This is a collection of short Python scripts I have added to my PATH variable to run from anywhere. None are currently available in pip, but I will add them if enough people are interested.

To add these to your PATH, clone the repo and add the following to your bashrc or zshrc, replacing <python-scripts> with the location of the cloned repository. Furthermore, see my dotfiles repo for my complete Mac and Linux system configurations.

# Add additional directories to the path.
pathadd() {
  [ -d "$1" ] && [[ ":$PATH:" != *":$1:"* ]] && PATH="${PATH:+"$PATH:"}$1"
}

pathadd <python-scripts>/python2.7
pathadd <python-scripts>/python3

Python 2.7

music-organizer.py

This script organizes my music collection for iTunes and mpv using tag information. The directory structure is <artist>/<track>, where <artist> and <track> are lower case strings separated by dashes. See the blog post for a more detailed overview.

mt.py

Implements the simple multitail example to tail multiple files and append the filename to the beginning of the output.

Python 3

EvalExpr.py

A module to evaluate a mathematical expression using Python's AST. Tests are located in EvalExprTest.py. See the blog post for a more detailed overview.

$ EvalExpr.py '(((4+6)*10)<<2)'
(((4+6)*10)<<2) = 400

github-repo-summary.py

Produces a Markdown table concisely summarizing a list of GitHub repositories. See the blog post for a more detailed overview. The following is an example from my bamos/cv project.

$ github-repo-summary.py \
>   afriggeri/cv \
>   cies/resume \
>   deedydas/Deedy-Resume \
>   divad12/resume \
>   icco/Resume \
>   jsonresume/resume-schema \
>   kaeluka/cv \
>   mwhite/resume \
>   prat0318/json_resume \
>   qutebits/resume_42 \
>   raphink/CV \
>   sc932/resume \
>   terro/CV \
>   there4/markdown-resume \
>   zellux/resume

Generated on 2014-11-02, see the Markdown source of this file for more details.

Name | Stargazers | Description
----|----|----
[afriggeri/cv](https://github.com/afriggeri/cv) | 749 | CV, typesetted in Helvetica Neue, using XeTeX, TikZ and Biblatex
[cies/resume](https://github.com/cies/resume) | 184 | My resume as a PDF including the well commented Latex sources and build instructions.
[deedydas/Deedy-Resume](https://github.com/deedydas/Deedy-Resume) | 464 | A one page , two asymmetric column resume template in XeTeX that caters to an undergraduate Computer Science student
[divad12/resume](https://github.com/divad12/resume) | 22 | Yaml resume compiled into multiple formats (such as LaTeX, HTML (TODO), etc.)
[icco/Resume](https://github.com/icco/Resume) | 212 | A markdown port of my resume
[jsonresume/resume-schema](https://github.com/jsonresume/resume-schema) | 303 | JSON-Schema is used here to define and validate our proposed resume json
[kaeluka/cv](https://github.com/kaeluka/cv) | 64 | My CV.
[mwhite/resume](https://github.com/mwhite/resume) | 528 | Markdown -> PDF/HTML resumé generator
[prat0318/json_resume](https://github.com/prat0318/json_resume) | 1002 | Generates pretty HTML, LaTeX, markdown, with biodata feeded as input in JSON
[QuteBits/resume_42](https://github.com/QuteBits/resume_42) | 2 | It generates a beautiful resume from yaml data
[raphink/CV](https://github.com/raphink/CV) | 45 | My CV
[sc932/resume](https://github.com/sc932/resume) | 294 | My CV/resume in LaTeX.
[terro/CV](https://github.com/terro/CV) | 17 | My cv template
[there4/markdown-resume](https://github.com/there4/markdown-resume) | 353 | Generate a responsive CSS3 and HTML5 resume with Markdown, with optional PDF output.
[zellux/resume](https://github.com/zellux/resume) | 88 | My resume, generated with moderncv

Generated on 2014-11-02, see the Markdown source of this file for more details.

Name	Stargazers	Description
afriggeri/cv	749	CV, typesetted in Helvetica Neue, using XeTeX, TikZ and Biblatex
cies/resume	184	My resume as a PDF including the well commented Latex sources and build instructions.
deedydas/Deedy-Resume	464	A one page , two asymmetric column resume template in XeTeX that caters to an undergraduate Computer Science student
divad12/resume	22	Yaml resume compiled into multiple formats (such as LaTeX, HTML (TODO), etc.)
icco/Resume	212	A markdown port of my resume
jsonresume/resume-schema	303	JSON-Schema is used here to define and validate our proposed resume json
kaeluka/cv	64	My CV.
mwhite/resume	528	Markdown -> PDF/HTML resumé generator
prat0318/json_resume	1002	Generates pretty HTML, LaTeX, markdown, with biodata feeded as input in JSON
QuteBits/resume_42	2	It generates a beautiful resume from yaml data
raphink/CV	45	My CV
sc932/resume	294	My CV/resume in LaTeX.
terro/CV	17	My cv template
there4/markdown-resume	353	Generate a responsive CSS3 and HTML5 resume with Markdown, with optional PDF output.
zellux/resume	88	My resume, generated with moderncv

link-checker.py

Builds upon linkchecker to hide warnings and to send a concise email if bad links are found. See the blog post for a more detailed overview.

merge-pdfs-printable.py

The printers in my office print a cover page before every job, and I don't like printing many cover pages if I want to submit multiple papers separately so that the papers don't overlap. This script will merge PDF documents and insert blank pages so that the printed pages won't overlap documents. The modulo option is helpful to print 2 PDF pages per physical page side.

