A mechanism for interacting with a computer operating system or software by typing commands to perform specific tasks.
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IRS Tax Calculator in Java
I am working on a tax calculator for a school assignment and was hoping to get some feedback on my current progress. I kind of feel like I over-complicated the code.
NOTE: I am required to do all of ...
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Terminfo parser in C++
I've written a pretty minimal parser for terminfo files which works as intended. It compiles fine and I've actually setup some tests over here which pass successfully too. Now I would like to get it ...
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Noughts and crosses command line game in Python 3.5
Based on this Code Review answer, I have created a noughts and crosses game in Python, which asks for an index (1 to 9) and updates the grid, and displays it on the screen. I have done some very ...
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Display Loading Text with Spinner in Console
Here is my approach to creating a loading text spinner in the console. I did what I thought was best in designing the class, which means there is probably a lot of room for feedback.
The class is ...
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Firefox portable launcher for multiple network configurations
I am making a Software package which let you launch a portable version of Firefox with several user profiles to choose from.
The goal is to make a an small and easy to use software package which ...
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Parsing the first two command-line arguments and extracting the remainder
My program can be called like this:
FakeDpi someInteger someExecutable [parametersForSomeExecutable]
For example:
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Find combination of sets which sum up to a specified result
Example input :
A) 1, 2
B) 2, 8
C) 7, 8
Required Result : 8, 10
The output from the program with this input should be A + C.
Few notes :
We can only combine 2 sets.
There must ...
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A tiny command-line program that prints a sum of numbers
Here's my first Rust program that I could actually use for something:
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Command line Hangman game
I was wondering if you can give me advice / and your opinion on the following code. I'm aware there are a few things that it doesn't presently deal with that could be enhanced (I don't have time, this ...
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File Archiving Console App
Overview
I wanted to create a small console app that would point at a given directory, evaluate the last accessed date of each file within that directory, and if the last access date was below a ...
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Huffman compressor in C++
I have this Huffman compressor that can compress both text and binary files by treating each as binary files. (By the way, it is fully compatible with this Java implementation.) See what I have:
Code
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Text-based adventure game using classes and XML
I am studying software engineering and we just started learning about object oriented programing. I wanted to be a bit ahead of all others, so I decided to write a little text-adventure using classes.
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Josephus algorithm using array in C#
I'm trying to write the Josephus algorithm as a project for school, however, I think that there is a better way than what I already have.
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Huffman compressor in Java - follow-up
This post improves upon my Java implementation of the Huffman algorithm for data compression.
I did the following improvements:
The map mapping each byte value to its frequency does not rely on <...
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Faster brute force algorithm
I have this brute force code, where you input a password and runs through combinations of numbers, lowercase and uppercase letters, and special characters until it match the password given.
The ...
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Huffman compressor in Java
(See the next iteration as well.)
I have this Java program that can en-/decode files, both text and binary. What comes to critique I want to hear anything regarding these points:
Performance,
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Printing log messages with varying length fit into screen width
I'm writing a simple sanity tool for a simple USB driver.
The customer is directly facing the output so I have to care about how it looks.
The log messages that I need to print are varying length, ...
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Python Hex Viewer
I have created an hex viewer in python, as a timed-challenge by friend. My implementation was in the form of a class, with a separate main file running with argparse...
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Ntree: a reimplementation of the tree utility
tree is described as "a recursive directory listing command that produces a depth indented listing of files" on the homepage for its Linux implementation. I don't ...
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Console colorizer
To be able to apply various colors to the console I created a ConosoleColorizer. It's really simple. It just takes an XML and renders it to the console with the ...
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X86 Legacy boot loader error trapping
The boot loader that I'm designing is just simply going to setup (A) Stack, (B) Segment registers (C) Load remainder of track for specified device. Conventionally, this could have been up to 4 floppy ...
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A telephone book command line program in ANSI C - follow-up 2
(See the previous iteration.)
What does this program do?
This program gives you a command line interface for managing your personal telephone book. The program supports three actions:
Adding a ...
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Multi platform ASCII spinner in C
Okay I've just finished writing a nice tiny C program to have an ASCII spinner (works on Windows and POSIX). I'm quite new to C, so any suggestions would be great. This is designed to be a small ...
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Image batch processing in Ruby
I know a lot about Java, PHP and stuff, but I'm fairly new to ruby.
I've written this script to look into the current working directory, get two parameters from the command line and then resize and ...
