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gesquive / self-update-script.py
Last active May 28, 2024 23:23
Stick this in a python script to self update the script from an online source
def update(dl_url, force_update=False):
"""
Attempts to download the update url in order to find if an update is needed.
If an update is needed, the current script is backed up and the update is
saved in its place.
"""
import urllib
import re
from subprocess import call
def compare_versions(vA, vB):
@igniteflow
igniteflow / rename.py
Created September 19, 2011 16:41
Python script to rename files in directory, transforming spaces to hyphens and the chars to lowercase
import os
"""
Renames the filenames within the same directory to be Unix friendly
(1) Changes spaces to hyphens
(2) Makes lowercase (not a Unix requirement, just looks better ;)
Usage:
python rename.py
"""