command-line

Commands to compile programs on Windows

In case I have .NET framework installed in my computer + all the necessary other language support (Perl Interpreter, etc) What are the commands I should give in the console to compile programs in the following languages: 1. C 2. C++ 3. Java 4. Python 5. VB 6. C# 7. Perl 8. Ruby Like we have for VB- *vbc program_name.vb*, what are the c...

How to create makefile for Lazarus projects?

After doing a light search on the Lazarus site I've come to the conclusion that this question has been asked some times but I haven't found an answer, so I'll ask my SO peers. Is there a a way to create a Makefile to replicate the action of the Lazarus IDE when it compiles a project. If so I really don't mind if it's makefile.fpc or ju...

saving multiple files through xcopy

i want to copy multiple files at once through xcopy. is it possible. i mean something like: xcopy file1+file2+file3 destinationfolder any help is appreciated :) ...

Program to call other programs

hello. I am writing a program that will solve a type of min. spanning tree problem. i have 2 different algorithms that I've gotten working in two separate .cpp files i've named kruskels.cpp and prims.cpp. my question is this: each file takes the following command line to run it . time ./FILENAME INPUTFILE FACTOR i would like to make...

PHP set timeout for script with system call, set_time_limit not working

I have a command-line PHP script that runs a wget request using each member of an array with foreach. This wget request can sometimes take a long time so I want to be able to set a timeout for killing the script if it goes past 15 seconds for example. I have PHP safemode disabled and tried set_time_limit(15) early in the script, however ...

Build android project from command line

I would like to build and android project from command line on Linux. In the root directory of the project there are the following files and directories: AndroidManifest.xml build.xml default.properties res/ src/ Can you provide a sample Makefile how to build this project? ...

Open ms word in "compare document" mode from command prompt.

I am working on a web project where client needs a functionality to first upload some MS word document & then he can compare any two of the uploaded documents. The idea I came up with is to first make the documents available using WEBDAV & then open both documents using command line with "Compare side by side" option. In this way he wil...

compile a single ASP.NET (.aspx) page from the command line

I have a Perl script that calls aspnet_compiler.exe to compile a large ASP.NET website. The problem is that it takes very long to run. Is there any way to compile just a single .aspx file from the command line? (I think that would suit the needs of my script) It seems that all aspnet_compiler.exe can do is compile at a directory level...

Passing arguments to commandline with directories having spaces

Hi guys, I am making a system call from perl for ContentCheck.pl and passing parameters with directories (having spaces). So I pass them in quotes, but they are not being picked up in the ContentCheck.pl file Random.pm 1) my $call = "$perlExe $contentcheck -t $target_path -b $base_path -o $output_path -s $size_threshold"; print "\ncall...

Running a python script on all the files in a directory.

I have a Python script that reads through a text csv file and creates a playlist file. However I can only do one at a time, like: python playlist.py foo.csv foolist.txt However, I have a directory of files that need to be made into a playlist, with different names, and sometimes a different number of files. So far I have looked at cr...

Regular expressions in findstr

I'm doing a little string validation with findstr and its /r flag to allow for regular expressions. In particular I'd like to validate integers. The regex ^[0-9][0-9]*$ worked fine for non-negative numbers but since I now support negative numbers as well I tried ^([1-9][0-9]*|0|-[1-9][0-9]*)$ for either positive or negative intege...

Modifying text files and executing programs with command line parameters in c# or c++ on Linux

I have a need to create a utility in Suze Linux. The utility will make modifications to some text files, and then use the information in those text files to program a device in the computer using a different executable which accepts command line parameters. I am fluent in c#, but have never worked with Linux. Should I take the time to...

Where do I put mxmlc so that I could just type 'mxmlc' in the terminal to compile a swf file?

I'm on a Mac and I'm trying to make a Vim plugin for compiling/running actionscript files. First, I need to run mxmlc on the command line, but to do that I have to keep on typing the path to it. Where do I place it so that I don't have to retype the path? ...

Controlling shell command line wildcard expansion in C or C++

I'm writing a program, foo, in C++. It's typically invoked on the command line like this: foo *.txt My main() receives the arguments in the normal way. On many systems, argv[1] is literally *.txt, and I have to call system routines to do the wildcard expansion. On Unix systems, however, the shell expands the wildcard before invokin...

Only some windows shell commands work via ruby?

Hi. I'm trying to use a script to control my power options since XP doesn't give you an intuitive way to change CPU Frequency options. Here's my script so far: meh = `cmd.exe /C POWERCFG.EXE /QUERY Portable/Laptop` puts "" puts meh case input when 1 then system('cmd.exe /C POWERCFG.EXE /CHANGE Portable/Laptop /processor-thr...

viewing the updated data in a file

If i have file for eg: a log file created by any background process on unix, how do i view the data that getting updated each and every time. i know that i can use tail command to see the file.but let's say i have used tail -10 file.txt it will give the last 10 lines.but if lets say at one time 10 lines got added and at the next instan...

Prevent Console Return

Can a VB.NET Windows Forms Application be configured so that when run from the command-line, the command-line waits until the application exits before showing the next prompt? ...

Newlines not being interpreted when passed to php via the command line

I have a PHP script that I'm invoking from another shell script that sends an automated email with a message generated from the shell script. Problem is, when I send the message all the newline characters are printed into the message. How do I get them to be interpreted? sendmail.sh: /path/to/phpscript/sendmail.php "Some Message With N...

Windows is not passing command line arguments to Python programs executed from the shell.

I'm having trouble getting command line arguments passed to Python programs if I try to execute them directly as executable commands from a Windows command shell. For example, if I have this program (test.py): import sys print "Args: %r" % sys.argv[1:] And execute: >test foo Args: [] as compared to: >python test.py foo Args: ['fo...

windows C system call with spaces in command

I cannot make system calls with spaces in the names and parameters. For example: system("c:\\program files\\something\\example.exe c:\\my files\\example.txt"); I have tried escaping in every way I know how, and NOTHING works. I have tried: system("\"c:\\program files\\something\\example.exe\" \"c:\\my files\\example.txt\""); and s...