Popular recipes tagged "linux" but not "alarm"

Unix tee-like functionality via a Python class (Python)

2017-03-31T14:30:30-07:00

Python recipe 580767 by Vasudev Ram (cli, command, commandline, linux, python, tee, unix, utilities, windows).

The Unix tee commmand, when used in a command pipeline, allows you to capture the output of the preceding command to a file or files, while still sending it on to standard output (stdout) for further processing via other commands in a pipeline, or to print it, etc.

This recipe shows how to implement simple tee-like functionality via a Python class. I do not aim to exactly replicate the functionality of the Unix tee, only something similar.

More details and sample output here:

https://jugad2.blogspot.in/2017/03/a-python-class-like-unix-tee-command.html

A utility like Unix seq (command-line), in Python (Python)

2017-01-08T17:48:57-08:00

Python recipe 580744 by Vasudev Ram (bash, command, commandline, linux, script, seq, sequence, shell, unix, utilities, utility).

This recipe shows how to create a utility like Unix seq (command-line), in Python. seq is described here:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seq_(Unix)

but briefly, it is a command-line utility that takes 1 to 3 arguments (some being optional), the start, stop and step, and prints numbers from the start value to the stop value, on standard output. So seq has many uses in bigger commands or scripts; a common category of use is to quickly generate multiple filenames or other strings that contain numbers in them, for exhaustive testing, load testing or other purposes. A similar command called jot is found on some Unix systems.

This recipe does not try to be exactly the same in functionality as seq. It has some differences. However the core functionality of generating integer sequences is the same (but without steps other than 1 for the range).

More details and sample output are here:

https://jugad2.blogspot.in/2017/01/an-unix-seq-like-utility-in-python.html

The code is below.

A pseudo-echo, (or printf), function for any Python version. (Python)

2017-01-20T22:17:23-08:00

Python recipe 580750 by Barry Walker (amiga, apple, demo, echo, fs_uae, linux, printf, unix, windows, winuae).

A simple example of having a pseudo-echo using sys.stdout.write...

This gives exactly the same results from Python Versions, 1.4.0, 2.0.1, 2.5.6, 2.6.9, 3.4.3 and 3.5.2 on various platforms including the classic AMIGA A1200.

Enjoy finding simple solutions to often very difficult problems...

Bazza.

A simple raw hexdumper. (Python)

2016-09-19T13:24:37-07:00

Python recipe 580697 by Barry Walker (amiga, apple, fs_uae, hex, hexdump, linux, macbook_pro, raw_hexdump, unix, windows, winuae).

This is not a hexreader. This code creates a raw hexdump of a binary file that is whitespace, optional, delimited. The dump is saved into the current directory with a ".hex" extension.

It works on just about any current platform but is designed around a stock Amiga A1200(HD) with Python 1.4.0. It also works on the current stable version 3.5.2.

I needed a hexdump some years ago for banging the Amiga hardware, and decided to modify recently for another usage but it had to still work on version 1.4.0 for the classic A1200.

Enjoy...

A binary file split utility in Python (Python)

2016-04-07T18:19:35-07:00

Python recipe 580637 by Vasudev Ram (binary, commandline, linux, python, unix, utility, windows).

This recipe shows how to create a simple binary file split utility in Python.

It takes two command line arguments: 1) the name of the input file to split , 2) the number of bytes per file into which to split the input.

Unix-like split command in Python (simple version) (Python)

2016-03-14T22:35:05-07:00

Python recipe 580620 by Vasudev Ram (commandline, linux, python, shell, split, splitting, unix, utilities, utility, windows).

This recipe shows how to create a simple version of the Unix split command in Python. The split command splits an input file into multiple smaller files, the size of each of which is specified by a command-line argument giving the number of lines per file. This is useful for multiple purposes, such as editing large files in pieces, backing up files to small capacity storage devices, sending files across the network, etc.

File comparison utility in Python (Python)

2016-03-26T18:31:11-07:00

Python recipe 580631 by Vasudev Ram (commandline, comparison, file, files, linux, python, unix, utilities).

This is a recipe to compare any two files via a Python command-line program. It is like a basic version of the cmp command of Unix or the fc.exe (file compare) command of Windows.

Python-controlled Unix pipeline to generate PDF (Python)

2016-01-07T18:02:52-08:00

Python recipe 579146 by Vasudev Ram (linux, pdf, pdf_generation, pipe, pipelining, python, python2, unix).

