[olug] OLUG Digest, Vol 66, Issue 14
Sam Tetherow
tetherow at shwisp.net
Mon Aug 18 17:16:14 UTC 2008
I can make it.
Sam Tetherow
Sandhills Wireless
Dan Staehr wrote:
> Billy's would be fine by me. If I can get a headcount, I might be able
> to work something out with my friend at Billy's.
>
> Dan Staehr
> Staehr Media Services
> Lincoln, NE
> 402-440-5869
>
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>> Today's Topics:
>>
>> 1. Re: Lunch in Lincoln: Was: Luncheon Change-West (Brian Roberson)
>> 2. Re: Lunch in Lincoln: Was: Luncheon Change-West (Sam Tetherow)
>> 3. Re: Lunch in Lincoln: Was: Luncheon Change-West (John Moran)
>> 4. Re: Lunch in Lincoln: Was: Luncheon Change-West (Tony Reinke)
>> 5. Re: Lunch in Lincoln: Was: Luncheon Change-West (Matthew Platte)
>> 6. Re: Lunch in Lincoln: Was: Luncheon Change-West (Obi-Wan)
>> 7. First Ruby on Rails user group meeting 08/20/2008 (and regex
>> question) (Adam Haeder)
>> 8. Lincoln to Omaha (Craig Wolf)
>> 9. Re: First Ruby on Rails user group meeting 08/20/2008 (and
>> regex question) (Dan Linder)
>> 10. Re: Lunch in Lincoln: Was: Luncheon Change-West (Tony Reinke)
>> 11. Re: First Ruby on Rails user group meeting 08/20/2008 (and
>> regex question) (Christopher Cashell)
>>
>>
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>> Subject:
>> Re: [olug] Lunch in Lincoln: Was: Luncheon Change-West
>> From:
>> Brian Roberson <roberson at olug.org>
>> Date:
>> Sun, 17 Aug 2008 12:29:18 -0500
>> To:
>> Omaha Linux User Group <olug at olug.org>
>>
>> To:
>> Omaha Linux User Group <olug at olug.org>
>>
>>
>> ROFL!!!!!
>>
>> We definitely have a few of those here as well... I just think the
>> quorum is biased :)
>>
>>
>>
>>> I pay much more attention to the OLUG list than the HuskerLUG one.
>>> The OLUG people seem to be in the "real world", while the HuskerLUG
>>> usually seems pretty idealistic/ivory tower.
>>>
>>>
>>
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>> Subject:
>> Re: [olug] Lunch in Lincoln: Was: Luncheon Change-West
>> From:
>> Sam Tetherow <tetherow at shwisp.net>
>> Date:
>> Sun, 17 Aug 2008 14:25:21 -0500
>> To:
>> Omaha Linux User Group <olug at olug.org>
>>
>> To:
>> Omaha Linux User Group <olug at olug.org>
>>
>>
>> Currently where doesn't make too much difference to me if I'm in town.
>>
>> Since there seems to be interest, do we want to shoot for lunch next
>> Friday? And if so do we need to look for someplace other than LaPaz
>> for those that have a tighter lunch schedule?
>>
>> Sam Tetherow
>> Sandhills Wireless
>>
>> Obi-Wan wrote:
>>
>>>> Is there a Lincoln lunch? I would definitely be interested.
>>>>
>>>>
>>> There's enough of us in Lincoln (at least a half dozen) that we try to
>>> meet each month, but I don't think we've ever had more than three make
>>> it at a time. We've lately been meeting at La Paz north of Cotner &
>>> 'O'. By next month, I'll have moved to southwest Lincoln (16 & Old
>>> Cheney), so La Paz will be quite a treck for me over lunch. Sam lives
>>> in extreme southeast Lincoln. Chris works in northeast Lincoln. Dave
>>> works downtown. It's hard to please everybody...
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>> Subject:
>> Re: [olug] Lunch in Lincoln: Was: Luncheon Change-West
>> From:
>> "John Moran" <bugs.moran at gmail.com>
>> Date:
>> Sun, 17 Aug 2008 21:15:06 -0500
>> To:
>> "Omaha Linux User Group" <olug at olug.org>
>>
>> To:
>> "Omaha Linux User Group" <olug at olug.org>
>>
>>
>> I can make it Friday. Let's see who's in, where they all are, and go
>> from there.
