Python is an interpreted, general-purpose high-level programming language whose design philosophy emphasizes code readability.
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What is the python equivalent of grep -v?
I like grep -v. I use it all the time. But I am also doing some text processing in python, and there is one crucial thing that I lack.
Usually, I use grep -v to take extraneous stuff out of text.
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How to install StackApplet on Debian?
I would love to install StackApplet on Debian 6.0.2!
I downloaded 'stackapplet_1.4.0_all.deb' and ran following command:
root@debian:/home/dagrevis/Downloads# dpkg -i stackapplet_1.4.0_all.deb
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Is there an equivalent of calling the built-in python function help('topics') but in bash?
I would like to explore man pages in bash using something similar to the python help('topics') function. Does this exist in bash?
I know the bash equivalent of python's help('modules') would look ...
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emacs python2.7
I would like to have emacs work as a python ide for me. I can't seem to find how to compile from within emacs. I'm using python2.7 but when I do M-x python-mode it seems to compile using python2.7. Is ...
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How to properly install Python packages?
I run a Slackware system and I'm trying to run some Python code, but getting a lot of errors such as this one below:
>>> import urllib2
Traceback (most recent call last):
File ...
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Arithmetic operations in regex
I am using gedit regex plugin (Python style regex). I would like to do some arithmetic operation on a backreference to a group.
For example:
PART 1 DATA MODELS Chapter
2 Entity-Relationship Model ...
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How can I schedule a python program to run from another python program?
I'm running a Python program on my Linux server, and depending on some external data it has to run again at xx minutes or hours from now.
So let's say it runs at 6 AM, and then it has to run again at ...
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Replace python built with UCS4 with UCS2
I've got fedora fc15 installed with python 2.7.1-7.fc15. It is built with ucs4 and I've got some packages here at work that are built with ucs2. I now cannot build other packages that use these ucs2 ...
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parsing process ID/names from /proc, thread IDs
When I'm parsing process IDs from /proc, obviously each thread of a process gets its own ID. And I realize that all the threads in that same process can be gathered from /proc/${pid}/task/.
But my ...
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Unmet dependencies
I am trying to compile vim and install with "--enable-pythoninterp" flag, which needs the python-dev package.
INFO
I obtained the vim source from ftp://ftp.vim.org/pub/vim/unix/vim-7.3.tar.bz2
Vim7.3 ...
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Where are Python dist-packages stored in FreeBSD?
I am trying to find this path on FreeBSD but it is not working: /usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages
This same path is working on Ubuntu.
Can please some tell me where I can find Python ...
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Vim :fold of python code not different to C/C++ code
When I enter the command :fold inside my python code in .py files, Vim inserts the /*{{{*/ and /*}}}*/ tags. They, of course, cannot be parsed by python interpreter.
When I'm in python I would like ...
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What is the source of truth for currently active tty/pts connections?
I'm looking for a simple way to determine the number of currently logged in users, using only the filesystem and basic bash functions (instead of using binaries).
The uptime binary appears to be ...
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Subprocess.call() and gunzip error
I'm trying to use Python's package subprocess to gunzip and gzip files.
I'm using the following command:
subprocess.call(['gunzip', a_path+myfile_gz], shell=True)
Then I get the error message:
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What does this python2 error mean, and what should I do about it?
Whenever I attempt to use an application relating to python2(gnome-tweak-tool, bzr, etc.) it fails to start and, when run from command-line, I get this error:
[username@host ~]$ gnome-tweak-tool
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Key-binding to open a terminal running python in ratpoison
In my .ratpoisonrc file I'm failing to write a key-binding to open a terminal running python. I'm running a minimal Debian setup on which I basically just run emacs. Sometimes I want to just get a ...
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How to execute this particular shell command from Python?
OK, so, I have this non-functional shell script, which I am rewriting piece by piece in python, except I am getting an "unexpected "|" error" from the shell (see below):
#/bin/sh
LINES=`cat $@ | wc ...
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process continous output of synclient
I am using synclient to track the position of finger on the touchpad.
I use the following command.
synclient -m 100 | awk '{print $2,$3}'
This command gives the 'x' and 'y' co-ordinate on the ...
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Can't open Gajim
When I try to open Gajim using terminal on gnome I get the following:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "gajim.py", line 106, in <module>
import common.configpaths
File ...
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Start Repl/CLI in Background and Feed Commands
Lets say the python repl takes a long time to start up, is there a way to start it up in the background so I can create an alias and feed it commands like python-current "command to run".
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CUPS - check if print successful (either python or in system)
EDIT: I forgot to make it clear I'm using python and pycups. The code is python but I shouldn't have thought that was enough.
I've dug through the cups documentation a few times and couldn't find ...
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Installing trac - “Trac requires Python 2.5 or later”
I am having a little trouble getting trac 1.0 installed via easy_install:
[box]# easy_install Trac==1.0
Downloading ...
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New files and folders created, automatically inherit same permissions as parent folder
Does it exist?
I create a folder with, let's say, all permissions set, and some services (i.e. Apache web server) create subfolders and put files there (uploaded media files from website users). Such ...
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Will I break debian etch if I install python-support 0.7.1 to it?
I try to install s3cmd into my debian etch, but the following error message comes up:
root@NAS-01G:~/src$ sudo apt-get install s3cmd
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
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FreeBSD: How to install Django with mod_wsgi?
Using FreeBSD 8.2-RELEASE. I want to mess around with Django and I want a working setup on my freebsd system. My understanding is I need to install python, apache, mod_wsgi, and django. The ...
