matches does NOT contain EXPRESSION

^((?!EXPRESSION.)*$

Explanation:

^the beginning of the string, ( group and capture to \1 (0 or more times (matching the most amount possible)),
(?! look ahead to see if there is not, hede your string,
) end of look-ahead, . any character except \n,
)* end of \1 (Note: because you are using a quantifier on this capture, only the LAST repetition of the captured pattern will be stored in \1)
$ before an optional \n, and the end of the string

mark-ingenosity / Bash File Name Parsing #1

Last active December 3, 2019 04:37

[BASH: Command Line FileSpec Parsing]Example script snippets for parsing complex file extensions passed on to a bash script command line #stack_overflow #bash #parse #command_line #arguments

	#!/bin/env bash

	https://stackoverflow.com/questions/965053/extract-filename-and-extension-in-bash

	filename=$(basename -- "$fullfile")
	extension="${filename##*.}"
	filename="${filename%.*}"

	altername that focusses on the last '/' rather than '.'
	filename="${fullfile##*/}"

mark-ingenosity / Useful Wingdings.txt

Last active December 3, 2019 04:44

[MISC: Useful Wingdings]I'm always looking for the bullet symbol so thought I'd geek out for a bit. #resource #productivity #writing #wingding #text

	• ● ▪ ■ ▲ ▴
	◄ ► ← ↑ → ↓ ↔ ↕
	± ≤ ≥ ≠ ≈ ≡ ∑ √ ∞ ∫ ∏ ∆ Ω
	¢ © ℗ ® ™ ℅
	♠ ♣ ♥ ♦ ♪ ♫ ♯
	₁₂₃₄₅₆₇₈₉₀
	⓿ ❶ ❷ ❸ ❹ ❺ ❻ ❼ ❽ ❾ ❿ ⓫ ⓬ ⓭ ⓮ ⓯ ⓰ ⓱ ⓲ ⓳ ⓴
	⓪ ① ② ③ ④ ⑤ ⑥ ⑦ ⑧ ⑨ ⑩ ⑪ ⑫ ⑬ ⑭ ⑮ ⑯ ⑰ ⑱ ⑲ ⑳
	¼ ½ ¾ ⅍ ⅓ ⅔ ⅕ ⅖ ⅗ ⅘ ⅙ ⅚ ⅛ ⅜ ⅝ ⅞

mark-ingenosity / CmdShellStartup.cmd

Last active December 3, 2019 04:37

[WINDOWS: Default CMD Environment] #windows #cmd_shell #default #startup #alias

	@echo off

	:: Load default aliases outside the CMDER environment
	doskey /macrofile=D:\Admin\conf\default.aliases

mark-ingenosity / Command Processor.reg

Last active December 3, 2019 04:43

[ENV: Cmder/ConEmu: Init Session]Simplified formatting for doskey macros #windows #batch #doskey #macro #alias

	Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

	[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Command Processor]
	"CompletionChar"=dword:00000009
	"DefaultColor"=dword:00000000
	"EnableExtensions"=dword:00000001
	"PathCompletionChar"=dword:00000009
	"AutoRun"="%ADMIN%\\bin\\CmdShellStartup.cmd"

mark-ingenosity / tabbedlist2dirs.py

Last active December 3, 2019 04:42

[PYTHON: File Management: Tabbed List to Hierarchical Folder Structure]Reads a tabbed text file and maps text entries to the creation of a structured folder hierachy. #textfile #process #filesystem #create

	import os, sys

	with open(sys.argv[1]) as f:
	res=[]
	s=[]
	for line in f:
	line=line.rstrip()
	x=len(line)
	line=line.lstrip()
	indent=2*(x-len(line))

mark-ingenosity / svg2png.cmd

Last active December 3, 2019 04:40

[WINDOWS: Image Conversion: SVG to PNG] #image #conversion #windows #file_type

	@echo off

	for %%f in (%*) do (
	echo %%~f
	"inkscape.exe" ^
	-z ^
	--export-background-opacity=0 ^
	--export-height=32 ^
	--export-png="%%~dpnf.png" ^
	--file="%%~f"

mark-ingenosity / cmdline-parser.cmd

Last active December 3, 2019 04:39

[WINDOWS: Command Line Argument Parsing] #windows #parse #command_line #arguments #cmd_shell

	rem Command Line Parser

	@echo off

	setlocal enableDelayedExpansion

	set opt_1=default value for option one
	set opt_2=default value for option two
	set opt_3=default value for option three
	set flag_1=n

mark-ingenosity / svg2icns.sh

Last active March 31, 2026 12:15

[BASH: Image Conversion: SVG to Mac ICNS] #convert #image #file_type #bash #script #icon

	#!/bin/bash

	# iterate over the svg files fed into on the command line
	for svgfile in "$@"
	do
	name=${f%.*}
	ext=${f##*.}

	echo "Processing $name ..."
	set -e

mark-ingenosity / text2dialog.py

Last active December 3, 2019 04:44

[WRITING: Python: Extract Dialog from Story Text] Strips all text not enclosed in double quotes leaving only dialog text (ex. "Some dialog text..."). #dialog #book #story #scrubbing

	#!/usr/bin/env python3
	#
	# text2dialog.py
	# Python script to strip dialog from story text, discarding all other narrative text.
	# Uses open-close double quotes as delimeters.
	#
	import re, sys
	with open(sys.argv[1]) as f:
	reg = re.compile(r'"[^"]"\|$[^)]$')
	for line in f:

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matches does NOT contain EXPRESSION