB	345
   Aug 10, 2016	powershell-6.0.0-alpha.9.pkg	37.1 MB	119.7 MB
   Jul 26, 2016	powershell-6.0.0-alpha.7.pkg	25.0 MB
   Jul 8, 2016	powershell-0.6.0.pkg	24.2 MB

2. Open the .pkg file in the Downloads folder:

3. Click Continue, etc.

   NOTE: For Windows: Microsoft Windows Management Framework 5.0

   In and Out

4. Open a Terminal shell window to launch PowerShell:

   powershell

   Alternately:

   pwsh

   The response is 'PS' in front of the file path prompt:

5. Check the version of PowerShell being used by calling a pre-defined variable:

   $psversiontable

   PROTIP: With PowerShell, a variable can act like a command.

   Response:

   QUESTION: What's the CLRVersion?

   Versions of PowerShell:

   • 6.0 for Mac/Linux in Windows 10 Anniversay Edition
   • 5.0 in 2015 for Visual Studio Code text editor
   • 4.0 in 2014 with Windows 10 and .NET Framework 4.0 and Windows Management Framework 3.0
   • 3.0 in 2012 with Windows 8/Server 2012
   • 2.0 appeared in 2009
   • 1.0 appeared in 2006
   • Monad Manifesto published by Jeff Stover.
     

   PROTIP: Know the PowerShell commands known not to work on Linux/macOS.

6. To leave PowerShell, it's the same as in Bash scripts:

   exit

   When you return back in…

7. Get help information for a command:

   get-help stop-service

Visual Studio Code Editor

One text editor built for PowerShell is Microsoft's Visual Studio Code.

1. Install Visual Studio Code (see https://chocolatey.org/packages/VisualStudioCode):

   choco install visualstudiocode -y

2. Install the PowerShell add-in to VSCode:

   choco install vscode-powershell -y

3. Install the PowerShell Editor Services extension by pressing Ctrl+P, then type 'ext install PowerShell' for a list of add-ins.

   Ctrl+P is the universal search that also does 'fuzzy search' of text in files open.

4. Click 'install' of the extension named 'PowerShell'.The icon turns to 'installing'.

5. Open a directory containing PowerShell scriptsand open the File menu and select 'Open Folder …'.Select the folder containing your scripts.
   The scripts show up in the Explore tab of the Side Bar.

   PROTIP: One advantage using VS Code is its Side Barenabling you to switch quickly among different files.

   Press Ctrl+B to hide and unhide the Side Bar.

6. Press Ctrl+ to open a new editor window.

   Up to three editor panes can be open at once.

   Press Ctrl+1, 2, or 3 to switch among the files.

7. To edit user settings, press Ctrl+Shift+P, then type 'user' and press enter.

8. Click on 'powershell.scriptAnalysis.enable'.

9. Press Ctrl+Shift+<period> to change value from true to false or back again.

Keith Hill notesdebugging support provided by the PowerShell Editor Services extension currently runs only on Windows.

Install .NET Core

PowerShell is written on top of .NET..NET's previous dependencies on Windows components have been removedin .NET Core.

PowerShell errors occur if .NET Core is not installed, so:

1. Go to web page https://www.microsoft.com/net/core#macos

2. The web page asks for OpenSSL to be installed.

   On a Mac:

3. Click the link to download the 50.3MB
   dotnet-dev-osx-x64.1.0.0-preview2-003131.pkg

   https://github.com/dotnet/core/blob/master/cli/known-issues.md

4. Run the installer (for 106.3MB of space).

5. Before installing anything or running through the update app, hit Command+i or pull down the File menu and choose 'Show Files':

   • ./shared - Microsoft .NET Core 1.0.1 - Runtime
   • ./host - Microsoft .NET Core 1.0.1 - Host FX Resolver
   • ./dotnet
   • ./sdk - Microsoft .NET Core 1.0.1 - SDK
     

   These are folders within folder /usr/local/share under 'Macintosh HD'.

6. Edit your Bash shell search PATH to include/usr/local/share/dotnet

   atom ~/.bash_profile

   An example:

7. Open a new Terminal shell window to run:

   The response:

8. In a PowerShell invoke this to ensure that it can be done:

Execute script file

I like using script files rather than typing becauseit allows me to focus on the latest in what is usuallya long string of commands necessary in today's complex world.

