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(Python) chdir context manager - ches

Sat, 16 Jul 2011 18:28:17 UTC

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 - ches

Tue, 28 Jul 2009 14:24:34 UTC

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 - ches

Mon, 28 Jul 2008 18:04:06 UTC

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

Fri, 15 Feb 2008 14:02:45 UTC

\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 - ches

Wed, 12 Dec 2007 12:38:18 UTC

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

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

Tue, 27 Nov 2007 10:55:45 UTC

Courtesy of Jesse.

(Python) Alternate Table Row Classes in a Mako Template - ches

Sat, 22 Sep 2007 17:27:08 UTC

(Python) Quick, Simple Password Generator - ches

Wed, 12 Sep 2007 10:30:59 UTC

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 - ches

Fri, 07 Sep 2007 14:58:16 UTC

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

(Python) FormEncode Email Address validation schema - ches

Mon, 06 Aug 2007 22:55:49 UTC

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 - ches

Sun, 05 Aug 2007 22:38:58 UTC

like PHP's 'jS'

(XML) htaccess one-liner for MT URL restructuring - ches

Wed, 18 Jul 2007 13:45:46 UTC

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