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Commands tagged python

Terminal - Commands tagged python - 34 results

tail -F /var/log/nginx/access.log | python -c 'exec("import sys,time\nl=0\ne=int(time.time())\nfor line in sys.stdin:\n\tt = int(time.time())\n\tl += 1\n\tif t > e:\n\t\te = t\n\t\tprint l\n\t\tl = 0")'

2012-05-15 21:56:46

User: pykler

Functions: python tail

Tags: tail python accesslog

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Realtime lines per second in a log file

Realtime lines per second in a log file using python ... identical to perl version, except python is much better :)

strings -f sample.txt

2012-03-15 08:27:07

User: knoppix5

Functions: strings

Tags: python

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Prefix file contents with filename

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for i in $(seq 1 20); do while read line; do echo "$i: $line"; done<$i.py; done

2012-03-09 01:06:50

User: evandrix

Functions: echo read seq

Tags: python

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Prefix file contents with filename

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python -c 'print "hello".encode("hex")'

2011-12-13 23:05:17

User: atoponce

Functions: python

Tags: hex ascii python convert

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convert ascii string to hex

You can use "decode()" in a similar manner:

python -c 'print "68656c6c6f".decode("hex")'

python -c 'print hex(1337)'

2011-12-13 22:03:10

User: atoponce

Functions: python

Tags: hex python numbers

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convert from decimal to hexadecimal

Python is always such much more readable than most shell scripting.

python3 -m http.server

2011-12-07 23:43:21

User: TheShadowFog

Tags: python arch linux

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An alternative to: python -m SimpleHTTPServer for Arch Linux

source: http://archlinux.me/dusty/2010/01/15/simplehttpserver-in-python-3/

python -c 'import string, random; print "".join(random.choice(string.letters+string.digits) for x in range(6))'

2011-11-16 17:22:39

User: kev

Functions: python

Tags: python

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generate random string

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echo '{"json":"obj"}' | python -mjson.tool

2011-11-08 10:44:29

User: kev

Functions: echo python

Tags: python

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Using json.tool from the shell to validate and pretty-print

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calc() { echo "scale=4; ${*//,/.}" | bc -l; }

2011-10-24 19:58:20

User: fpunktk

Functions: bc echo

Tags: bash function python calc

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Command line calculator

This is an "argument calculator" funktion. The precision is set to 4 and you can use dot (.) or comma (,) as decimal mark (which is great for german users with a comma on the numpad).

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python -ic "from __future__ import division; from math import *; from random import *"

2011-10-24 19:47:27

User: fpunktk

Functions: python

Tags: bash function python calc

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Command line calculator

This opens a python command line. You can use math and random and float-division is enabled (without appending .0 to integers). I just don't know how to specify a standard precision.

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alias calc='python -ic "from math import *; from random import *"'

2011-10-24 08:15:41

User: Bonster

Functions: alias

Tags: bash function python calc

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Command line calculator

use python as calculator, press ctrl+d to exit

reminder: when doing factions add atleast one decimal number like so

22.0/7 or 22/7.0

python -c 'p="SeCuR3PwD";import hashlib as h;s=h.md5(p).hexdigest()[:2];pw=h.md5(s+p).hexdigest();print pw+":"+s;'

2011-10-16 18:49:08

User: Xiol

Functions: as python

Tags: python md5 zen cart zencart

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Generate a ZenCart-style MD5 password hash.

ZenCart uses a MD5 with a salt to secure its passwords. If you need to forcibly change someone's password to a known value within the database, this one-liner can generate the password. Change the value of 'p' to the password you want.

python -c'for i in range(1,101):print"FizzBuzz"[i*i%3*4:8--i**4%5]or i'

2011-10-12 21:15:35

User: atoponce

Functions: python

Tags: python fizz buzz fizzbuzz

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FizzBuzz one-liner in Python

A common programming question for interviewers to ask potential job candidates is to code "FizzBuzz". That is, if a number is divisible by 3, then it should display "Fizz". If a number is divisible by 5, it should display "Buzz". If it is divisible by both, then it should display "FizzBuzz". Otherwise, display the current number between 1 and 100.

python -m SimpleHTTPServer

2011-08-29 03:19:26

User: ravikiran7785

Functions: python

Tags: python

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put current directory in LAN quickly

This works on all versions of python 2.X.

Tested on Linux and bundled python versions on Mac OSX and Solaris / UNIX

Note: Serves globally on port 8000.

Ctrl+c to stop.

Don't start the server and leave it on a internet connected machine. :)

python3 -m http.server

2011-08-29 00:52:21

User: kev

Tags: python

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put current directory in LAN quickly

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$sudo aptitude install python-virtualenv; virtualenv --no-site-packages jpaenv; source jpaenv/bin/activate

2011-04-21 08:28:18

User: moulip

Functions: install

Tags: python virtual environment

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Python virtual-env creation

Python virtual environment creation.

