Comments on: Rob’s Practical Joke of the Week: Fun with the Mac “say” command and ssh http://www.roblambert.com/2007/05/12/robs-practical-joke-of-the-week-fun-with-the-mac-say-command-and-ssh/ Everything and nothing and zabada Fri, 20 Jan 2012 09:27:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Darrron http://www.roblambert.com/2007/05/12/robs-practical-joke-of-the-week-fun-with-the-mac-say-command-and-ssh/comment-page-1/#comment-3233 Darrron Fri, 20 Jan 2012 09:27:10 +0000 http://www.roblambert.com/2007/05/12/robs-practical-joke-of-the-week-fun-with-the-mac-say-command-and-ssh/#comment-3233 You might not think these are so much different, but there appears to be a length threshold: say doooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooob say dooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooob You might not think these are so much different, but there appears to be a length threshold:
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]]> By: De Rohan Willner http://www.roblambert.com/2007/05/12/robs-practical-joke-of-the-week-fun-with-the-mac-say-command-and-ssh/comment-page-1/#comment-3232 De Rohan Willner Fri, 13 Jan 2012 23:23:35 +0000 http://www.roblambert.com/2007/05/12/robs-practical-joke-of-the-week-fun-with-the-mac-say-command-and-ssh/#comment-3232 Thank you sooo much I am having sooo much fun!! Thank you sooo much I am having sooo much fun!!

]]> By: Brad http://www.roblambert.com/2007/05/12/robs-practical-joke-of-the-week-fun-with-the-mac-say-command-and-ssh/comment-page-1/#comment-3231 Brad Mon, 09 Jan 2012 21:12:20 +0000 http://www.roblambert.com/2007/05/12/robs-practical-joke-of-the-week-fun-with-the-mac-say-command-and-ssh/#comment-3231 Hey man, I know this is an old post. Put a key point your forgot to mention is that the Password it asks for after entering the IP address is not your password. Its the password of the other computer. Makes things a little more challenging. Hey man, I know this is an old post. Put a key point your forgot to mention is that the Password it asks for after entering the IP address is not your password. Its the password of the other computer. Makes things a little more challenging.

]]> By: A good joke « A Still More Glorious Dawn Awaits http://www.roblambert.com/2007/05/12/robs-practical-joke-of-the-week-fun-with-the-mac-say-command-and-ssh/comment-page-1/#comment-3170 A good joke « A Still More Glorious Dawn Awaits Tue, 04 Jan 2011 05:39:58 +0000 http://www.roblambert.com/2007/05/12/robs-practical-joke-of-the-week-fun-with-the-mac-say-command-and-ssh/#comment-3170 [...] http://www.roblambert.com/2007/05/12/robs-practical-joke-of-the-week-fun-with-the-mac-say-command-an... [...] [...] http://www.roblambert.com/2007/05/12/robs-practical-joke-of-the-week-fun-with-the-mac-say-command-an... [...]

]]> By: Sam http://www.roblambert.com/2007/05/12/robs-practical-joke-of-the-week-fun-with-the-mac-say-command-and-ssh/comment-page-1/#comment-1441 Sam Sat, 10 Oct 2009 07:17:03 +0000 http://www.roblambert.com/2007/05/12/robs-practical-joke-of-the-week-fun-with-the-mac-say-command-and-ssh/#comment-1441 Lawl. Thanks. Lawl. Thanks.

]]> By: Casey http://www.roblambert.com/2007/05/12/robs-practical-joke-of-the-week-fun-with-the-mac-say-command-and-ssh/comment-page-1/#comment-1413 Casey Wed, 09 Sep 2009 19:44:00 +0000 http://www.roblambert.com/2007/05/12/robs-practical-joke-of-the-week-fun-with-the-mac-say-command-and-ssh/#comment-1413 Cellos sing In the Hall of the Mountain King Cellos sing In the Hall of the Mountain King

]]> By: nicolas chang http://www.roblambert.com/2007/05/12/robs-practical-joke-of-the-week-fun-with-the-mac-say-command-and-ssh/comment-page-1/#comment-1409 nicolas chang Thu, 27 Aug 2009 15:45:43 +0000 http://www.roblambert.com/2007/05/12/robs-practical-joke-of-the-week-fun-with-the-mac-say-command-and-ssh/#comment-1409 what is the name of the tune the voice cellos is singing? what is the name of the tune the voice cellos is singing?

