Popular recipes tagged "batch"

Batch conversion of text files to PDF with fileinput and xtopdf (Python)

2016-11-07T20:28:01-08:00

Python recipe 580715 by Vasudev Ram (batch, batchmode, conversion, files, pdf, pdfwriter, python, text, text_processing, utilities, xtopdf).

This recipe shows how to do a batch conversion of the content of multiple text files into a single PDF file, with a) an automatic page break after the content of each text file (in the PDF output), b) page numbering, and c) a header and footer on each page.

It uses the fileinput module (part of the Python standard library), and xtopdf, a Python library for conversion of other formats to PDF.

xtopdf is available here: https://bitbucket.org/vasudevram/xtopdf

and a guide to installing and using xtopdf is here:

http://jugad2.blogspot.in/2012/07/guide-to-installing-and-using-xtopdf.html

Here is a sample run of the program:

python BTTP123.pdf text1.txt text2.txt text3.txt

This will read the content from the three text files specified and write it into the PDF file specified, neatly formatted.

File selector dialog in batch (Batch)

2017-03-27T13:20:41-07:00

Batch recipe 580665 by Antoni Gual (batch, directory). Revision 2.

Runs mshta hidden to open a file dialog and get the path of the file selected. No parameters can be passed to the dialog. EDITED: I did a subroutine with the snippet

Send and retrieve text to/from clipboard (Batch)

2016-05-27T09:56:56-07:00

Batch recipe 580669 by Antoni Gual (batch, clipboard).

Sending uses the command line tool clip.exe that may not be available in Windows XP. There is no standard tool to retrieve from clipboard so I use javascript via mshta.

Batch download all the pinned pictures in your Pinterest board to a local folder (Python)

2016-02-18T17:26:50-08:00

Python recipe 580611 by Alfred Wang (batch, download, picture, pinterest).

Batch download all the pinned pictures in your Pinterest board to a local folder. Be noted: you have to keep your internet browser signed in your Pinterest account first.

Timing a batch program (Batch)

2016-05-29T10:50:33-07:00

Batch recipe 580670 by Antoni Gual (batch, timing).

It uses %time% to time a function to the hundredth of second.

Batch priority queue (Batch)

2016-05-26T11:00:21-07:00

Batch recipe 580666 by Antoni Gual (batch).

The fact the environment sorts itself by key allows us to implement a PQ using the prefix "queu" added to the priority value as a key

Zero (Batch) Programs (Python)

2012-07-10T12:37:37-07:00

Python recipe 578205 by Stephen Chappell (archive, batch, old, processing, utility). Revision 2.

Having written many programs that work with groups of files, the zero programs were written based on a simple batch engine in the zero utility. All of the other programs import the first program to take advantage of its batch processor while supplementing there own functionality in place of zeroing out file data. This is committed for archival to be run under Python 2.5 or later versions.

Geocoding Lists via Google Maps (Python)

2012-05-11T05:06:27-07:00

Python recipe 578126 by Mano Bastardo (batch, coordinates, geocode, geocoding, google, google_maps, lat, latitude, list, list_comprehension, lng, longitude, map, web). Revision 2.

A simple script written as an experiment in geocoding addresses in a database. A list of addresses in the form of "100 Any Street, Anytown, CA, 10010" is passed to a Google Maps URL, and the latitude/longitude coordinates are extracted from the returned XML.

XML methods are not used in this script, but simple string searches instead.

Batch Local Network Messaging System (Batch)

2012-02-03T01:41:41-08:00

Batch recipe 578028 by Alexander James Wallar (alex, batch, batch_file, dos, messaging, messenger, network, wallar, windows, wired, wired_network). Revision 3.

This is a Batch Local Messaging System that can be used to send messages between computers that share the same file system.

There are three files in the code below. They are separated with dashed lines. There is a comment on the top of each segment of code indicating the file name that the code needs to be saved as. They need to be saved as three separate batch files in the same folder.

The first file, MessengerMain.bat will ask you for your name and then an address. The name should be whatever you wish your screen name to be. The address needs to be the path of the FOLDER that is shared between you and the other computer that you are communicating with. Once these pieces of information are entered, two screens will appear. The first is the Sender screen and the other is the Receiver screen.

How does it work? The MessengerMain.bat file will create two text files, Name.txt and Address.txt, that will hold your user name and the common folder address. It will then use the START command to run Sender.bat and Receiver.bat. Sender.bat will create a text file named msgtext.txt in the address folder you specified in MessengerMain.bat. If there is already a file of this sort in existence in the address folder, it will overwrite it. Once this file is created, any message you enter will be saved in the msgtext.txt file after the name you entered (%name%: %msg%). Sender.bat the CLS (clears) the screen and asks you for another message continuously. Receiver.bat is very similar. Receiver.bat, first off, reads the Address.txt file and the Name.txt file to find your information given in MessengerMain.bat just like Sender.bat does. It will count the number of lines in the msgtext.txt file and will clear the whole screen and print out the whole contents of the file if the number of lines in msgtext.txt increases. So basically you are writing to a shared file and reading from a shared file.

Example:

I have a folder called MSGFolder located in the folder as I have my MessengerMain.bat, Receiver.bat, and Sender.bat files. I then run MessengerMain.bat by double clicking on the icon. I enter Alex for my Name and MSGFolder as the Address. I then double click MessengerMain.bat again and enter the name Bob for Name and MSGFolder for Address. Once you do this you can type in either of the Sender.bat interfaces and it will show up as if you are talking.

Putting watermark to images in batch (Python)

2009-06-20T18:05:08-07:00

Python recipe 576818 by hasanatkazmi (batch, image_processing, pil, watermark).

Being a novice photographer, I usually have many pictures - sometimes in hundreds. While posting on Flickr or other online sources, it is very important to put watermark on all of them, like signature or email. This is a small self explanatory snippet which will place watermark image on right bottom corner. You just provide source folder and it will scan all photos in that folder (not sub folders) and will produce watermarked photos in the destination folder. It worked for me with jpg, it should work for all those formats which PIL can work with.