The script uses PyPDF2 to merge the documents and to extract the number of pages in the input documents and ghostscript to create a blank PDF page.

$ merge-pdfs-printable.py a.pdf b.pdf c.pdf --modulo 4
a.pdf
 + Pages: 6
 + Added 2 blank pages.
b.pdf
 + Pages: 13
 + Added 3 blank pages.
c.pdf
 + Pages: 13
 + Added 3 blank pages.
Merged output is in '/tmp/tmpm2n5g0mh-merge.pdf'.

Note: Some of my decrypted PDF documents have resulted in PyPDF2.utils.PdfReadError: file has not been decrypted. My current workaround solution is to run pdf2ps on the PDF and then ps2pdf on the PS file.

ScrapeCountries.py

Scraping HTML tables with HTMLParser. Tests are located in ScrapeCountriesTest.py. See the blog post for a more detailed overview.

$ ScrapeCountries.py 'http://www.nationsonline.org/oneworld/countries_of_the_world.htm' countries.tsv
Parsing countries of the world.
Using 5 columns overall and extracting columns (1, 2, 3, 4).
Finished extracting. Data written to 'countries.tsv'

$ head -n 1 countries.tsv
Afghanistan	Afghanistan	Afghanistan	South-Central Asia

phonetic.py

Obtain the NATO phonetic alphabet representation from short phrases.

$ phonetic.py github
g - golf
i - india
t - tango
h - hotel
u - uniform
b - bravo

rank-writing.py

rank-writing.py ranks the writing quality of my blog's Markdown posts and my project's Markdown README files. See the blog post for further details.

$ rank-writing.py *.md

=== 2013-05-03-scraping-tables-python.md ===
Total: 53
├── aspell: 34
├── diction: 0
└── write-good: 19

=== 2014-09-08-nbd-android.md ===
Total: 45
├── aspell: 31
├── diction: 0
└── write-good: 14

...

=== 2013-03-11-mirroring-android.md ===
Total: 1
├── aspell: 1
├── diction: 0
└── write-good: 0

=== 2014-10-26-analyzing-writing-in-latex.md ===
Total: 0
├── aspell: 0
├── diction: 0
└── write-good: 0

=== 2013-04-16-pdf-from-plaintext.md ===
Total: 0
├── aspell: 0
├── diction: 0
└── write-good: 0

word-counter.py

Count work frequencies within a file.

$ word-counter.py README.md


=== Sliding Window: 1 ===
  15: 'resume'
  9: 'python'
  8: 'using'
  8: 'markdown'
  6: 'scripts'
  6: 'latex,'
  5: 'script'
  5: 'pages'
  5: 'generated'
  5: '[blog'

=== Sliding Window: 2 ===
  5: 'detailed overview.'
  4: 'sliding window:'
  3: 'neue, using'
  3: 'pretty html,'
  3: 'blank pages.'
  3: 'computer science'
  3: 'science student'
  3: 'resumé generator'
  3: 'python scripts'
  3: 'description ----|----|----'

=== Sliding Window: 3 ===
  2: 'pretty html, latex,'
  2: 'undergraduate computer science'
  2: 'html, latex, markdown,'
  2: 'pdf/html resumé generator'
  2: 'computer science student'
  2: 'generates pretty html,'
  2: 'multiple formats (such'
  2: 'commented latex sources'
  2: 'might interest somebody'
  2: 'neue, using xetex,'

=== Sliding Window: 4 ===
  2: 'helvetica neue, using xetex,'
  2: 'pretty html, latex, markdown,'
  2: 'undergraduate computer science student'
  2: 'asymmetric column resume template'
  2: 'generates pretty html, latex,'
  1: 'a.pdf b.pdf c.pdf --modulo'
  1: ''blank pages. merged output''
  1: 'this is a collection'
  1: ''generates pretty html, latex,''
  1: ''asymmetric column resume template''

Similar Projects

There are many potpourri Python script repositories on GitHub. The following list shows a short sampling of projects, and I'm happy to merge pull requests of other projects.

Generated on 2014-11-06, see the Markdown source of this file for more details.

Name	Stargazers	Description
averagesecurityguy/Python-Examples	13	Example scripts for common python tasks
ClarkGoble/Scripts	24	My scripts - primarily using python and appscript
computermacgyver/twitter-python	31	Simple example scripts for Twitter data collection with Tweepy in Python
gpambrozio/PythonScripts	40	A bunch of Python scripts I made and that might interest somebody else
gpambrozio/PythonScripts	40	A bunch of Python scripts I made and that might interest somebody else
realpython/python-scripts	29	because i'm tired of gists