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@enaeseth
enaeseth / yaml_ordered_dict.py
Created February 25, 2011 19:54
Load YAML mappings as ordered dictionaries
import yaml
import yaml.constructor
try:
# included in standard lib from Python 2.7
from collections import OrderedDict
except ImportError:
# try importing the backported drop-in replacement
# it's available on PyPI
from ordereddict import OrderedDict
@ssbarnea
ssbarnea / mysql-convert-utf8.py
Created July 6, 2011 18:48
Script to convert a a database to use utf8 encoding
#! /usr/bin/env python
import MySQLdb
host = "localhost"
passwd = ""
user = "root"
dbname = "mydbname"
db = MySQLdb.connect(host=host, user=user, passwd=passwd, db=dbname)
cursor = db.cursor()
@msmith
msmith / couchdb-ec2-install.sh
Created August 25, 2011 17:26
Set up CouchDB on EC2
#!/bin/bash
#
# This script installs and configures couchdb on a fresh Amazon Linux AMI instance.
#
# Must be run with root privileges
# Tested with Amazon Linux AMI release 2011.02.1.1 (ami-8c1fece5)
#
export BUILD_DIR="$PWD"
@kylexlau
kylexlau / del_empty_dirs.py
Created January 6, 2012 05:31
Python delete empty directories, recursive algorithm
import os
def del_empty_dirs(s_dir,f):
b_empty = True
for s_target in os.listdir(s_dir):
s_path = os.path.join(s_dir, s_target)
if os.path.isdir(s_path):
if not del_empty_dirs(s_path):
b_empty = False
@hrldcpr
hrldcpr / tree.md
Last active June 8, 2024 18:11
one-line tree in python

One-line Tree in Python

Using Python's built-in defaultdict we can easily define a tree data structure:

def tree(): return defaultdict(tree)

That's it!

@wickman
wickman / README.md
Created April 12, 2012 22:55
Python development in Pants (tutorial)

Python development using Pants

brian wickman - @wickman

[TOC]

Why use Pants for Python development?

Pants makes the manipulation and distribution of hermetically sealed Python environments

@MohamedAlaa
MohamedAlaa / tmux-cheatsheet.markdown
Last active July 30, 2024 04:25
tmux shortcuts & cheatsheet

tmux shortcuts & cheatsheet

start new:

tmux

start new with session name:

tmux new -s myname
@earthgecko
earthgecko / bash.generate.random.alphanumeric.string.sh
Last active July 4, 2024 17:31
shell/bash generate random alphanumeric string
#!/bin/bash
# bash generate random alphanumeric string
#
# bash generate random 32 character alphanumeric string (upper and lowercase) and
NEW_UUID=$(cat /dev/urandom | tr -dc 'a-zA-Z0-9' | fold -w 32 | head -n 1)
# bash generate random 32 character alphanumeric string (lowercase only)
cat /dev/urandom | tr -dc 'a-z0-9' | fold -w 32 | head -n 1
@hansstimer
hansstimer / rsaencryption.go
Created August 29, 2012 19:45
Go: rsa public key encryption
package main
import (
"bytes"
"crypto/rand"
"crypto/rsa"
"crypto/sha1"
"fmt"
)
@mindlace
mindlace / middleware.py
Created October 19, 2012 13:43
Add user created/modified to every model
"""Add user created_by and modified_by foreign key refs to any model automatically.
Almost entirely taken from https://github.com/Atomidata/django-audit-log/blob/master/audit_log/middleware.py"""
from django.db.models import signals
from django.utils.functional import curry
class WhodidMiddleware(object):
def process_request(self, request):
if not request.method in ('GET', 'HEAD', 'OPTIONS', 'TRACE'):
if hasattr(request, 'user') and request.user.is_authenticated():
user = request.user