To call scripts, an example:

PROTIP: Make sure that when a file with .ps1 extension is clicked from Folder, the script is not launched to run, but that the script appears in a text editor.

A sample command to invoke the script including an execution policy :

Notice it's 'powershell' and not 'powershell.exe' because Mac and Linux don't recognize .exe.

When a script is signed, its location is locked to a specific full directory path, even when it's in the current folder.

'remotesigned' is important because if this script has not been digitally signed, one needs to set PS execution policy to 'RemoteSigned' (or 'Unrestricted') after reopening PowerShell as an Administrator to run:

By default PowerShell prevents the execution of PowerShell scripts on Windows systems.

Set-ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned

Get a list of current security settings:

Get-ExecutionPolicy -List | Format-Table -AutoSize

See https://blog.netspi.com/15-ways-to-bypass-the-powershell-execution-policy/

https://github.com/MeshkDevs/InvokeTwitterAPIs

## Verify a signed script can be used #

1. Set

   Set-ExecutionPolicy AllSigned

Install a signing cert on Mac

To add the CA root certificate (either PEM or DER format) into the OSX global keychain:

1. Use Finder to navigate to your /System -> Library -> Keychains -> X509Anchors to your own Library -> Keychains.

2. In a Terminal shell window, run command:

   certtool i mycertificate.crt k=X509Anchors

   Add a 'd' at the end for DER format.

3. Copy your Library -> Keychains -> X509Anchors back to /System -> Library -> Keychains.

   Use sudo.

Automatic logging

Increasingly, hackers are using PowerShell to create havoc.

So it's a good idea to automatically logging using the start-transcript and stop-transcript commands.

BLAH: The sample script at https://github.com/wilsonmar/git-utilities/ps-auto-log.ps1,causes errors during execution of scripts.

Inside the file:

PROTIP: This can use up a lot of space quickly, so some management of its use is necessary.

Version Logic: If Then Else

I haven't found a way to have a Bash script that can also be run as a PowerShell script.

PROTIP: Switching from Bash to PowerShell means a one-time migration and there is no turning back unless you want to maintainparallel scripts.

This is largely because of differences in if/then/else coding. The same if/then/else syntax in PowerShell scripts for Mac and PC is needed for the same script file to be used.

On Bash:

The question is whether a single PowerShell script can reallyrun on both Mac and Windows. Do a parallel run.

For different actions in PowerShell according to type of operating system:

NOTE: Because braces define actions, there is no 'end if' ('fi') in PowerShell.

Comparison Operators

-eq / -ne / -ge

-Like / -NotLike wildcard string - $name -Like '*sh'

-Match / -NotMatch regular expression - $name -Match 'sh$'

-Contains / -NotContains a value in array - $name -contains 'jo'

-In / -NotIn Is a value in an array - 'joe' -in $name

Logical operators

-And

-Or

-Xor = Logical exclusive or.

Tilde and Providers

PROTIP: Use $home instead of the tilde (~)in PowerShell because tilde does not always represent the the user's home folder as in Linux.This is because PS has different'providers' that include HKLM and HKCU top-levels in the Windows Registry.Get a list of providers and disk space:

Get-PSDrive

The response:

PowerShell calls files 'items' as a term that groups files with registry keys and variables.

returns the Mode and LastWriteTime of the user.

Instead of 'mkdir' to create folders, use

New-Item

To list files in a folder, it's the same as in Bash:

ls -al

PowerShell cmdlets (command-lets) enables computers to be managed from the command line,much like Bash shell scripts on Linux machines.How many are there?

(get-command).count

https://github.com/pester/Pester/wiki/Mock

Handling secrets

PROTIP: Files containing secrets, such as passwords andcertificates are NOT stored in GitHub nor script files, but in a separate location, and backed up among other local files.

The secrets are retrieved into the script at run-time.

See my tutorial on GitHub Data Security

Hash tables

BTW, keys in a hash table must be unique.

Hash tables are used throughout PowerShell.

