Revised (beta17) Erica Utilities


Missing apps:
  1. doAlert:
    - Pops a Message Box up with whatever message you want.

  2. sendfileByMail:
    - Sends the selected file you choose via MobileMail.

  3. snap:
    - Takes a screenshot.

  4. snap2album:
    - Gets a screenshot and adds it to your photo library, i.e.
    ~/Media/DCIM/100APPLE/


abquery: (works quite well)
Search your address book by name.
Enter a search phrase that abquery matches to the address book name fields.

appLoad: (n/a)
Force Springboard to acknowledge new applications in the standard locations,
/Applications and /var/mobile/Applications.

appSearch: (uncaught exception)
Search the App Store from the command line. Enter a simple query phrase.

badge: (...)
Badge application icons on Springboard with names, numbers, whatever.

deviceinfo: (ok)
Query your iPod or iPhone for device attributes including platform name, processor, etc.

findme: (Bus error)
Return your current location's latitude and longitude. New version returns XML.

ip-print: (good)
Show the current IP address used by your iPhone.

itmsSearch: (uncaught exception)
Launch an iTunes store search from the command line.

launch: (uncaught exception)
Run an application from the command line as if it had been launched in Springboard.
You must submit the application id, e.g. launch com.apple.Calculator

notificationWatcher: (ok)
Listen for standard and/or Core Telephony notifications.
Notification watcher eavesdrops on these system-wide notifications,
which are sent using the BSD notification system (aka "Darwin Notification Center").
-s listen to standard notifications.
-t listen to core telephony notifications.

openURL: (works quite well)
Launch a URL from the command line, e.g. openURL http://ericasadun.com or openURL tel://5055551212.

play: (nope)
Play an audio file. Takes one argument, the name of the file.

plutil: (ok)
Property-list utility based on Apple's and expanded with extra functionality.
Run without arguments for a usage maessage.
-convert format

recAudio: (works quite well)
Record audio from the onboard microphone.

restart: (same as /usr/bin/respring)
A non-locking 2.0 safe version of restarting Springboard.

sb: (ok)
A springboard-specific utility that allows you to set, reset and query your springboard prefs.
Run without arguments for usage message.

sbar: (ok)
Test status bar icons.
Usage message gives info on how to use this utility.

tweet: (???)
Send an update to twitter.
Takes 3 arguments: username, password, and the tweet itself.
Use quotes if necessary on the tweet, to keep it as one argument.

urlclip: (works quite well)
Create a webclip (either normal or tel://) on springboard from the command-line.


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