>>
>> On Sun, Aug 17, 2008 at 2:25 PM, Sam Tetherow <tetherow at shwisp.net> wrote:
>>
>>
>>> Currently where doesn't make too much difference to me if I'm in town.
>>>
>>> Since there seems to be interest, do we want to shoot for lunch next
>>> Friday? And if so do we need to look for someplace other than LaPaz for
>>> those that have a tighter lunch schedule?
>>>
>>> Sam Tetherow
>>> Sandhills Wireless
>>>
>>> Obi-Wan wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>> Is there a Lincoln lunch? I would definitely be interested.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> There's enough of us in Lincoln (at least a half dozen) that we try to
>>>> meet each month, but I don't think we've ever had more than three make
>>>> it at a time. We've lately been meeting at La Paz north of Cotner &
>>>> 'O'. By next month, I'll have moved to southwest Lincoln (16 & Old
>>>> Cheney), so La Paz will be quite a treck for me over lunch. Sam lives
>>>> in extreme southeast Lincoln. Chris works in northeast Lincoln. Dave
>>>> works downtown. It's hard to please everybody...
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>> Subject:
>> Re: [olug] Lunch in Lincoln: Was: Luncheon Change-West
>> From:
>> Tony Reinke <treinke at gmail.com>
>> Date:
>> Sun, 17 Aug 2008 22:10:13 -0500
>> To:
>> Omaha Linux User Group <olug at olug.org>
>>
>> To:
>> Omaha Linux User Group <olug at olug.org>
>>
>>
>> I'm in and I am downtown next to the capital.
>>
>> Tony Reinke
>>
>> John Moran wrote:
>>
>>
>>> I can make it Friday. Let's see who's in, where they all are, and go
>>> from there.
>>>
>>> On Sun, Aug 17, 2008 at 2:25 PM, Sam Tetherow <tetherow at shwisp.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> Currently where doesn't make too much difference to me if I'm in town.
>>>>
>>>> Since there seems to be interest, do we want to shoot for lunch next
>>>> Friday? And if so do we need to look for someplace other than LaPaz for
>>>> those that have a tighter lunch schedule?
>>>>
>>>> Sam Tetherow
>>>> Sandhills Wireless
>>>>
>>>> Obi-Wan wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>> Is there a Lincoln lunch? I would definitely be interested.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>> There's enough of us in Lincoln (at least a half dozen) that we try to
>>>>> meet each month, but I don't think we've ever had more than three make
>>>>> it at a time. We've lately been meeting at La Paz north of Cotner &
>>>>> 'O'. By next month, I'll have moved to southwest Lincoln (16 & Old
>>>>> Cheney), so La Paz will be quite a treck for me over lunch. Sam lives
>>>>> in extreme southeast Lincoln. Chris works in northeast Lincoln. Dave
>>>>> works downtown. It's hard to please everybody...
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
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>>>>
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>>
>>
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>> Subject:
>> Re: [olug] Lunch in Lincoln: Was: Luncheon Change-West
>> From:
>> "Matthew Platte" <51 at triopticon.com>
>> Date:
>> Sun, 17 Aug 2008 22:11:10 -0500 (CDT)
>> To:
>> "Omaha Linux User Group" <olug at olug.org>
>>
>> To:
>> "Omaha Linux User Group" <olug at olug.org>
>>
>>
>>
>>> I'm in and I am downtown next to the capital.
>>> Tony Reinke
>>>
>>> John Moran wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> I can make it Friday. Let's see who's in, where they all are, and go
>>>> from there.
>>>>
>>>>
>> O.K. I'm in the urban core as well. Can we afford Billy's? Lunch prices
>> are around 8 bucks. There is open wireless. Maybe a lawyer or lobbyist
>> would join in the fun...
