I want the variable sum/NR to be printed side-by-side in each iteration. How do we avoid awk from printing newline in each iteration ? In my code a newline is printed by default in each iteration for file in cg_c ep_c is_c tau xhpl printf “\n $file” >> to-plot.xls for f in 2.54 1.60 800 … Read more
I can express my need with the following scenario: Write a function that accepts a string to be run as a native command. It’s not too far fetched of an idea: if you’re interfacing with other command-line utilities from elsewhere in the company that supply you with a command to run verbatim. Because you don’t … Read more
Is it legitimate to delete items from a dictionary in Python while iterating over it? For example: for k, v in mydict.iteritems(): if k == val: del mydict[k] The idea is to remove elements that don’t meet a certain condition from the dictionary, instead of creating a new dictionary that’s a subset of the one … Read more
Closed. This question is opinion-based. It is not currently accepting answers. Want to improve this question? Update the question so it can be answered with facts and citations by editing this post. Closed 1 year ago. Improve this question Can anyone explain the difference between Scripting Language and Programming Language please? Also can you state … Read more
I’ve accepted an answer, but sadly, I believe we’re stuck with our original worst case scenario: CAPTCHA everyone on purchase attempts of the crap. Short explanation: caching / web farms make it impossible to track hits, and any workaround (sending a non-cached web-beacon, writing to a unified table, etc.) slows the site down worse than … Read more
First, any time you run a script using the interpreter explicitly, as in $ python ./my_script.py $ ksh ~/bin/redouble.sh $ lua5.1 /usr/local/bin/osbf3 the #! line is always ignored. The #! line is a Unix feature of executable scripts only, and you can see it documented in full on the man page for execve(2). There you will find that the word following #! must be the … Read more
Difference between a script and a program?
