Is there a way to extract the file name from the file full path (part of a file path) without the hassle of manipulating string? The equivalent in Java would be: File f = new File (“C:/some_dir/a”) f.getName() //output a f.getFullAbsolutePath() //output c:/some_dir/a 4 Answers 4
How can you reliably and dynamically load a JavaScript file? This will can be used to implement a module or component that when ‘initialized’ the component will dynamically load all needed JavaScript library scripts on demand. The client that uses the component isn’t required to load all the library script files (and manually insert <script> … Read more
I can’t seem to find how to print out the date of a file. I’m so far able to print out all the files in a directory, but I need to print out the dates with it. I know I need to attach a date format with the echo of the entry, but all I … Read more
This question already has answers here: Undo working copy modifications of one file in Git? (14 answers) Closed 4 years ago. While coding I added print statements into some files to keep track of what was going on. When I am done, is it possible to revert changes in some files, but commit the file … Read more
The standard predefined macro __FILE__ available in C shows the full path to the file. Is there any way to short the path? I mean instead of /full/path/to/file.c I see to/file.c or file.c 30 Answers 30
Could you tell me how can I read a file that is inside my Python package? My situation A package that I load has a number of templates (text files used as strings) that I want to load from within the program. But how do I specify the path to such file? Imagine I want … Read more
Let’s say I have a text file full of nicknames. How can I delete a specific nickname from this file, using Python? 17 Answers 17
I’m trying to write a simple Python script that will copy a index.tpl to index.html in all of the subdirectories (with a few exceptions). I’m getting bogged down by trying to get the list of subdirectories. 15 Answers 15
I’m trying to create a new file and things don’t seem to be working as I expect them too. Here’s what I’ve tried: File.new “out.txt” File.open “out.txt” File.new “out.txt”,”w” File.open “out.txt”,”w” According to everything I’ve read online all of those should work but every single one of them gives me this: ERRNO::ENOENT: No such file … Read more
I’m writing a log file viewer for a web application and for that I want to paginate through the lines of the log file. The items in the file are line based with the newest item at the bottom. So I need a tail() method that can read n lines from the bottom and support … Read more