This recipe shows how to create a Unix pipeline that generates PDF output, under the control of a Python program. It is tested on Linux. It uses nl, a standard Linux command that adds line numbers to its input, and selpg, a custom Linux command-line utility, that selects only specified pages from its input, together in a pipeline (nl | selpg). The Python program sets up and starts that pipeline running, and then reads input from it and generates PDF output.

data_dump.py, like the Unix od (octal dump) command (Python)

2015-11-01T12:43:38-08:00

Python recipe 579120 by Vasudev Ram (data, dump, hexadecimal, linux, octal, od, representation, unix, utility, windows).

This recipe implements a simple data dump tool, roughly like the od command of Unix, which stands for octal dump (though od can also dump data in hex and other formats). This tool dumps data in character and hex formats, in this version. This is data_dump.py version 1.

A UNIX-like "which" command for Python (Python)

2015-03-20T19:23:45-07:00

Python recipe 579035 by Vasudev Ram (bash, commandline, commands, linux, shell, unix, utilities, which).

UNIX users are familiar with the which command. Given an argument called name, it checks the system PATH environment variable, to see whether that name exists (as a file) in any of the directories specified in the PATH. (The directories in the PATH are colon-separated on UNIX and semicolon-separated on Windows.)

This recipe shows how to write a minimal which command in Python. It has been tested on Windows.

A script to automate installing MTS Mblaze UI in linux (Bash)

2015-07-29T18:26:59-07:00

Bash recipe 579039 by Emil george james (internet, linux, script, shell, web).

An automate shell linux script to install mts mblaze ui application in all linux distros.this shell script automatically install the mts mblaze ui in your linux systems .installation script will setup everything need to choose some option interactively from setup.Script can work for all linux environments.

A Function To Create A 1 Second Sinewave WAVE Beep File. (Python)

2014-11-23T19:24:46-08:00

Python recipe 578971 by Barry Walker (amiga, apple, audio, beep, error_beep, error_sound, e_uae, linux, sinewave, sound, wav, wave, windows, winuae).

sinebeep.py

Creating an audio file called...

beep.wav

...that can be played using almost ANY audio player available.

This simple snippet of code generates a 1 second sinewave WAVE file. It IS saved inside the CURRENT drawer so that you can find it... ;o)

This works on:- Classic stock AMIGA A1200, using Python 1.4.0. WinUAE and E-UAE, AmigaOS 3.0.x using Python 1.4.0 to 2.0.1. Windows, to at least 7, using Python 2.0.1 to 3.3.2. Various Linux flavours using Python 2.4.6 to 3.2.2. Apple OSX 10.7.x and above using Python 2.5.6 to 3.4.1.

The file size is 8044 bytes and _IF_ you need to it can be palyed directly without a player on some Linux flavours that have the /dev/dsp device. It is an 8 bit, unsigned integer, mono, 8000Hz sampling speed 8000 byte RAW file with the WAVE header added.

It will still work with PulseAudio and OSS using...

cat /full/path/to/beep.wav > /dev/dsp

...but with a momenatry click due to the 44 header bytes; but hey it is a beep alternative...

Enjoy finding simple solutions to often very difficult problems.

Bazza.

Print selected text pages to PDF with Python, selpg and xtopdf on Linux (Bash)

2014-10-29T17:38:10-07:00

Bash recipe 578954 by Vasudev Ram (bash, linux, pdf, python, reportlab, shell, text, text_files, text_processing, unix).

This recipe shows how to use selpg, a Linux command-line utility written in C, together with xtopdf, a Python toolkit for PDF creation, to print only a selected range of pages from a text file, to a PDF file, for display or print purposes. The way to do this is to run the selpg utility at the Linux command line, with options specifying the start and end pages of the range, and pipe its output to the StdinToPDF.py program, which is a part of the xtopdf toolkit.

Daemon to create a wifi hotspot on linux (Python)

2014-07-08T04:45:27-07:00

Python recipe 578904 by Prahlad Yeri (hotspot, linux, wifi).

This recipe is based on Hotspotd, a small linux daemon to create a wifi hotspot on linux. It depends on hostapd for AP provisioning and dnsmasq to assign IP addresses to devices.

Hotspotd works by creating a virtual NAT (Network address transation) table between your connected device and the internet using iptables.

