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trap command used to protect a file from Alt + f4
I want to know whether Trap command will be use to protect a file from SIGKILL (ALT+ F4) signal or not. If it is then the following command will does that?
trap ~/Desktop/left.py SIGABRT
I'm trying ...
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1answer
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OverflowError: user id is too big
Runtime environment:
Mac OS X 10.8.3 Intel 64bit
Python 2.7.3
How to solve the setuid nobody length issue?
bash
$ id nobody
uid=4294967294(nobody) gid=4294967294(nobody) ...
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1answer
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Running Java Application using Popen
I am running tika on my Linux server, and I want to run it using python (subprocess.Popen)
However, I have a non-root access, so I only have a local java installation. Every time I need to set the ...
0
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2answers
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About piping stdio and subprocess.Popen
I have one Python program, that is opening another Python program via subprocess.Popen. The 1st is supposed to output some text into the console (just for info), and write some text to the 2nd program ...
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0answers
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Sound of Debian in autoboot script don't function
I start my system (raspberry pi) with a python script. In this script i use:
os.system('mpg123 mysound.mp3 &')
With the autoboot (script) the sound don't function, but if i start the system ...
0
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Running function in python script from linux runs whole script
def parseCommand():
args = None
if len (sys.argv) < 2:
print('no command entered')
return
command = sys.argv[1]
print ('command executed: %s' %command)
if ...
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1answer
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curl command Chinese/Japanese url encode
I want send a post request to a site.
The python code below works fine.
# -*- encoding=utf-8 -*-
import urllib, urllib2
url = "http://xxx.com/login.asp"
req = urllib2.urlopen(url, ...
1
vote
1answer
57 views
Convert MSword to XML/HTML on Linux
I need to convert MSWord file into XML or HTML, while preserving the structure of the file (mainly tables). I happened to find tika, which is quite powerful in extracting text from MSword files (and ...
1
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0answers
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python unpack buffer data
I am using the rlm_python module in radius and its get the DHCP location option 82 from coovachilli in hex or binary format,
catching it as a string shows as this value ...
2
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1answer
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Get fat32 attributes with python
How i can get fat32 attributes (like archived, hidden...) in linux without spawning a new process with fatattr utility call ? May be there is python binding for it or for linux/fs functions ...
3
votes
1answer
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How to read out scroll wheel info from /dev/input/mice?
For a home robotics project I need to read out the raw mouse movement information. I partially succeeded in this by using the python script from this SO-answer. It basically reads out /dev/input/mice ...
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1answer
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Test harness for python
I am coding in python where I need to run servers. For this I open each terminal and start each server. Finally I have a client that contacts servers to get the information.
Now I need to test this ...
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1answer
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Python 3.2 os module - python functions or linux commands?
After reading http://docs.python.org/2/library/allos.html, I am a bit unclear on whether the os module contains functions that perform the same functions as system commands or if they are calling ...
0
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1answer
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Installing python3 in Linux when python2 is native
I'm trying to get python3 working and all setup while keeping the python2 libraries in tact (system dependencies and all that).
I've installed Python3.3 (compiled, etc..) and its in /usr/bin/Python3 ...
1
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3answers
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python unpack binary data
i am writing a rlm_python module for radius which grabs location from "Accouting-Request" packet
however, the location is on binary format,
"\001\027\002\025\001+\001\024"
when i try to unpack ...
0
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0answers
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How does GLib identify my local data folder?
When I import GLib into my Python script:
from gi.repository import GLib
How does it find my local data directory ~/.local/share with the method:
GLib.get_user_data_dir()
0
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1answer
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How to correctly handle autorun start & stop on linux with python
I have two scripts: "autorun.py" and "main.py". I added "autorun.py" as service to the autorun in my linux system. works perfectly!
Now my question is: When I want to launch "main.py" from my autorun ...
0
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2answers
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Linux python read output from a running python script
I have a python script running as service in linux (also as autorun), and it does plenty of output!
How can I read this output when the program is already running?
Maybe I could log all the output ...
2
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2answers
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Get and Set X11 clipboard(s) in Linux
I have Foxit Reader running in WINE on Ubuntu 12.04. I want to copy and paste text into a bookmark, but I need to capitalize it (e.g., fusion becomes Fusion). I want to press F5 and run a python ...
0
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0answers
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installing Django on a remote server not working [migrated]
I am attempting to install Django on a remote server. I have yum installed the following:
apache
mod_wsgi
Django
mysql
(python is already installed)
I have uploaded my project to the directory: ...
0
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1answer
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How to search for a list of file name on the server using linux bash shell tool
I am looking to see if the server has file name that i m looking for. I have list of file names on the text file and want to see whether these files existed in the server. Is there a way that I can do ...
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2answers
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Bash/python/perl magic to get aggregate datetimes across multiple log files
I have a directory (/home/myuser/logs) that contains the following log files for the last 5 days:
applogs_20130402.txt
applogs_20130401.txt
applogs_20130331.txt
applogs_20130330.txt
Each line of ...
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0answers
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Alternative to select (python) working with all features on windows
I wonder if there is some alternative to select.select(in,out,except,timeout) in python that would work just as select from linux, but also on windows. Normal select works also on windows but it ...
0
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0answers
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Change gtk application theme to a default with python and gtk 3
Is there a way I could tell my python 3 application to use for example always the Adwaita theme (Gnome 3 default theme) with GTK?
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2answers
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Binaries I created with pyinstaller are incompatible with linux
I used the recent version pyinstaller with the option --onefile to create one stand alone file of my python script. On my Mac it works just fine if I open the file in the terminal (bash shell), but in ...
3
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1answer
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Anaphor resolution in Python
I want to use Anaphor resolution in my project related to text mining. I am doing the project on the Linux platform and I am using Python. I have searched on net but there is no appropriate toolkit ...
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0answers
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Python module not installing correctly (linux)
I've been learning python over the past couple of days from Head First Python.
I've reached a point where I have to build a distribution package of a module I've made, called nester, and install it ...
0
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0answers
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How to detect CAN device insertion and removal in Linux using Python
I've been researching for a while on how to best detect an CAN-USB device being connected and disconnected from a Linux platform (Ubuntu 12.04), but it has been slow progress. The best advice I can ...
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vote
2answers
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How to send data from Windows to embedded linux over USB
My setup looks like this: A 64-bit box running Windows 7 Professional is connected to a Beaglebone running Angstrom Linux.
I'm currently controlling the beaglebone via a putty command line on the ...
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gtk on lucid requires Python 2.5? [migrated]
I tried installing gtk2 with the following command:
sudo apt-get install libgtk2.0-dev
The installation gets stuck at
Setting up python-orange (0.0.12741~svn-1) ...
/bin/sh: python2.5: not ...