An example of a REST API call:

Sort a hash tables using the GetEnumertor():

Objects

Get-Service m* | where {$_.status -eq ‘running'}
Get-Service m* | where status -eq ‘running'

The '$_' represents the current object in v2 can handle more complexity than v3 syntax:

Alias not parameters

Many Bash commands work in PowerShell (ls, cat, echo) becauseAliases make many commands in Bash scripts work:

get-alias echo

The response is 'Write-Output', which is what is executed.

BLAH: Many parameters to aliases are not recognized. For example, this common command results in an error:

ls -al

Instead, use:

dir -File | format-table

NOTE: dir is an alias to Get-ChildItem.

Thus,

Write-Host $env:computername -foreground Green

'–passthru' means do not go through Pipeline.

You can reset a default alias.

Environment Variables

PROTIP: Environment variables defined in Bash scripts can be read by PowerShell scripts and visa-versa.

Lists of environment variables:

The command 'dir' is an alias of Get-ChildItem.

For the value of a single environment variable:

Get-ChildItem Env:USER
Get-ChildItem Env:AWS_DEFAULT_REGION

Paths

Instead of 'rm -rf' in Bash:https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/heyscriptingguy/2012/02/22/the-best-way-to-use-powershell-to-delete-folders/

'-WhatIf' specifies a dry-run.

Combine files

Ro add the content of several files into a single text file:

Cmdlets

PS has some smarter parameters, such as filtering for files onlyand running recursively into sub-folders:

dir c:work*.ps1 -file -recurse

All PowerShell cmdlets follow a standardized verb-noun naming convention that makes it easy to look up, find, and use cmdlets.For a list of all the verbs:

get-verb

REMEMBER: Capitalization counts within PowerShell.

get-command -verb export
get-command -noun ACL

paths

Only 25% of cmdlets are shipped with paths.

Strings

PROTIP: Don't use '+' for string concatenation.

.NET Framework members

Initially built on Microsoft's .NET Framework, PowerShell can refer to a static .NET member in square brackets with two colons to specify Pi:

[math]::pi

It's wonderful that PowerShell doesn't require an echo to display the value of objects.

To delete a file in the .NET I/O directory object:

The issue with using .NET objects is that they may execute in a different folder context than PowerShell.

TODO: $prompt

Other pre-defined variables

1. To count the number of cmdlets:

   To get the current folder:

   Alternatively, use (since v2):

   This returns a PathInfo object.

   $scriptDir = Split-Path -Path $MyInvocation.MyCommand.Definition -Parent

Dates

Based on http://ss64.com/ps/syntax-dateformats.html

Zip files using functions

Pipelines

Instead of just parsing text (as *Nix shells do),PowerShell works with objects in a pipeline.

Piping:

To list all variables defined and their values:

Get-Variable | Out-String

PROTIP: With PowerShell, it's best to use out-file instead of '>' redirect character:

dir -file -hidden | out-file -filepath rootfiles.txt

Error handling:

Use preference variables for stream redirection:

1> Success 2> Error 3> Warning 4> Verbose 5> Debug

NOTE: Can Only merge to the success stream.

$Error is the automatic array that stores the last 256 exceptions (objects in error) - the default $MaximumErrorCount.

Error action preferences:

0 = Silently Continue
1 = Stop
2 = Continue
3 = Inquire
4 = Ignore [parameter value only]

Module to call REST API

This suggests:

PROTIP: To press the trailing back-tick that breaks up a command into several lines, press the key at the upper left corner of the keyboard with your left hand while you press shift key using your right hand.

A space character is required before the tick.

PROTIP: Break up long text into a string block (which Microsoft calls here-string):

The output is:

From https://apps.twitter.com/ define a new app. In Permissions tab, select Read-only. Click Update Settings. In Key and Access Tokens tab, click 'Create my access tokens'. Copy the Consumer Key (API key) and paste in ~/.passwords as TWITTER_TOKEN.

It takes many lines to mess with OAuth, so I make use of Adam's library for Twitter's v1.1 API described at:
http://www.adamtheautomator.com/twitter-module-powershell/

1. https://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/scriptcenter/Tweet-and-send-Twitter-DMs-8c2d6f0a
   called 'Tweet and send Twitter DMs with Powershell'.

   Adam's 'MyTwitter.psm1' I've download had 229 lines on 8/31/2014.

   PROTIP: The '.psm1' extension means it's a PowerShell module.

