scripting

Simple regular expression parsing in bash

I want to parse a log file (log.txt) which contains rows similar to these: 2010-10-19 07:56:14 URL:http://www.website.com/page.php?ID=26 [13676] -> "www.website.com/page.php?ID=26" [1] 2010-10-19 07:56:14 URL:http://www.website.com/page.php?ID=44 [14152] -> "www.website.com/page.php?ID=44" [1] 2010-10-19 07:56:14 URL:http://www.website....

Difference between Scriptable and programmable

Hi Guys, I was confused as to what is the difference between a Script and a Program, but a previously asked question http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2286552/difference-between-script-and-program clarified my doubt but that further leads me to wonder what is the difference between an Object being Scriptable versus being Programmable. ...

VBScript current directory + sub directory?

I am trying to get the path of a file that is within a sub-directory of the current directory in VBScript. The following does not seem to work? currentDirectory = left(WScript.ScriptFullName,(Len(WScript.ScriptFullName))-(len(WScript.ScriptName))) FileToCopy = currentDirectory & "\test\user.js" Here is the entire code: Set oFSO = Cre...

after kill application and start , it runs in background

Hi i wrote simple script as .bat file, and if i run this using windows scheduler , it kill the application and restart , but after that application runs in background as a proces, what shoud i do to see it in my screen? taskkill /F /IM program7.exe start D:\AIMR\CS\program.exe ...

for loop with bash from variable

Lets say I have a variable which has values : #!/bin/sh MYVARIABLE="first,second,third" for vars in MYVARIABLE do echo $vars done this above doesn't work what I want but it looks fine, this should print first second third without , I wan't it to be printed without , any sugestions? ...

FTP too slow when sending many small files

Hi I often have to transfer 4000 small files to a remote server (around 20 MB of data), which I currently only have FTP access to. This operation takes 30 minutes but if I were to send one file sized 20 MB it would take 2 seconds or so. I am looking for an alternative which is faster, and which for example zips the 4000 files into one f...

How do I concatenate strings with variables in powershell?

I'm trying to build a file path in powershell and the string concatenation seems to be a little funky. I have a list of folders: c:\code\MyProj1 c:\code\MyProj2 I want to get the path to a dll here: c:\code\MyProj1\bin\debug\MyProj1.dll c:\code\MyProj2\bin\debug\MyProj2.dll Here's what I'm trying to do: $buildconfig = "Debug" G...

Assistance with Lua Cosine, wrong results returned

Ok, first up, this is NOT for a class, test, or other student type activity. I'm a scripter for a game, and am trying to implement the math library for all to use, and unfortunately, all I have available to me is very basic lua. The implemented version cannot be changed, and does not include any libraries. For those wondering, its for ...

is oops is the solution to improve php security?

now we are working in one project.in that project we choosed HTML5 and CSS3 designed. but still we have confuse on server side scripting, whether php,ruby,python,scala,and more and more..our requirements is nothing but SERVER SCRIPTING LANGUAGE:our server side scripting language is secure and more helpfull(ease of development,security...

Bash, Perl, or Powershell? For Jobs/General

Despite knowing a good bit of C++......i actually don't know that much about scripting languages. I feel like however I need to learn more about them. However there are a fair bit of different ones, but which one would be the best one to learn for a job? (I am a CS graduate in December btw) or just a general "better" to work with. Power...

newbie in bash scripting assistance please

Hi all I run bash scripts from time to time on my servers, I am trying to write a script that monitors log folders and compress log files if folder exceeds defined capacity. I know there are better ways of doing what I am currently trying to do, your suggestions are more than welcome. The script below is throwing an error "unexpected en...

Pretty-print for shell script

I'm looking for something similiar to indent but for (bash) scripts. Console only, no colorizing, etc. Do you know of one ? ...

Calendar always shows 7:00 no matter what the data in the table says - Basically the variable is always set to 7:00.

Hi Guys, I have a table with data exactly like this: ID Heading Description Time Location Start_Date End_Date 63 Wed Serv Small group 19:00:00 null 2010-10-13 null 70 Fall Harvest Calvary null Pepin, Wi 2010-10-30 null My Calendar shows the events on the correct dates, but the ti...

VBScript not exiting out of 'Do-While' loop?

Hi, alL! Since VBScript has notoriously bad built-in error handling, I've tried getting around that by wrapping my main blocks in a Do While Err.Number = 0 loop. Theoretically, this should work: if a script has On Error Resume Next statement enabled, the script will bypass the built-in error handler in WSH (i.e. stop it completely) whil...

Execute Unit Tests using MsBuild command line

I use scripting for this: "%ProgramFiles%\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\Common7\IDE\TF.exe" get $/DmlOnDemmand /recursive /force /noprompt And I build solution .sln call %msBuildDir%\msbuild %solutionName% /t:Rebuild /p:Configuration=%buildType% Now, I would like execute all Unit Tests and check all is OK. How can I execute unit t...

.net scripting languages

what do people use for scripting in .net apps. New question after MS drops IronPython IP used to be my favorite; then Lua What do I mean by scripting. I mean I have a large system management tool that allows users to plugin bits of smartness, this include assemblies and scripts. What language should I use for the scripts. So I need an ...

Recursively create shortcuts in a folder(XP)

1> I have folder inside folders structure. 2> I want to recursively create shortcut to every file. the shortcuts must be place inside the same named folders, that it is at its source. 3> Summary: same folder structure...just shortcuts in place of files Any ideas will be appreciated. ...

remotely run a script sitting in a windows server from a unix box or from another desktop (Say windowS)

I have to run a batch job which sits in the windows server from my unix box. Or from my local machine. The win server has a userName/Pwd . How do i programmatically connect to the windows machine and run the batch? (The batch will change some file permissions in that machine) Please let me know if there is a better way of handling this ...

How to generate a sql script to update existing database and retain its data

I have a SQL Server 2008 database (call it productionDB) that contains data and will be used in a production environment. I have another SQL Server 2008 database (call it stagingDB) that is used in a staging environment. The application that I am working on continues to evolve such that I am often making changes to the database schema ...

Running the Script, made by generate script on different server gives error.

the following is a script which was generated using generate script option. the wizard says that this can be used to copy, create db on different servers so its made for it, then why does this error occur.?? the error is Msg 5170, Level 16, State 1, Line 2 Cannot create file 'C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL10_50.SECOND\MS...