What are the differences between the threading and multiprocessing modules?
I am learning how to use the threading and the multiprocessing modules in Python to run certain operations in parallel and speed up … Read more
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How do I trim a file extension from a String in Java?
What’s the most efficient way to trim the suffix in Java, like this: title part1.txt title part2.html => title part1 title part2 22 … Read more
Viewing full output of PS command
when I run ps -aux command on my linux server, to which I connected using putty, few processes are too long to fit … Read more
Quick-and-dirty way to ensure only one instance of a shell script is running at a time
What’s a quick-and-dirty way to make sure that only one instance of a shell script is running at a given time? 41 Answers … Read more
Understanding PrimeFaces process/update and JSF f:ajax execute/render attributes
What exactly are process and update in PrimeFaces p:commandXxx components and execute and render in f:ajax tag? Which works at the time of … Read more
How to check if a process id (PID) exists
In a bash script, I want to do the following (in pseudo-code): if [ a process exists with $PID ]; then kill $PID … Read more
How do I capture the output into a variable from an external process in PowerShell?
I’d like to run an external process and capture it’s command output to a variable in PowerShell. I’m currently using this: $params = … Read more
How to make child process die after parent exits?
Suppose I have a process which spawns exactly one child process. Now when the parent process exits for whatever reason (normally or abnormally, … Read more
Wait until a process ends
I’ve an application which does Process.Start() to start another application ‘ABC’. I want to wait till that application ends (process dies) and continue … Read more
The difference between fork(), vfork(), exec() and clone()
I was looking to find the difference between these four on Google and I expected there to be a huge amount of information … Read more