   I used a text editor to edit the file to paste in variables for the 4 credentials from Twitter.

   I then saved the module in the same GitHub folder as my script,and added a command to pull the module into the script:

   Alternately, Copy-install the module to your $env:PSModulePath

   See http://www.powershellgallery.com/gettingstarted

   PowerShellGet from the Windows PowerShell Framework 5.0

   The alternative is to put the module in the PSModulePath,which enables tab completion to complete the names of commands from modules that are not loaded.

   The module has these functions:

   • Get-OAuthAuthorization
   • Send-Tweet
   • Send-TwitterDm
     

2. Paste in your PowerShell script:

   BTW, PowerShell cmdlets in https://github.com/Iristyle/Posh-GitHubis only for use on Windows.

Trevor Sullivan (@pcgeek86) made a 20:40 video Mar 17, 2016

A PowerShell Module for manipulating PowerShell ProfilesbyThomas Malkewitz

Curl

curl is an alias for Invoke-WebRequest in PowerShell.

https://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/trevor-powershell/Automating-the-GitHub-REST-API-Using-PowerShell

## JSON from REST API #

To extract out a key from the JSON file:

https://www.pluralsight.com/courses/powershell-modules-advanced-functions-building

Profile scripts

Jeff Hicks notes these profile scripts execute automatically at start:

To view all profiles:

$profile | select *

• = This is the one shown when $profile is typed in.

API calls

Corporate IT departments often use Group Policies.

$Headers = 'Authorization: token ${GITHUB_TOKEN}' echo 'Headers=$Headers' # DEBUGGING

$Token=$GITHUBUSER +':'+ $SECRETS.GITHUB_TOKEN; $Base64Token=[System.Convert]::ToBase64String([char[]]$Token); $Headers = @{ Authorization = ‘Basic(0)' -f $Base64Token; }; # -f is for substitution of (0). # See https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee692795.aspx # Write-Host ('Headers='+$Headers.Authorization) $Headers = '{ Authorization: = Basic $GITHUB_TOKEN }' # -f is for substitution of (0). # See https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee692795.aspx Write-Host ('Headers='+$Headers)

Iterate

1. Stephane shows this command to move (pipe) png files from Desktop to Pictures folder:

   A variable can contain an array:

More Libraries

https://www.simple-talk.com/blogs/psyaml-powershell-yaml/

Read in CSV file

This blog gives an example of importing a CSV file:

$data = Import-CSV C:scriptsmoviedata.csv

Sorting by date requires creating a new property:

Maintenance Scripts Mac

The new property persists, so can be used this way:

More on DevOps

This is one of a series on DevOps:

1. Packer automation to build Vagrant images
2. Terraform multi-cloud provisioning automation

3. Hashicorp Vault and Consul to generate and hold secrets

The following online materials are exerpted from the Apple Training Series book AppleScript 1-2-3.

Mac Location Services Script Add App Download

Consider this chapter a 'book within a book.' If you don't read any other chapter, read this one. It has been designed to give you a quick but thorough introduction to AppleScript through a short, fun, hands-on tutorial. In 25 minutes you'll learn what AppleScript is, how it works, and how to write basic, functional AppleScript scripts with confidence.

To accomplish this goal, you'll learn the fundamentals of AppleScript, and then put them to use as we step through the creation of a Finder Toolbar script, that you can use to instantly reset a cluttered desktop window display to a predefined window set.

What is AppleScript?

AppleScript is a language used to automate the actions of the Macintosh Operating System and many of its applications.

Whether a task is as simple as copying a file or as complex as building a real estate catalog, AppleScript can perform the requisite actions for you with 'intelligence,' controlling applications and making decisions based on its observations or from information provided by its interaction with the person running the script.

Every day, businesses and individuals alike use AppleScript to create newspapers and books, manage networks, build DVDs, process images, generate web pages, backup files and folders, make videos, and much more. AppleScript is the most powerful, easy-to-use, automation tool available on any platform. And best of all, this technology is free and is built into every copy of the Mac OS!

How it works...

To automate the actions of applications, the computer reads the sequential instructions contained in AppleScript 'scripts,' and then communicates those instructions to targeted applications. The targeted applications interpret the communicated instructions, and then perform the actions listed in the scripts.