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>> Subject:
>> Re: [olug] Lunch in Lincoln: Was: Luncheon Change-West
>> From:
>> obiwan at jedi.com (Obi-Wan)
>> Date:
>> Sun, 17 Aug 2008 23:22:21 -0500 (CDT)
>> To:
>> olug at olug.org
>>
>> To:
>> olug at olug.org
>>
>>
>>
>>> I'm in and I am downtown next to the capital.
>>>
>>>
>> So where do you work? 501 Bldg? Assurity?
>>
>> I can't make it this Friday. It's my last day at BryanLGH, and the folks
>> are taking me out to eat.
>>
>>
>>
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>> Subject:
>> [olug] First Ruby on Rails user group meeting 08/20/2008 (and regex
>> question)
>> From:
>> Adam Haeder <adamh at aiminstitute.org>
>> Date:
>> Mon, 18 Aug 2008 09:18:58 -0500 (CDT)
>> To:
>> olug at olug.org
>>
>> To:
>> olug at olug.org
>>
>>
>> The inagural Ruby on Rails user group will meet at the AIM Institute
>> training lab (same place OLUG meets) this Wednesday, 08/20/2008,
>> starting at 7pm.
>>
>> More information here: http://www.omaharails.org/
>>
>> Please pass this on to others that might be interested.
>>
>> Obligatory linux question:
>> I'm attempting to write a shell script that will pull email addresses
>> out of a file. These addresses may appear anywhere in a line. I think
>> what I'm essentially looking for is a 'substring grep'. I want a grep
>> that will give me part of a line that matches a regex. I've been
>> toying with the idea of doing something like this:
>>
>> cat $file | tr ' ' '\n' | egrep $EMAIL_REGEX
>>
>> This would replace all the spaces in the file with newlines, and then
>> I can grep each newline for an email (since you can't have spaces in
>> emails).
>>
>> This seems a little heavy-handed though. Anyone else solved this
>> problem more elegantly?
>>
>> --
>> Adam Haeder
>> Vice President of Information Technology
>> AIM Institute
>> 1905 Harney Street, Suite 700
>> Omaha, NE 68102
>> 402-345-5025 x115
>> adamh at aiminstitute.org
>> www.aiminstitute.org
>>
>>
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>> Subject:
>> [olug] Lincoln to Omaha
>> From:
>> "Craig Wolf" <CJWolf at mpsomaha.org>
>> Date:
>> Mon, 18 Aug 2008 09:45:39 -0500
>> To:
>> <olug at olug.org>
>>
>> To:
>> <olug at olug.org>
>>
>>
>> Ok, need a favor from someone in Lincoln. Is anyone coming North to Omaha anytime soon and would be willing to bring a few DLT tapes up this way??
>>
>> You can contact me offlist...
>>
>> TIA!!
>>
>> Craig Wolf
>> Wolf Computing Services
>> (402)990-3010
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>> Subject:
>> Re: [olug] First Ruby on Rails user group meeting 08/20/2008 (and
>> regex question)
>> From:
>> "Dan Linder" <dan at linder.org>
>> Date:
>> Mon, 18 Aug 2008 09:58:58 -0500
>> To:
>> "Omaha Linux User Group" <olug at olug.org>
>>
>> To:
>> "Omaha Linux User Group" <olug at olug.org>
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Aug 18, 2008 at 9:18 AM, Adam Haeder <adamh at aiminstitute.org> wrote:
>>
>>
>>> I'm attempting to write a shell script that will pull email addresses out
>>> of a file. These addresses may appear anywhere in a line. I think what I'm
>>> essentially looking for is a 'substring grep'. I want a grep that will
>>> give me part of a line that matches a regex. I've been toying with the
>>> idea of doing something like this:
>>>
>>>
>> How about this:
>> $ cat testfile.emails
>> no e-mail on this line
>> there's one here dan at linder.org here is one
>> nothing
>> joe@ someplace
>> joe at google.com
>> john at someplace
>> none
>> nada
>>
>> $ perl -ne 'printf "%s\n", $1 if m/([\w\.]+\@[\w\.]+)/' testfile.emails
>> dan at linder.org
>> joe at google.com
>> john at someplace
>>
>> (I'm sure someone will follow up with a perl-golf entry for a smaller
>> command line...Jay?)
