Python and Shell utility scripts

Collection of Bash and Python scripts I've made that may be generally useful

function | description -----------------|------------------------------------------------------------- checkIP | Sends you an email automatically if your IP address changes getIP | gets your public IP address (not the internal NAT address) mx | mount network share example using SSHFS memfree | Estimates available RAM doc2pdf | convert .doc, .docx, .rtf to PDF using LibreOffice

Usage

SSHFS mount/unmount

1. Mounting the "U" network drive at Boston University over SSHFS (slight modifications to the script allow using this anywhere)

   one time setup:

    mkdir ~/U
   

2. mount U drive to your PC, like "mounting a network drive" in Windows, here we assume the BU username is jdoe:

    mU jdoe
   

and your network drive is available as ~/U

3. Unmounting the "U" drive. When done for the day, suggest unmounting in case to help mitigate security risks:

    uU
   

Note: if you have any files open (like say a spreadsheet on the ~/U drive), ~/U will stay connected until you close that file(s).

Get Public IP address

python getIP.py