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I'm Sean.

I write about #software, #SaaS, #consulting and #mobile app development

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Installing Scala on Mac OS X Leopard
I followed the instructions from here http://arvinderkang.com/2009/09/01/installing-scala-on-snow-leopard/ but I used version 2.7.6 (rather than .5) I installed scala under /usr/local/scala so I had to include it to my path. Type vim .bash_profile expor...
Written by Sean Behan on 06/17/2012
Pretty Formatted JSON from the Command Line
Sometimes you want to see JSON from the command line. I'm sure there are better tools for the job, but here is a little snippet you can throw in your ~/.bash_profile. function json { curl -s "$1" | python -mjson.tool; } Usage json https://g...
Written by Sean Behan on 08/21/2013
How to Use the Ls Command on Linux or Mac OS X to Sort Files based on Second in the Timestamp
Here is the one liner. ls -lhtTr It will output something like total 24152 -rw-rw-r-- 1 sean staff 1.0M May 4 14:31:42 2019 4c2caf52cb084ea39a6a65a0e68ee382 -rw-rw-r-- 1 sean staff 1.0M May 4 14:31:44 2019 76eeeea5d...
Written by Sean Behan on 05/04/2019
A Couple of Usefule Snippets When Working with Textmate
Here is the snippet f path/to/directory 'search string' | open_in_mate This snippet (technically 2 snippets) will recursively scan the contents of files in a directory and then open all the files it finds in Textmate. It's useful on large projec...
Written by Sean Behan on 10/18/2013
Postlearn Job Board
Postlearn is a job board focused on delivering quality jobs listings to people in education. An affiliate program is available to bloggers and site owners in the edu space. Bloggers who participate receive a percentage of referrer sales. A widget display...
Written by Sean Behan on 06/17/2012