Snipplr - ches

(Python) chdir context manager

Sat, 16 Jul 2011 18:28:17 GMT

This context manager restores the value of the current working directory (cwd) after the enclosed code block completes or raises an exception. If a directory name is supplied to the context manager then the cwd is changed prior to running the code block.

(Bash) imapsync script to migrate Gmail to Google Apps

Tue, 28 Jul 2009 14:24:34 GMT

Based on the good initial coverage [over here](http://www.thamtech.com/blog/2008/03/29/gmail-to-google-apps-email-migration/).

(Bash) Compute Directory Size Recursively with du

Mon, 28 Jul 2008 18:04:06 GMT

(Bash) Perl Search and Replace One-liner with xargs -0

Fri, 15 Feb 2008 14:02:45 GMT

\Q...\E perl quoting means no ugly escaping in the regex. find's -print0 with xargs -0 is the secret to handling files with spaces in their names.

(Bash) Deleting Blank Lines Using AWK

Wed, 12 Dec 2007 12:38:18 GMT

Create a copy of a text file with blank lines removed.

(Ruby) Ruby One-liner for Restoring One Table from a Huge SQL Dump

Tue, 27 Nov 2007 10:55:45 GMT

Courtesy of Jesse.

(Python) Alternate Table Row Classes in a Mako Template

Sat, 22 Sep 2007 17:27:08 GMT

(Python) Quick, Simple Password Generator

Wed, 12 Sep 2007 10:30:59 GMT

Obviously there's no real crytpo here -- use this for cases like regenerating and emailing a user password.

(Bash) Batch File Rename with awk and sed

Fri, 07 Sep 2007 14:58:16 GMT

Leave off the final pipe to /bin/sh to do a 'dry run'

(Python) FormEncode Email Address validation schema

Mon, 06 Aug 2007 22:55:49 GMT

model/form.py is a good place to put schemata in a pylons app: easy to build with inheritance and accessible to controllers via model.form.EmailForm, etc. See the link for further info on the _extra_fields options -- this one is intended for just two fields: a text field and submit button.

(Python) python date suffixes for strftime

Sun, 05 Aug 2007 22:38:58 GMT

like PHP's 'jS'

(XML) htaccess one-liner for MT URL restructuring

Wed, 18 Jul 2007 13:45:46 GMT

Build URLs for subcategories, e.g. 'cat-child-support.html' becomes '/family-law/child-support/'