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(Bash) Export MySQL to file

Tue, 31 Aug 2010 09:47:59 GMT

Dumps the contents of a mysql database to a .sql file named by the current date.

(Python) Sort List By Group

Mon, 11 Jan 2010 16:59:18 GMT

This function takes a list of string and sorts them based on their similarity. The percent at which they match can be defined in the second parameter (default 75%).

(Bash) Count the number of files in a Directory / Sub-Directories

Sat, 09 Jan 2010 20:50:46 GMT

This command will count the number of files in the given directory and sub-directories.

(Python) Python CLI (Command Line) Progress Bar

Wed, 30 Dec 2009 19:15:15 GMT

This is a function that will show a progress bar of the given percentage. Useful when performing time consuming tasks.

(Python) Get X, Y Heading Based On Degrees

Fri, 18 Dec 2009 19:14:59 GMT

(Python) Calculating Degrees Between Two Points (Vectors)

Fri, 18 Dec 2009 19:10:30 GMT

(Java) Read a web page with Java

Thu, 12 Mar 2009 11:16:40 GMT

Connects to a web page, reads in the content and strips whitespace.

(PHP) Extract all links from a page using Regex

Mon, 02 Mar 2009 18:36:37 GMT

These 4 lines of code can be used to extract and return all links from any page using regex patterns. If links are found, an array is returned, else boolean false is returned.

(PHP) Get file extension in one line

Mon, 02 Mar 2009 17:16:36 GMT

This method is a bit faster and more reliable then using the "explode" method. Works with PHP 4.0.3 and up.