Python is an interpreted, general-purpose high-level programming language whose design philosophy emphasizes code readability.
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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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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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On which unix distributions is Python installed as part of the default install?
Does anyone know of an overview that would document on which (recent) UNIX distributions Python is available by default, i.e. part of the default installation?
PS: Answers from StackOverflow, before ...
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Running Python script via cron with sudo?
Im using Linux Mint.
I have written a python script that is designed to not be accessible to the logged in standard user but is still be executed while they are logged in. It is to run and log them ...
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How can I start the python SimpleHTTPServer on port 80?
I am using this command on Ubuntu but it is starting on port 8080 and I don't have another server running so I'd like it to start on port 80. I saw ways that you could set up a bash script to do ...
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Unix (Ubuntu Server): $PYTHONPATH resets to blank when I reboot [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to make exported shell variables permanent?
Each time I set the $PYTHONPATH on my new Ubuntu server machine (old Thinkpad) and reboot, it's reset to blank.
I'm ...
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chmod - change permissions on a file
I have a Python virtualenv, and the Python executable is located in the /bin directory. In this virtualenv I'll have to execute some unsafe code, that can damage my system. I tried to chmod a-r on the ...
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python error using an executable with Z shell
I'm getting this error from the Unix Z shell (I'm on Mac):
python: posix_spawn: /System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/Resources/Python.app/Contents/MacOS/Python: No such file or ...
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Will I break debian etch if I install python-support 0.7.1 to it?
I try to install s3cmd into my debian etch, but the following error message comes up:
root@NAS-01G:~/src$ sudo apt-get install s3cmd
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
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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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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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How can I use environment variables in my shebang?
I have a Python script that need to be run with a particular python installation.
Is there a way to craft a shebang so that it runs with $FOO/bar/MyCustomPython?
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How to use cron + python to regularly adjust screen brightness?
I want to use cron and this script (http://askubuntu.com/questions/23593/use-webcam-to-sense-lighting-condition-and-adjust-screen-brightness):
import opencv
import opencv.highgui
import time
import ...
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Why can't I call this program using its full path?
I am trying to build a command line wrapper in Python 3 for an exiting command line tool called spooky and I am having a hard time understanding some strange behavior. If I type spooky on the command ...
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How can I run tcpdump from a Python script without AppArmor complaining?
For inconvenient reasons going beyond the scope of this question, I have to run tcpdump from within a Python script. I currently just call subprocess.Popen(['tcpdump', ...) and everything works just ...
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How to stop python from looking for .py files
I have a system with very little resources (embedded). Because of that I only installed the python .pyo files (=byte compiled & optimized) for my program. Now when such a program runs, python ...
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py3compile error - Unable to get the locale encoding
After reinstalled the python3.2, I got the error as below when call py3compile:
Fatal Python error: Py_Initialize: Unable to get the locale encoding
LookupError: no codec search functions registered: ...
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How can I run a process in a terminal window and then hide that window?
I want to run python ~/program/proxy.py in a terminal when I boot up. And then hide this terminal window (because it is just a proxy program, and I don't want to see the debug info). So how can I get ...
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Pipe Python Shell to source-highlight
When I try to make the Python shell get color:
python 2>&1 | source-highlight --failsafe -f esc -s python
the >>> prompt seems to be always delayed by 1 command.
Why is this ...
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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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How to check if process already exists in python script? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Check for process already running in webfaction?
How can I check if a process is already being run using Python + Django on WebFaction hosting?
For example, my process ...
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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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Why am I getting an AttributeError when I try to use Pyjamas desktop on Fedora 15?
I am trying to run pyjamas-desktop on my Fedora 15. All packages were installed, I have adjusted PYTHONPATH to include /usr/share/pyjamas/library, but when I try to run a simple example:
from ...
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Python 2.7 on CentOS 5
Are there any half-official repositories for CentOS 5 with Python 2.7?
EPEL provides only Python 2.6
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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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How do I compile Python 3.2 on NetBSD? Error code 127
I'm getting strange errors when I try to compile Python 3.2 on NetBSD 5.1:
python ./Objects/typeslots.py < ./Include/typeslots.h > ./Objects/typeslots.inc
python: not found
*** Error code 127
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Measuring Python script bandwidth usage
I have a python script that uses urllibs to parse some web pages, and uses selenium to scrape pages with javascript, and I would like to know its cumulative bandwidth usage. I've looked at nethogs, ...
