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An introduction to bash completion
An introduction to bash completion – part 1 One of the nicest facilities of the modern shell is the built in “completion” support. These facilities allow you to complete commands and their arguments easily. Read on for a brief introduction to adding your own command completions. part 2
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( Comments Off on An introduction to bash completion )Creating a bash completion script
Creating a bash completion script I recently worked on creating a bash completion script for a project and I enjoyed it very much. In this post I will try to familiarize you with the process of creating a bash completion script. Also discussed on /r/bash, /r/programming, /r/linux and r/commandline [redddit]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( Comments Off on Creating a bash completion script )How to Write a Text Adventure in Python
How to Write a Text Adventure in Python People new to programming often ask for suggestions of what projects they should work on and a common reply is, “Write a text adventure game!” I think there are even some popular tutorials floating around that assign this as homework since I see it so much. This […]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( Comments Off on How to Write a Text Adventure in Python )CPAN Tutorials
CPAN Tutorials The CPAN allows you to easily download, install and use Perl software packages on your system. The software package is called a distribution and contains a Perl application or library. A collection of tutorials on using and writing CPAN distributions. Hosted on GitHub. CPAN basics What is a CPAN distribution Make your own […]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( Comments Off on CPAN Tutorials )Recovering commits with Git
Recovering commits with Git Today I did not handle [my commits] with care and commits seemed to be lost. Luckily I found that Git does not delete commits. My lost commits were just not referenced by any branch or tag, but were ‘dangling’. The problem is finding these commits back. Similar content to MJD’s recent […]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( Comments Off on Recovering commits with Git )Installing Swift on Ubuntu
Downloads for recent Ubuntus (14.04 LTS and 15.10 at the time of writing) are available from the Swift homepage as compressed tar archives. Installation goes as follows (untested): # download, then… tar xfz swift-2.2-RELEASE-ubuntu14.04.tar.gz ~ ln -s ~/swift-2.2-RELEASE-ubuntu14.04/usr/ ~ export PATH=~/usr/bin:”$PATH” # better in .bashrc
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( Comments Off on Installing Swift on Ubuntu )Starting the Learn Python Tutorial Project : Django Tutorial
Starting the Learn Python Tutorial Project : Django Tutorial
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( Comments Off on Starting the Learn Python Tutorial Project : Django Tutorial )Exploring Perl 6
A series of articles on Perl 6 Up and Running Installing Rakudo Star
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