Simple Bash Text Mode Sine Curve Generator. (Bash)

2014-08-12T20:57:39-07:00

Bash recipe 578921 by Barry Walker (apple, bash, cygwin, graph, linux, macbook_pro, text). Revision 2.

This bash script is a taster for a kids level, audio, text mode, sweep generator. The code just creates a single cycle of a quantised sine curve inside an 80 x 24 bash terminal. This will be the calculator for a sinewave sweep generator from about 50Hz the 12KHz... The code tells you more and the display is in comments at the end...

A Bash Beep Command For OSX 10.7+... (Bash)

2014-02-27T19:36:17-08:00

Bash recipe 578837 by Barry Walker (apple, audio, bash, beep, error_beep, error_sound, linux, macbook_pro, sound).

This small bash script generates an 8044 byte 1KHz sinewave wave file and immediately plays it. The file created is a _pure_ sinewave and lasts for 1 second. It uses the default "afplay" command to run the generated file.

It was designed around an Apple Macbook Pro but using "aplay" it might even work on other *nix flavours from the command line. I have not bothered to try it as this was purely for my MB Pro.

The wave file can be found as "/tmp/sinewave.wav" during the working session(s) and can be saved anywhere of your choice.

Enjoy...

(Watch for word wrapping etc...)

Bazza.

Simple Text Mode Digital Oscilloscope Graphics DEMO. (Python)

2014-01-21T19:07:49-08:00

Python recipe 578812 by Barry Walker (apple, demo, graphics, linux, macbook_pro).

This is a DEMO to switch a *NIX terminal from text to _graphics_ mode on the fly.

The graphics characters are limited to lowercase 'a' through 'z' and this DEMO just prints a small subset to see what a fun, kids level, 8 channel Logic-Analyser/Digital-Oscilloscope might look like.

This may not work in every *NIX style terminal but does work on default terminals using bash on OSX 10.7.5, PCLinuxOS 2009 and Debian Linux 6.0.x.

Tested on Python 2.5.x to 3.3.2 on the above platforms... (It might work on earlier versions of Python but untested.)

Enjoy finding simple solutions to often very difficult problems...

Bazza...

JavaScript WebSocket client for Python + Go WebSocket-based system monitoring example (JavaScript)

2014-01-03T21:09:54-08:00

JavaScript recipe 578806 by Vasudev Ram (golang, javascript, linux, python, sysadmin, unix, websockets, windows).

This recipe is the JavaScript client side of an overall recipe that shows how to do system monitoring using WebSockets, Python, Go (using websocketd), and JavaScript + HTML. The server side of the recipe (in Python, and using websocketd which is written in Go), is here:

http://code.activestate.com/recipes/578803-using-websocketd-with-python-for-web-based-system-/?in=user-4173351

The system monitoring example shows the system disk space info (total, used and free) using the Python psutil module.

Create PDF at the end of a Unix pipeline with PDFWriter (Python)

2013-12-22T22:19:00-08:00

Python recipe 578794 by Vasudev Ram (commandline, linux, pdf, pipelining, reportlab, unix, xtopdf).

This recipe shows how to create PDF output at the end of a Unix or Linux pipeline, after all the text processing required, is done by previous components of the pipeline (which can use any of the standard tools of Unix such as sed, grep, awk, etc., as well as custom programs that act as filters).

A simple shell script to keep the wife off of your back... (Bash)

2013-12-09T20:05:49-08:00

Bash recipe 578781 by Barry Walker (apple, bash, linux, macbook_pro, reminder, script, shell).

How many times have you been asked to remember to do something from the other half whilst she is out for a short while.

For example: "You WILL check the dinner every few minutes won't you?"

And how many times did/do you forget?

Most of us have been there...

This is a simple kids level, practical learning, shell script that generates an "xterm" with your reminder inside every 30 seconds for a period of 3 seconds.

It is always be the active front window for 3 seconds at a time to _annoy_ you into remembering.

Usage: reminder "What you have to remember here using spaces AND double quotes."<CR>

Just reanme the downloaded script to reminder and remember to chmod it as required.

Just run it from your default terminal and when finished press Ctrl-C just AFTER the xterm window closes.

There is NO error detection so steer clear of any special characters in you reminder text.

Enjoy finding simple solutions to often very difficult problems...