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find . -type f -name "*.pyc" -delete;

2011-01-14 13:12:13

User: slav0nic

Functions: find

Tags: bash python

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Clean all .pyc files from current project. It cleans all the files recursively.

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:ret

2010-12-13 05:03:10

User: light13

Tags: vim python

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retab in vim, tab to space or space to tab, useful in python

usage：

:[rang]ret[!][tabstop value]

python is indent sensitive, after command

:set list

you may see your codes are mixed with tab and space

ret can help you to convert space to tab or tab to space

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calc() { bc <<< $*; }

2010-10-07 08:44:28

User: hemanth

Functions: bc

Tags: bash function python calc

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Command line calculator

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calc() { python -c "from math import *; print $1"; }

2010-10-07 08:26:39

User: asmaier

Functions: python

Tags: bash function python calc

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Command line calculator

This function defines a command line calculator that handles everything pythons math module can handle, e.g. trigonometric functions, sqrt, log, erf, ... (see http://docs.python.org/library/math.html). It even knows about the constants pi and e.

vim ... :nmap <F5> :w^M:!python %<CR>

2010-09-03 18:44:21

User: duxklr

Functions: vim

Tags: vim python

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Using vim to save and run your python script.

This will save and execute your python script every time your press the F5 function key.

It can also be added to your .vimrc:

autocmd BufRead *.py nmap :w^M:!python %

NOTE: the ^M is not just caret-M, it can be created by type: ctrl-v ctrl-m

filterous -dntb --tag Bash < bookmarks.xml

2010-07-07 07:42:11

User: l0b0

Tags: bash delicious python search

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Delicious search with human readable output

You can install filterous with

sudo apt-get install libxslt1-dev; sudo easy_install -U filterous

curl -s "http://feeds.delicious.com/v2/json?count=5" | python -m json.tool | less -R

This is sample output - yours may be different.

[
    {
        "d": "22 Useful Online Chart & Graph Generators | Tools", 
        "dt": "2010-03-24T00:00:00Z", 
        "t": [
            "charts", 
            "tools", 
            "chart", 
            "generator", 
            "graph", 
            "online", 
            "graphs", 
            "web", 
            "design", 
            "webdesign"
        ], 
        "u": "http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/22-useful-chart-graph-diagram-generators/"
    }, 
    {
        "d": "Official Google Data APIs Blog: Bringing OpenID and OAuth Together", 
        "dt": "2010-03-24T00:00:00Z", 
        "t": [
            "openid", 
            "oauth", 
            "google", 
            "identity", 
            "security", 
            "authentication", 
            "api", 
            "plaxo", 
            "protocol", 
            "data"
        ], 
        "u": "http://googledataapis.blogspot.com/2009/01/bringing-openid-and-oauth-together.html"
    }, 
    {
        "d": "Great Girl Manipulations by Digital Artist Michael O. | Abduzeedo - design inspiration and tutorials", 
        "dt": "2010-03-24T00:00:00Z", 
        "t": [
            "photoshop", 
            "art", 
            "photography", 
            "inspiration", 
            "design", 
            "photos", 
            "women", 
            "blog", 
            "awesome", 
            "cool"
        ], 
        "u": "http://abduzeedo.com/great-girl-manipulations-digital-artist-michael-o"
    }, 
    {
        "d": "Nightline Face-Off - ABC News", 
        "dt": "2010-03-24T00:00:00Z", 
        "t": [
            "debate", 
            "satan", 
            "theology", 
            "video", 
            "driscoll", 
            "news", 
            "education", 
            "religion", 
            "faceoff", 
            "television"
        ], 
        "u": "http://www.abcnews.go.com/Nightline/FaceOff/"
    }, 
    {
        "d": "How Twitter and Facebook Make Us More Productive | Magazine", 
        "dt": "2010-03-24T00:00:00Z", 
        "t": [
            "twitter", 
            "facebook", 
            "productivity", 
            "socialmedia", 
            "creativity", 
            "wired", 
            "research", 
            "social", 
            "socialnetworking", 
            "work"
        ], 
        "u": "http://www.wired.com/magazine/2010/02/st_essay_distraction/"
    }
]

2010-03-24 09:15:12

User: keimlink

Functions: less python

Tags: curl http python json validation

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JSON processing with Python

Validates and pretty-prints the content fetched from the URL.

python -c "import platform; print platform.node()"

2010-03-24 09:09:34

User: keimlink

Functions: python

Tags: hostname python networking

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Print your local hostname with python

pydoc -p 8888 & gnome-open http://localhost:8888

2010-02-28 07:01:43

User: haivu

Tags: python help

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Start a HTTP server which serves Python docs

I use this command to start a local Python document server over HTTP port 8888.

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