Wicked cool Ruby scripts : useful scripts that solve difficult problems / by Steve Pugh.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pugh, Steve.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ruby (Computer program language).

Macro instructions (Electronic computers).

Computers--Access control--Passwords.

Computers.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (220 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

San Francisco : No Starch Press, c2009.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Wicked Cool Ruby Scripts is a compendium of scripts that will make your life easier by saving you time and solving problems. If you find yourself wasting effort and time on a task a trained monkey could do, it's time for Ruby to come to the rescue. Wicked Cool Ruby Scripts provides carefully selected Ruby scripts that are immediately useful. Learn how to streamline administrative tasks like renaming files, disabling processes, and changing permissions. After you get your feet wet creating basic scripts, author Steve Pugh will show you how to create powerful Web crawlers, security scripts, full-fledged libraries and applications, and much more. With each script you'll get the raw code followed by an explanation of how it really works, as well as instructions for how to run the script and suggestions for customizing it. Wicked Cool Ruby Scripts will save you from the tedium of repetitive tasks and give you back the time it would take to write scripts from scratch.

Contents:

Intro

Wicked Cool Ruby Scripts

FOREWORD

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

INTRODUCTION

You Need Ruby Basics

Documentation

Organization and Approach

The Website

1. GENERAL PURPOSE UTILITIES

Check for Changed Files

changedFiles.rb

The Code

Running the Code

The Results

How It Works

Hacking the Script

Encrypt a File

encrypt.rb

Decrypt a File

decrypt.rb

File Splitting

fileSplit.rb

File Joining

fileJoin.rb

Windows Process Viewer

listWin Processes.rb

File Compressor

compress.rb

File Decompression

decompress.rb

Mortgage Calculator

mortgageCalc.rb

2. WEBSITE SCRIPTING

Web Page Link Validator

linkValidator.rb

Orphan File Checker

orphanCheck.rb

Running the Script

Form Generator

formGenerator.rb

The Results.

How It Works

RSS Parsing

rssParser.rb

Stock Exchange Grep

stockGrep.rb

IP Address Generation

ipAdderGen.rb

Subnet Calculator

subnetCalc.rb

3. LI(U)NIX SYSTEM ADMINISTRATION

Fixing Bad Filenames

fixFilename.rb

Adding a User

addUser.rb

Modifying a User

modUser.rb

Killing a Stuck Process

killProcess.rb

Validating Symlinks

symlinkCheck.rb

4. PICTURE UTILITIES

Mass Editing

massEdit.rb

Image Information Extraction

imageInfo.rb

Creating a Thumbnail

thumbnail.rb

Resize a Picture

resizePhoto.rb

Running the Code.

The Results

Adding a Watermark to Pictures

watermark.rb

Convert to Black and White

bwPhoto.rb

Creating a Photo Gallery

createGallery.rb

Results

5. GAMES AND LEARNING TOOLS

Sudoku Solver

sudoku.rb

Flash Cards

flashCards.rb

Number-Guessing Game

guessingGame.rb

Rock, Paper, Scissors

rps.rb

Word Scramble

wordScramble.rb

Hangman

hangman.rb

Pig

pig.rb

6. STRING UTILITIES

PDF Generator

pdfGen.rb

Word Frequency

wordFreq.rb

Comma-Separated Value Parser

csv.rb

CSV to XML

csvToXML.rb

Ruby Grep

rubyGrep.rb

Password Check

password.rb

7. SERVERS AND SCRAPERS

Define

define.rb

Automated SMS

sms.rb

Link Scrape

linkScrape.rb

Image Scrape

imageScrape.rb

Scraper

scrape.rb

Encrypted Client

RSA_client.rb

Encrypted Server

RSA_server.rb

8. ARGUMENTS AND DOCUMENTATION

File Security

fileSecurity.rb

Web Scraper

webScraper.rb

Photo Utilities

photoUtility.rb

Conclusion

9. SORTING ALGORITHMS

Bubble Sort

bubbleSort.rb

Selection Sort

selectionSort.rb

Shell Sort

shellSort.rb

Merge Sort

mergeSort.rb

Heap Sort

heapSort.rb

Quick Sort

quickSort.rb

Shear Sort

shearSort.rb

A Note About Efficiencies

10. WRITING A METASPLOIT 3.1 MODULE WITH RUBY

Introduction to Metasploit

Installation

Writing a Module

Building the Exploit

Watching in Real Time

Explanation of Metasploit Module Shell

Finding the Payload Space

A. AFTERWORD

COLOPHON.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Includes index.

ISBN:

9781593272364

1593272367

OCLC:

560644008