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A telephone book command line program in ANSI C - follow-up
(See the next iteration.)
This question is a slight improvement over A telephone book command line program in ANSI C
I have incorporated almost all points stated by Toby Speight.
Now I have this:
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Simple library app
I'm trying to learn coding by actually coding my first working and hopefully expandable in future app. Yesterday I asked about optimizing my menu and got some answers about my take on it. Obviously ...
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A telephone book command line program in ANSI C
(See the next iteration.)
Introduction
I was in the mood for some C code and wrote this program for handling a personal telephone record book. One of the goals is strict portability; the code ...
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RSYNC Style Mirror Folder Application
I've written a mirror folder application in C#. It uses CommandLine for command line parsing. I'm just looking for a general review.
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Optimizing simple menu in console app
I want to optimize code in my simple app that I'm writing to learn C#. I feel it's really badly optimized in terms of good coding practises. Could anyone take a look at it and give me a hint to make ...
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Basic C# R-E-P-L
So I was thinking of making a C# REPL, as I didn't find any viable solution that would work for me, so I made a simple, basic one, I am sure it can be improved, as it seems once the REPL class is ...
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colorprint - part 2
This is a followup of the last review to comply with meta's rules.
In the last, I posted a small library called colorprint and got some helpful pointers from chux ...
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colorprint - An ANSI Escape sequence console writer mini-library
I wrote this a long time ago. I came back to it and decided to clean it up a little.
It uses the preprocessor and C99 anon structs to make a flexible python-like ...
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Multi threaded console IO
For many console applications it is handy to be able to receive input and output at the same time from multiple threads.
This is supposed to allow receiving input commands from multiple threads, while ...
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Bash manual page selection menu
I wrote the following script in the hopes of streamlining the finding and reading of multiple manual pages. Since I am always looking up different utilities' manual pages I thought this would a good ...
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Pausing script while waiting for Docker container and printing updates
I'm looking to improve it in brevity, readability, and simplicity. Basically, I'm just looking for a more elegant solution. What improvements can I make?
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Java CLI Program Commands
As I was creating a CLI program, I realized having a ton of switch/if-then statements was a messy way to process user input. So, I set up a way to dynamically create commands as I added modules (...
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Calculate fractions of positive, negative and zeros
Find the fractions for, all positive numbers, all negative numbers and zeros in a given set of integer array.
I wrote the below program. If you see any improvements required, please feel free to ...
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Console argument parsing and output printing in c#
I have a console application, which uses Ndesk.Options to parse console arguments, request weather data and print them. I am looking primarily for code style suggestions.
This is the code, which ...
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Console command parser for my custom Libgdx console (gamedev)
For a game I'm writing using LibGDX framework and Kotlin language, I've decided to make a dev console. This is a WIP line parser. Since there's already a decent amount of code written I've decided to ...
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Display a List<T> in Console
I was searching for a way to display a List<T> with n elements in a user friendly and easy to handle way within the console application. So I wrote this ...
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Loading… animating dots in C
I've recently wanted to make a "Loading..." display in C where the dots print one at a time in order and then reset:
Suprisingly, there isn't much on the internet for doing this well, so I figured I ...
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Autocompleting console input
Yesterday I stumbled upon a Stack Overflow question that asked if it was possible to implement Tab-triggered auto-completion in a console application.
I thought that was an interesting idea, so I ...
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BMI calculator in Python
This is my first attempt at writing a programme: a BMI calculator written in Python. Please give me feedback on the programme overall, as well as how easy the code is to interpret and adapt.
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Object-oriented console adventure
I have been messing around with practicing some c++ making a little console game, and I would like to receive some advice and tips on how to improve my code.
Some of the code is not done, meaning ...
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Emails, emails everywhere
My job entails me to send a lot of emails. I'm really bad at typing so I decided to create a program to do it for me.
I've created an email generation tool (originally posted here.) I've changed ...
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Coloured bash prompt including git status and previous exit code
I wanted to create a short, informational and colourful prompt.
My prompt includes:
Exit status of last command (if not 0)
Distinctive changes when root
rsync-...
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Get only intended input from user through the console
I finally worked out all of the bugs in this bit of code. I'm pretty proud of it and I wanted to give it to all of you so that you could have it if you wanted it for any console programs that you make....
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Minesweeper C++
This is my improvement of a minesweeper game I took from the internet, which I am quite proud of. Nevertheless I am willing to hear your opinions, suggestions, and comments.
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