]]> By: Wayne Kernochan http://www.roblambert.com/2007/05/12/robs-practical-joke-of-the-week-fun-with-the-mac-say-command-and-ssh/comment-page-1/#comment-1284 Wayne Kernochan Thu, 02 Apr 2009 20:57:57 +0000 http://www.roblambert.com/2007/05/12/robs-practical-joke-of-the-week-fun-with-the-mac-say-command-and-ssh/#comment-1284 I'm not sure you want to encourage this kind of thing ... I remember back in '81, I was programming with a bunch playing around with Berkeley Unix who discovered that it was possible to take control of another's terminal and start typing so-called funny messages on it. For several weeks there were "I have control of your vertical" wars all over the group. The culmination was when one guy accidentally took control of a terminal that was doing a remote demo for a government agency. Luckily, our boss was a good sort, and persuaded the government that this was a Good Thing: clearly our skills at taking control of the application showed that we were better at preventing any one else from hacking in. Anyway, programming was a lot more restful when that died down ... I’m not sure you want to encourage this kind of thing … I remember back in ’81, I was programming with a bunch playing around with Berkeley Unix who discovered that it was possible to take control of another’s terminal and start typing so-called funny messages on it. For several weeks there were “I have control of your vertical” wars all over the group. The culmination was when one guy accidentally took control of a terminal that was doing a remote demo for a government agency. Luckily, our boss was a good sort, and persuaded the government that this was a Good Thing: clearly our skills at taking control of the application showed that we were better at preventing any one else from hacking in. Anyway, programming was a lot more restful when that died down …

]]> By: justyouraveragemacguy http://www.roblambert.com/2007/05/12/robs-practical-joke-of-the-week-fun-with-the-mac-say-command-and-ssh/comment-page-1/#comment-1275 justyouraveragemacguy Sat, 07 Mar 2009 22:32:07 +0000 http://www.roblambert.com/2007/05/12/robs-practical-joke-of-the-week-fun-with-the-mac-say-command-and-ssh/#comment-1275 launch app... cd / open /Applications/[insert app name here].app example... open /Applications/iChat.app then to quit it... killall -m iChat Oh what fun you can have opening and quitting apps on a target machine... heck, you can script it to make it seem possessed... (type it up in textedit, then copy and paste into your ssh session... remember to add a carriage return or two after your last command) say -v zarvox "all your ichat are belong to us" open /Applications/iChat.app say -v trinoids "we do not like this weak chat application" say -v zarvox "we will kill it then" killall -m iChat use your imagination!!! launch app…

cd /
open /Applications/[insert app name here].app

example… open /Applications/iChat.app

then to quit it…

killall -m iChat

Oh what fun you can have opening and quitting apps on a target machine… heck, you can script it to make it seem possessed…

(type it up in textedit, then copy and paste into your ssh session… remember to add a carriage return or two after your last command)

say -v zarvox “all your ichat are belong to us”
open /Applications/iChat.app
say -v trinoids “we do not like this weak chat application”
say -v zarvox “we will kill it then”
killall -m iChat

use your imagination!!!

]]> By: Rob Lambert http://www.roblambert.com/2007/05/12/robs-practical-joke-of-the-week-fun-with-the-mac-say-command-and-ssh/comment-page-1/#comment-853 Rob Lambert Sat, 02 Aug 2008 08:45:59 +0000 http://www.roblambert.com/2007/05/12/robs-practical-joke-of-the-week-fun-with-the-mac-say-command-and-ssh/#comment-853 @olivia If you have a Finder window open, the Applications folder appears in the left panel usually. To open Finder, click on the hard drive icon on your desktop. Then look for the Applications folder, available both in the main list and on the left panel. Finally, if all else, do it the geeky way, keyboard shortcut: hit Command+Shift+A -Rob @olivia

If you have a Finder window open, the Applications folder appears in the left panel usually.

To open Finder, click on the hard drive icon on your desktop. Then look for the Applications folder, available both in the main list and on the left panel.