I haven't found a way to have a Bash script that can also be run as a PowerShell script.

PROTIP: Switching from Bash to PowerShell means a one-time migration and there is no turning back unless you want to maintainparallel scripts.

This is largely because of differences in if/then/else coding. The same if/then/else syntax in PowerShell scripts for Mac and PC is needed for the same script file to be used.

On Bash:

The question is whether a single PowerShell script can reallyrun on both Mac and Windows. Do a parallel run.

For different actions in PowerShell according to type of operating system:

NOTE: Because braces define actions, there is no 'end if' ('fi') in PowerShell.

Comparison Operators

-eq / -ne / -ge

-Like / -NotLike wildcard string - $name -Like '*sh'

-Match / -NotMatch regular expression - $name -Match 'sh$'

-Contains / -NotContains a value in array - $name -contains 'jo'

-In / -NotIn Is a value in an array - 'joe' -in $name

Logical operators

-And

-Or

-Xor = Logical exclusive or.

Tilde and Providers

PROTIP: Use $home instead of the tilde (~)in PowerShell because tilde does not always represent the the user's home folder as in Linux.This is because PS has different'providers' that include HKLM and HKCU top-levels in the Windows Registry.Get a list of providers and disk space:

Get-PSDrive

The response:

PowerShell calls files 'items' as a term that groups files with registry keys and variables.

returns the Mode and LastWriteTime of the user.

Instead of 'mkdir' to create folders, use

New-Item

To list files in a folder, it's the same as in Bash:

ls -al

PowerShell cmdlets (command-lets) enables computers to be managed from the command line,much like Bash shell scripts on Linux machines.How many are there?

(get-command).count

https://github.com/pester/Pester/wiki/Mock

Handling secrets

PROTIP: Files containing secrets, such as passwords andcertificates are NOT stored in GitHub nor script files, but in a separate location, and backed up among other local files.

The secrets are retrieved into the script at run-time.

See my tutorial on GitHub Data Security

Hash tables

BTW, keys in a hash table must be unique.

Hash tables are used throughout PowerShell.

An example of a REST API call:

Sort a hash tables using the GetEnumertor():

Objects

Get-Service m* | where {$_.status -eq ‘running'}
Get-Service m* | where status -eq ‘running'

The '$_' represents the current object in v2 can handle more complexity than v3 syntax:

Alias not parameters

Many Bash commands work in PowerShell (ls, cat, echo) becauseAliases make many commands in Bash scripts work:

get-alias echo

The response is 'Write-Output', which is what is executed.

BLAH: Many parameters to aliases are not recognized. For example, this common command results in an error:

ls -al

Instead, use:

dir -File | format-table

NOTE: dir is an alias to Get-ChildItem.

Thus,

Write-Host $env:computername -foreground Green

'–passthru' means do not go through Pipeline.

You can reset a default alias.

Environment Variables

PROTIP: Environment variables defined in Bash scripts can be read by PowerShell scripts and visa-versa.

Lists of environment variables:

The command 'dir' is an alias of Get-ChildItem.

For the value of a single environment variable:

Get-ChildItem Env:USER
Get-ChildItem Env:AWS_DEFAULT_REGION

Paths

Instead of 'rm -rf' in Bash:https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/heyscriptingguy/2012/02/22/the-best-way-to-use-powershell-to-delete-folders/

'-WhatIf' specifies a dry-run.

Combine files

Ro add the content of several files into a single text file:

Cmdlets

PS has some smarter parameters, such as filtering for files onlyand running recursively into sub-folders:

dir c:work*.ps1 -file -recurse

All PowerShell cmdlets follow a standardized verb-noun naming convention that makes it easy to look up, find, and use cmdlets.For a list of all the verbs:

get-verb

REMEMBER: Capitalization counts within PowerShell.

get-command -verb export
get-command -noun ACL

paths

Only 25% of cmdlets are shipped with paths.

Strings

PROTIP: Don't use '+' for string concatenation.

.NET Framework members

Initially built on Microsoft's .NET Framework, PowerShell can refer to a static .NET member in square brackets with two colons to specify Pi:

[math]::pi

It's wonderful that PowerShell doesn't require an echo to display the value of objects.

To delete a file in the .NET I/O directory object:

The issue with using .NET objects is that they may execute in a different folder context than PowerShell.

TODO: $prompt

Other pre-defined variables

1. To count the number of cmdlets:

   To get the current folder:

   Alternatively, use (since v2):

   This returns a PathInfo object.

   $scriptDir = Split-Path -Path $MyInvocation.MyCommand.Definition -Parent

Dates

Based on http://ss64.com/ps/syntax-dateformats.html

Zip files using functions

Pipelines

Instead of just parsing text (as *Nix shells do),PowerShell works with objects in a pipeline.

Piping:

To list all variables defined and their values:

Get-Variable | Out-String

PROTIP: With PowerShell, it's best to use out-file instead of '>' redirect character:

dir -file -hidden | out-file -filepath rootfiles.txt

Error handling:

Use preference variables for stream redirection:

1> Success 2> Error 3> Warning 4> Verbose 5> Debug

NOTE: Can Only merge to the success stream.

$Error is the automatic array that stores the last 256 exceptions (objects in error) - the default $MaximumErrorCount.

Error action preferences:

0 = Silently Continue
1 = Stop
2 = Continue
3 = Inquire
4 = Ignore [parameter value only]

Module to call REST API

This suggests:

PROTIP: To press the trailing back-tick that breaks up a command into several lines, press the key at the upper left corner of the keyboard with your left hand while you press shift key using your right hand.

A space character is required before the tick.

PROTIP: Break up long text into a string block (which Microsoft calls here-string):

The output is:

From https://apps.twitter.com/ define a new app. In Permissions tab, select Read-only. Click Update Settings. In Key and Access Tokens tab, click 'Create my access tokens'. Copy the Consumer Key (API key) and paste in ~/.passwords as TWITTER_TOKEN.

It takes many lines to mess with OAuth, so I make use of Adam's library for Twitter's v1.1 API described at:
http://www.adamtheautomator.com/twitter-module-powershell/

1. https://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/scriptcenter/Tweet-and-send-Twitter-DMs-8c2d6f0a
   called 'Tweet and send Twitter DMs with Powershell'.

   Adam's 'MyTwitter.psm1' I've download had 229 lines on 8/31/2014.

   PROTIP: The '.psm1' extension means it's a PowerShell module.

   I used a text editor to edit the file to paste in variables for the 4 credentials from Twitter.

   I then saved the module in the same GitHub folder as my script,and added a command to pull the module into the script:

   Alternately, Copy-install the module to your $env:PSModulePath

   See http://www.powershellgallery.com/gettingstarted

   PowerShellGet from the Windows PowerShell Framework 5.0

   The alternative is to put the module in the PSModulePath,which enables tab completion to complete the names of commands from modules that are not loaded.

   The module has these functions:

   • Get-OAuthAuthorization
   • Send-Tweet
   • Send-TwitterDm
     

2. Paste in your PowerShell script:

   BTW, PowerShell cmdlets in https://github.com/Iristyle/Posh-GitHubis only for use on Windows.

Trevor Sullivan (@pcgeek86) made a 20:40 video Mar 17, 2016

A PowerShell Module for manipulating PowerShell ProfilesbyThomas Malkewitz

Curl

curl is an alias for Invoke-WebRequest in PowerShell.

https://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/trevor-powershell/Automating-the-GitHub-REST-API-Using-PowerShell

## JSON from REST API #

To extract out a key from the JSON file:

https://www.pluralsight.com/courses/powershell-modules-advanced-functions-building

Profile scripts

Jeff Hicks notes these profile scripts execute automatically at start:

To view all profiles:

$profile | select *

• = This is the one shown when $profile is typed in.

API calls

Corporate IT departments often use Group Policies.

$Headers = 'Authorization: token ${GITHUB_TOKEN}' echo 'Headers=$Headers' # DEBUGGING

$Token=$GITHUBUSER +':'+ $SECRETS.GITHUB_TOKEN; $Base64Token=[System.Convert]::ToBase64String([char[]]$Token); $Headers = @{ Authorization = ‘Basic(0)' -f $Base64Token; }; # -f is for substitution of (0). # See https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee692795.aspx # Write-Host ('Headers='+$Headers.Authorization) $Headers = '{ Authorization: = Basic $GITHUB_TOKEN }' # -f is for substitution of (0). # See https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee692795.aspx Write-Host ('Headers='+$Headers)

Iterate

1. Stephane shows this command to move (pipe) png files from Desktop to Pictures folder:

   A variable can contain an array:

More Libraries

https://www.simple-talk.com/blogs/psyaml-powershell-yaml/

Read in CSV file

This blog gives an example of importing a CSV file:

$data = Import-CSV C:scriptsmoviedata.csv

Sorting by date requires creating a new property:

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The new property persists, so can be used this way:

More on DevOps

This is one of a series on DevOps:

1. Packer automation to build Vagrant images
2. Terraform multi-cloud provisioning automation

3. Hashicorp Vault and Consul to generate and hold secrets

The following online materials are exerpted from the Apple Training Series book AppleScript 1-2-3.

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Consider this chapter a 'book within a book.' If you don't read any other chapter, read this one. It has been designed to give you a quick but thorough introduction to AppleScript through a short, fun, hands-on tutorial. In 25 minutes you'll learn what AppleScript is, how it works, and how to write basic, functional AppleScript scripts with confidence.

To accomplish this goal, you'll learn the fundamentals of AppleScript, and then put them to use as we step through the creation of a Finder Toolbar script, that you can use to instantly reset a cluttered desktop window display to a predefined window set.

What is AppleScript?

AppleScript is a language used to automate the actions of the Macintosh Operating System and many of its applications.

Whether a task is as simple as copying a file or as complex as building a real estate catalog, AppleScript can perform the requisite actions for you with 'intelligence,' controlling applications and making decisions based on its observations or from information provided by its interaction with the person running the script.

Every day, businesses and individuals alike use AppleScript to create newspapers and books, manage networks, build DVDs, process images, generate web pages, backup files and folders, make videos, and much more. AppleScript is the most powerful, easy-to-use, automation tool available on any platform. And best of all, this technology is free and is built into every copy of the Mac OS!

How it works...

To automate the actions of applications, the computer reads the sequential instructions contained in AppleScript 'scripts,' and then communicates those instructions to targeted applications. The targeted applications interpret the communicated instructions, and then perform the actions listed in the scripts.

AppleScript scripts are composed, by motivated users like yourself, in AppleScript, an English-like language containing many of the verbs, nouns, adjectives, articles and other English language elements we use every day. The AppleScript language is designed to be easily understandable, and has a syntax or grammatical structure similar to the one we use to create normal sentences.

Scripts are written in the Script Editor application, a free utility included with every copy of the Mac OS. Scripts can be 'run' from within the Script Editor application or saved as either script files or script applications, available for use at any time, and from within any application.

Script files are launched from an application's script menu or from the Mac OS system-wide Script Menu utility. Script applications, or 'applets,' are launched like other applications by double-clicking their icons in the Finder or by clicking their Dock or Finder Toolbar and Sidebar icons.

The Big Picture

AppleScript is based on the concept of scriptable objects belonging to or being contained in other scriptable objects, such as a file being in a folder that belongs to the hard disk, or a word being part of a paragraph belonging to a story. Understanding the relationship between scriptable objects is essential to learning how to write scripts, and can be summarized in the following statements:

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On the Macintosh computer everything is an object.

The computer, the desktop, the disks it displays, the folders on the disks and the files in those folders — all of these items are objects. So are applications, their documents, and the data in those documents.

Everything belongs to, is related to, is contained in, or is part of something else.

The file is in the folder that is in the disk that is on the desktop that is on the computer. This same relationship can apply to text as well. The character is in the word that is in the line that is part of the paragraph that is contained in the story.

This relationship between objects is referred to as being hierarchical or, in military terms, follows a 'Chain of Command.' AppleScript uses this hierarchical containment structure to identify specific scriptable objects. All the scripts you write will contain hierarchical references.

Just remember this:

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In scripts, objects are described in terms of their position in their hierarchical structure, or where they are in their 'Chain of Command.'

NOTE: Don't be put off by the term hierarchical. We often use hierarchical references to identify objects in our lives. For example, you refer to your home as being on a specific street, in a specific city, in a specific county, in a specific state, in a specific country. Or your advanced pottery class as being in room 128, on the third floor, of the west wing, of the Creative Arts building. Object references in AppleScript work the same way.

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