>>
>> Dan
>>
>>
>>
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>> Subject:
>> Re: [olug] Lunch in Lincoln: Was: Luncheon Change-West
>> From:
>> "Tony Reinke" <treinke at gmail.com>
>> Date:
>> Mon, 18 Aug 2008 10:23:16 -0500
>> To:
>> "Omaha Linux User Group" <olug at olug.org>
>>
>> To:
>> "Omaha Linux User Group" <olug at olug.org>
>>
>>
>> I would be ok with Billy's.
>>
>> On Sun, Aug 17, 2008 at 10:11 PM, Matthew Platte <51 at triopticon.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>>> I'm in and I am downtown next to the capital.
>>>> Tony Reinke
>>>>
>>>> John Moran wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> I can make it Friday. Let's see who's in, where they all are, and go
>>>>> from there.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>> O.K. I'm in the urban core as well. Can we afford Billy's? Lunch prices
>>> are around 8 bucks. There is open wireless. Maybe a lawyer or lobbyist
>>> would join in the fun...
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> -------^.^--
>>>
>>> http://www.billysrestaurant.com/
>>>
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>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>> Subject:
>> Re: [olug] First Ruby on Rails user group meeting 08/20/2008 (and
>> regex question)
>> From:
>> "Christopher Cashell" <topher-olug at zyp.org>
>> Date:
>> Mon, 18 Aug 2008 10:57:38 -0500
>> To:
>> "Omaha Linux User Group" <olug at olug.org>
>>
>> To:
>> "Omaha Linux User Group" <olug at olug.org>
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Aug 18, 2008 at 9:58 AM, Dan Linder <dan at linder.org> wrote:
>>
>>
>>> On Mon, Aug 18, 2008 at 9:18 AM, Adam Haeder <adamh at aiminstitute.org> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> I'm attempting to write a shell script that will pull email addresses out
>>>> of a file. These addresses may appear anywhere in a line. I think what I'm
>>>> essentially looking for is a 'substring grep'. I want a grep that will
>>>> give me part of a line that matches a regex. I've been toying with the
>>>> idea of doing something like this:
>>>>
>>>>
>> [Snip: test input]
>>
>>
>>
>>> $ perl -ne 'printf "%s\n", $1 if m/([\w\.]+\@[\w\.]+)/' testfile.emails
>>>
>>>
>> Catching (or validating) e-mail addresses is one of those things that
>> seems really easy on the surface, but is actually a lot more
>> complicated than you would expect (I learned that the hard way, after
>> trying to roll my own regex for it and finding constant cases where it
>> didn't work).
>>
>> For example, the following addresses would not get caught in the above
>> regex: user-foo at bar.com, user+foo at bar.com, user at foo-bar.com.
>>
>> Those are some of the simpler ones to catch. If you want a "pretty
>> good" regex that will catch almost all common e-mail addresses (but
>> will also allow through some invalid ones), the best simple one I've
>> found is:
>>
>> perl -ne 'print $1 . "\n" if
>> m/(\b[A-Z0-9._%+-]+@[A-Z0-9.-]+\.[A-Z]{2,4}\b)/i' emails.datafile
>>
>> Where this one will fail is with non-English letters, a few valid but
>> potentially difficult to handle special characters (like single
>> quotes, better escape them if this will go in a SQL database), .museum
>> TLD addresses, etc. It also allows through invalid e-mails like
>> foo at ...bar. For quick and dirty work, it's almost always good enough
>> for me, but again, to really do it right, things get ugly in a hurry.
>>
>> If you want to completely ensure you're catching all valid e-mail
>> addresses, while also not including any invalid e-mail addresses, your
>> best bet is to find a regex-based E-Mail Address handling library that
>> will do the heavy lifting for you.
>>
>> For more information on this, one of the better short write-ups I've
>> seen on the issue can be found at
>> http://www.regular-expressions.info/email.html. That's also where the
>> regex that I listed above came from. Alternately, if you google for
>> 'e-mail regex' you'll find lots of hits and discussion about this
>> whole issue.
>>
>>
>>
>>> Dan
>>>
>>>
>>
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