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Virtualenv creation seems to do nothing
I have a problem setting up a Virtualenv on my web host server (to install python modules later on)
So far I tried this (over SSH):
wget ...
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pysvn fails to make due to -lneon not found?
I am trying to install pysvn on my CentOS server and it says that -lneon is gone.
After searching their mailing lists for a bit I found what neon means but it doesn't say how can I get it?
Here's my ...
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Losing sound after installing wine 1.5 (+python 2.7)?
I have a desktop and a laptop computer. Since I wanted to run IrfanView (that works great now!), I installed wine 1.5.22, which involved installing 1 GB of dependencies. The desktop continues to work ...
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How to determine the current Enhanced Zoom factor in Compiz?
When I use Skype :( need to, rather than want to ), I find that I sometimes want to open the main menu, but it doesn't have a shortcut key assigned to it (well, not one that I can find).
I have ...
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“Operation not supported” for setfacl inside a python script [closed]
I've programmed a script using python which logs in as root on the host machine and executes some commands. Therefore it uses ssh. I want to setup acl. If I do following commands in the command line, ...
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MySQL socket and PHP (and other languages)
Background info
I'm currently running CentOS (or Red Hat?).
uname -a gives (I edited out my domain name)
Linux XXXXXXXXX.com 2.6.32-71.29.1.el6.x86_64 #1 SMP Mon Jun 27 19:49:27 BST 2011 x86_64 ...
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Narrow characters
It would be awesome to modify spark to print narrow characters in for example Gnome Terminal. Is this at all possible with Bash / Python?
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How to run a Python script in Makefile
I want to write a Makefile to find specific files and run a Python script on each file. The Python script accepts sys.stdin input.
find $(W)/$(OVE) -name "*.xml" -print | \
while read x ; do \
cat ...
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How to change the working directory for a shell script
I have a Python script that looks files up in a relative directory. For example: the Python script is in /home/username/projectname/. I have a file that is being called within the Python script that ...
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Can I execute a python statement from a terminal?
I'd like to simply execute a Python command without having to write a script or enter the interpreter. Is there a way that I could run something like:
python --execute "pow(12.31351,2)"
And have it ...
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Install virtualenv on Fedora 16
I come from Ubuntu. I know how to install virtualenv and configure stuff on Ubuntu. Now Fedora seems pretty strange to me...
Following these two guides:
Setting up virtualenv, pip, virtualenvwrapper ...
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On Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.2 how can i use Python 2.7 as default not Python 2.6? I did but still showing 2.6
RHEL 6.2 i have python 2.6 but i need default python 2.7 using yum packaging (so that nothing goes messed up, cause its a heavy duty working system, all i need the python 2.7 on it, without messing ...
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pysqlite install error on FreeBSD in virtualenv
I am trying to install pysqlite using pip under a virtualenv in FreeBSD 7.3, with
Python version 2.6.2.
I didn't have any issues for installing other packages like Django, PIL etc. All of them I ...
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loading python when the linux kernel boots
I was reading This and I was wondering if I could write an API in python or have python load in an init script. If this were to be possible would I need to edit the kernel's makefile?
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chmod - change permissions on a file
I have a Python virtualenv, and the Python executable is located in the /bin directory. In this virtualenv I'll have to execute some unsafe code, that can damage my system. I tried to chmod a-r on the ...
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How to know which compiler is used to compile Python programs?
How can I know which compiler is used when I type python myapp.py in terminal?
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Launcher for a Python program that requires extra libraries
I'm trying to get a launcher working for the WikidPad (python) program.
I already have a python program, so I looked into the file /usr/share/applications/taskcoach.desktop. The exec line was simply ...
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Running 'make test' on an individual module for Python 2.7.4 build
I am working on building Python 2.7.4 on CentOS 6.4. When running the make test step, the test_gdb step fails, and I would like to get some more info as to why.
Build commands I'm running:
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When I am in VirtualEnv and do apt-get install, is there any difference?
If I have a virtualenv activated when I do something like
sudo apt-get install python2.7-dev
should I expect different results than if I did it outside the virtual env?
Limited theory says no, ...
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How can I install hulahop
I cloned hulahop via git and I'd like to use it and try to run this example.
I have a problem to find out how to build and install it. I also tried to install it with apt-get but I don't have this ...
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Python in GNOME code base
Is Python present in the Gnome code base? If so, how is it involved?
Note:
My question concerns the core GNOME Desktop Environment only (e.g. nautilus, gnome-session, NetworkManager) and any ...
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Backup to a synology NAS with bup
I am trying to make a remote backup to my Synology NAS (DSM 4.1) using bup.
I compiled bup on my NAS from source, did there:
BUP_DIR=/volume1/public/Backups/bup bup init
Initialized empty Git ...
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Use tabs for indentation in Python mode
I am using Emacs for Python developement. My team is using Tab indentation, so I must do the same. The problem is that I can't figure out how to make python-mode use tabs instead of spaces. I want ...
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Aliasing 'python' to 'ipython' only when 'python' is run without args
I thought it would be nice to have an alias (in ~/.zshrc) to have 'python' aliased to 'ipython' ONLY when 'python' is run without args (otherwise, programs won't launch).
First of all, how to express ...
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Using Atlas from scipy
I installed Ubuntu 12.04 64 bit. I need to work with python and scipy, I installed them and when I run the test:
python -c "import scipy; scipy.test()"
I get the message:
ImportError: ...