Finally, if all else, do it the geeky way, keyboard shortcut: hit Command+Shift+A

-Rob

]]> By: olivia http://www.roblambert.com/2007/05/12/robs-practical-joke-of-the-week-fun-with-the-mac-say-command-and-ssh/comment-page-1/#comment-852 olivia Sat, 02 Aug 2008 02:53:15 +0000 http://www.roblambert.com/2007/05/12/robs-practical-joke-of-the-week-fun-with-the-mac-say-command-and-ssh/#comment-852 ummm. how do u get to applications? ummm. how do u get to applications?

]]> By: Tomer http://www.roblambert.com/2007/05/12/robs-practical-joke-of-the-week-fun-with-the-mac-say-command-and-ssh/comment-page-1/#comment-359 Tomer Tue, 03 Jun 2008 08:02:36 +0000 http://www.roblambert.com/2007/05/12/robs-practical-joke-of-the-week-fun-with-the-mac-say-command-and-ssh/#comment-359 Thanks! Thanks!

]]> By: Apple Man http://www.roblambert.com/2007/05/12/robs-practical-joke-of-the-week-fun-with-the-mac-say-command-and-ssh/comment-page-1/#comment-351 Apple Man Mon, 02 Jun 2008 15:27:38 +0000 http://www.roblambert.com/2007/05/12/robs-practical-joke-of-the-week-fun-with-the-mac-say-command-and-ssh/#comment-351 Tomer: You can save a "say" command to an AIFF (Mac audio file) by passing the "-o FILENAME" before you write the text to say. For example: say -o hello.aif hello tomer will save the file into the your home folder called hello.aif and it will just say "hello tomer" If you want to convert it to MP3, open the file in iTunes, click and hold the file in iTunes and select "convert to MP3". Tomer:

You can save a “say” command to an AIFF (Mac audio file) by passing the “-o FILENAME” before you write the text to say.

For example:

say -o hello.aif hello tomer

will save the file into the your home folder called hello.aif and it will just say “hello tomer”

If you want to convert it to MP3, open the file in iTunes, click and hold the file in iTunes and select “convert to MP3″.

]]> By: Tomer http://www.roblambert.com/2007/05/12/robs-practical-joke-of-the-week-fun-with-the-mac-say-command-and-ssh/comment-page-1/#comment-349 Tomer Mon, 02 Jun 2008 14:40:48 +0000 http://www.roblambert.com/2007/05/12/robs-practical-joke-of-the-week-fun-with-the-mac-say-command-and-ssh/#comment-349 Do you have any idea how to record the Say command to a MP3 file? Do you have any idea how to record the Say command to a MP3 file?

]]> By: Jonathan French http://www.roblambert.com/2007/05/12/robs-practical-joke-of-the-week-fun-with-the-mac-say-command-and-ssh/comment-page-1/#comment-50 Jonathan French Mon, 21 May 2007 21:01:46 +0000 http://www.roblambert.com/2007/05/12/robs-practical-joke-of-the-week-fun-with-the-mac-say-command-and-ssh/#comment-50 Yes I am. I plan on taking to to college with me. Yes I am. I plan on taking to to college with me.

]]> By: Rob Lambert http://www.roblambert.com/2007/05/12/robs-practical-joke-of-the-week-fun-with-the-mac-say-command-and-ssh/comment-page-1/#comment-49 Rob Lambert Mon, 21 May 2007 17:38:54 +0000 http://www.roblambert.com/2007/05/12/robs-practical-joke-of-the-week-fun-with-the-mac-say-command-and-ssh/#comment-49 I'm glad you enjoy, Jonathan. Thanks for reading! You still rocking out w/ your guitar? I’m glad you enjoy, Jonathan. Thanks for reading! You still rocking out w/ your guitar?

]]> By: Jonathan French http://www.roblambert.com/2007/05/12/robs-practical-joke-of-the-week-fun-with-the-mac-say-command-and-ssh/comment-page-1/#comment-48 Jonathan French Mon, 21 May 2007 16:54:58 +0000 http://www.roblambert.com/2007/05/12/robs-practical-joke-of-the-week-fun-with-the-mac-say-command-and-ssh/#comment-48 this is absolutely brilliant this is absolutely brilliant

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