‘yes’ reporting error with subprocess communicate()
I am using the following function to run a command in Python:
command-line
How to easily print ascii-art text?
pyfiglet – pure Python implementation of http://www.figlet.org
How to terminate a background process?
I have started a wget on remote machine in background using &. Suddenly it stops downloading. I want to terminate its process, then re-run the command. How can I terminate it?
How to parse each line of a text file as an argument to a command?
I’m looking to write a script that takes a .txt filename as an argument, reads the file line by line, and passes each line to a command. For example, it runs command --option "LINE 1", then command --option "LINE 2", etc. The output of the command is written to another file. How do I go about doing that? I don’t know where to start.
How do I resize partitions and filesystems on them?
How can I resize partitions from the command line? I’ve heard of GParted, but I don’t want to use a GUI program.
Grabbing the first [x] characters for a string from a pipe
If I have really long output from a command (single line) but I know I only want the first [x] (let’s say 8) characters of the output, what’s the easiest way to get that? There aren’t any delimiters.
Parse XML to get node value in bash script?
I would like to know how I can get the value of a node with the following paths:
How to tell gzip to keep original file?
I would like to compress a text file using gzip command line tool while keeping the original file. By default running the following command
How can I “relink” a lot of broken symlinks?
I have a directory tree which has a bunch of symbolic links to files under /home… however, I have moved /home to /mnt/home and need a way to “relink” all of the symlinks. Does such functionality exist or do I need to write a script to do so?
Use & (ampersand) in single line bash loop
I have been using this command successfully, which changes a variable in a config file and then executes a Python script within a loop: