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Example Scripts

Here you will find a collection of example scripts which you might find useful when run from Today Scripts.

System

• Top five processes by memory usage - /bin/bash
• Top five processes by CPU usage - /bin/bash
• Temperature readings - /bin/bash

Requires Temperature Monitor 4.98

For Celsius, remove the -f flag in the first line.

• Storage volume usage - /bin/bash
• Battery Status - /bin/bash
• CPU/Fan/Battery Information via iStats - /bin/bash
• Current uptime - /usr/bin/uptime
• Displaying Archey - /bin/bash

Git

• Repo status - /bin/bash
• Repo status with branch info - /bin/bash
• Last commit - /bin/bash
• Status for repo currently open in Finder - /bin/bash

Other

• Test if a server is online - /bin/bash
• Current clipboard contents - /usr/bin/pbpaste
• Quote Of The Day - /bin/bash
• Last 5 items from RSS feed - /bin/bash
• Weather via nino - bin/bash
• Spotify Status - /usr/bin/osascript
• ADB Connect over LAN - /bin/bash
• Calendar for current month - /bin/bash
• Weather Info - /bin/bash and ruby
• Stock Info - /bin/bash and ruby
• Twitter Notifications - /bin/bash
• Notepad from file - /bin/bash
• Notepad without file - /bin/bash
• Get Public IP - /bin/bash

Node.js

You can use more than just Bash to pipe data into Today Scripts. The following examples demonstrate how you can display output from Node.js (JavaScript) in Today Scripts.

• Displaying Tabular Data
• Get a random Jack Handey Quote

"I can picture in my mind a world without war, a world without hate. And I can picture us attacking that world, because they'd never expect it."