I have written a graphical front end to the GNU find utility called pyGnomeFind. It does not include all of the features of the actual command line utility but does cover most of the essentials. The current version is a testing/preview version. It was written using Python, pyGtk, and Glade. You can get a copy… Continue Reading
A common question that comes up from people new to bash scripting is: “How do I redirect standard error to standard out?” There are a few ways to write this but the clearest way in my opinion is “command 2>&1″. File descriptor 2 is standard error, and 1 is standard out. So “2>&1″ reads in… Continue Reading
I am currently learning Python, but I also needed to review subnetting. I have found that one of the best ways to stretch my synapses is to combine learning something new with reviewing something that I learned a while back. To accomplish my review while still learning a new skill I decided to write a… Continue Reading
Update: David Harding pointed out in his comment to this post that the column utility does exactly this. Therefore, the following is really just an academic exercise. In my last post I showed how to get columns outputted in the command line to line up using python. In this post I am going to show… Continue Reading
I created a solution for a program I am writing that makes columns line up when outputted to the command line. I am new to Python, and am hoping I might get some input on this topic. In the text file that the program reads, the fields (columns) are delimited by ‘$’ and the records… Continue Reading