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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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Python library conflict with lower version
I am trying to reinstall yum in CentOS. Because I made some mistake by removing python.
so I got error as follows
There was a problem importing one of the Python modules
required to run yum. 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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How does /usr/bin/env know which program to use?
When I use the shebang #!/usr/bin/env python to run a script, how does the system know which python to use? if I look for a python bin path in the environment variables I find nothing.
env | grep -i ...
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How to get the name of the user that launched `sudo`
My problem: I have a Python program, and the user launch it using sudo. Sometimes I have to get the user's home, and I can do this only knowing its name:
import pwd
pwd.getpwnam(username)
So: how ...
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*nix whose package manager DOES NOT split Python into multiple packages
Is there a *nix whose package manager doesn't split Python into multiple packages (typically something like python and python-devel). I'd really like to just get the entire standard library when I ...
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Configure Python to include another directory when looking for packages
I'm on a SUSE machine where the default Python site-packages location is /usr/lib64/python2.6/site-packages. Some packages automatically install themselves in /usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages instead. ...
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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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What is the proper way to manage multiple python versions?
I have a machine with Python 2.6 installed as the default Python. Then, I installed Python 2.7, and manually created /usr/bin/python as a symlink to the new installation.
Then, I was running into ...
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Why is this python error message generated whenever I type a nonsense command?
Whenever I type any "nonsense" command, this python error message is generated. Normal commands work fine. Any idea how to debug this?
$ somenonexistingcommand
Traceback (most recent call last):
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Arch Linux: python and python2 are in conflict
I've recently installed Arch Linux onto my primary (Ubuntu) computer, and it is working really well for me. It's fast, configurable, basically a faster version of Ubuntu.
Since compiz-fusion isn't ...
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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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How to do a binary install of Python 2.7 on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11?
My SLES11 box came with Python 2.6 installed. I would like to upgrade to 2.7. What is the easiest way to do this?
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7z command line add file to a flat directory 7z file
I would like to compress file "./data/x.txt" to path "./data/x.7z".
When running
7z a ./data/x.txt.7z ./data/x.txt
The file "./data/x.txt" holds
data/x.txt
as opposed to just (what I want)
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ImportError when running WSGI app in Apache: undefined symbol: PyUnicodeUCS2_DecodeUTF8
I'm trying to run MoinMoin under Apache on SLES 11P1. I'm getting the following error in my Apache log when somebody tries to access the site:
mod_wsgi (pid=20772): Target WSGI script ...
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How can I rename photos, given the EXIF data?
Let's say I have a bunch of photos, all with correct EXIF information, and the photos are randomly named (because of a problem I had). I have a little program called jhead which gives me the below ...
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Run Python script on startup
Running on Ubuntu Karmic. I need to execute the following (updated) script at boot time
#!/bin/sh
# /etc/init.d/scripts
# Description: Starts Python scripts
# ————————————————–
#
### BEGIN INIT INFO
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How to install Python 3.x on Debian?
Being new to Linux, I chose Debian for my Linode because it seemed stable and secure. Now I want to write some sysadmin-type scripts in Python to teach myself the language. Based on this SO question ...
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using cron to run script
Hey guys, im trying to run a script using cron, im using a crontab created by the user ashtanga, in the crontab i have
*/5 * * * * /home/custom-django-projects/SiteMonitor/sender.py
in top of the ...
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How to build a python egg for a TRAC plugin?
I'd like to install a mercurial plugin for Trac. The manual provides an svn path with the source code. I need to create an "egg" from that source code. Do I need to have SVN installed in order to do ...
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Best way to upgrade vim/gvim to 7.3 in Ubuntu 10.04?
I have to use Ubuntu 10.04 at work, and cant upgrade it. I'm using Vim/gVim 7.2.
I want to upgrade it to 7.3 (with Python and Ruby extension support). Which is the best way? Add an entry in ...
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How to make Python scripts usable on Windows? [closed]
I have some Python scripts in Linux. How can I make those scripts so that windows user can use and execute them?
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View Script Over SSH?
A friend, using a remote machine, SSHed to my machine and ran the following python script:
while (1):
....print "hello world"
(this script simply prints 'hello world' continuously).
I am now ...
