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#Borrowed from https://www.ruby-forum.com/topic/136579
require 'json'

def json_valid?(str)
  JSON.parse(str)
  return true
rescue JSON::ParserError
  return false
end

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def return_min(array)
  min = array[0]
  for i in array
    if i < min
      min = i
    end
  end
return min
end

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#! /usr/bin/env ruby
def flatize(array)
  error_msg = 'Method only accepts nested arrays of integers'
  raise ArgumentError, error_msg unless array.is_a? Array
  flattened_array = []
  array.each do |element|
    if element.is_a? Array 
     flattened_array += flatize(element)
    else
     raise ArgumentError, error_msg unless element.is_a? Integer

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#!/bin/bash
check_md5sum(){
  sums=$(md5sum $1 $2)
  file_1=$(echo $sums | awk '{print $2}')
  file_2=$(echo $sums | awk '{print $4}')
  checksum_1=$(echo $sums | awk '{print $1}')
  checksum_2=$(echo $sums | awk '{print $3}')
  if [[ "$checksum_1" == "$checksum_2" ]]; then
    echo "OK: $file_1 and $file_2 md5 Checksums Match"
    echo $checksum_1 $file_1

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#!/usr/bin/env ruby

def make_change(change_amount)
  #denominations to use. Could easily be made a parm.
  #Note that these are integers, not floats
  denominations = {
    Penny: 1,
    Nickel: 5,
    Dime: 10,
    Quarter: 25

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require 'benchmark'

#at its most basic, it looks like this:
Benchmark.bm do |bm|
  bm.report {some code}
  bm.report {some other code}
end

#A more robust example
iterations = 5

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# Install tmux on Centos release 6.5

# install deps
sudo yum install -y gcc kernel-devel make ncurses-devel

# DOWNLOAD SOURCES FOR LIBEVENT AND MAKE AND INSTALL
curl -OL https://github.com/downloads/libevent/libevent/libevent-2.0.21-stable.tar.gz
tar -xvzf libevent-2.0.21-stable.tar.gz
cd libevent-2.0.21-stable
./configure --prefix=/usr/local

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// ex: 2016-12-28_230652


var now = new Date();
var dd = now.getDate();
var mm = now.getMonth()+1;
var yyyy = now.getFullYear();
var min = now.getMinutes();
var sec = now.getSeconds();
var hh = now.getHours();

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#return the containing directory of file 
DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" && pwd )"

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log(){
  datestamp=$(date +%Y-%m-%d_%H:%M:%S)
  msg="$@"
  echo "[$datestamp]- $msg"
}

#call with: log <whatever msg you want>