utilities

Timeout a command in bash without unnecessary delay

This answer to a similar question proposes a 1-line method to timeout a long-running command from the bash command line: ( /path/to/slow command with options ) & sleep 5 ; kill $! But it's possible that a given "long-running" command may finish earlier than the timeout. (Let's call it a "typically-long-running-but-sometimes-fast" comm...

Free utility which runs in Linux to create a UML class diagram from Java source files

I prefer to jot down UML-diagrams on paper and then implement them using Java. It would be nice to have a utility which could create UML-diagrams for me which I may share on-line and include in the digital documentation. In other words: I want to create UML diagrams from Java source code. The utility must be able to: Run in Linux. Han...

Java: Synchronization Utility

I am asking this purely to determine the worthwhile-ness of implementing the class in Question ... Do you know of a Java utility class that takes an un-synchronized instance, uses reflection to investigate that instance, and returns the input instance "wrapped" within synchronized calls ? ( ie: A factory which creates a synchronized de...

IEBGENER Help

Ok, so I am having some trouble figuring out how to get IEBGENER working in the way that I want it to. I should preface all this by saying that I am running IEBGENER in a z/OS environment on an academic mainframe. Now, I have three JCL procedures (PROC) inline to some COBOL code that I am working with, and I need to stick IEBGENER in a...

Homegrown utility methods

Static utility methods are generally frowned up by OO purists. I was wondering however what people feel about utility methods that are used to avoid something simple like a null check throughout the application. String.trim() throws a NPE when invoked on a null String. So I have to do: if(str!=null) setValue(str.trim()); else ...

How to "walk around" in the File System with Java

Hi. I'd like to do a search for folders/directories from java, and go into those folders/directories in java. I guess it's called system utilities? Any tutorials out there, or books on the subject? Thanks ;) ...

Delphi EXE compressor?

At one point I had a nice little compression utility that smashed my Delphi compiled EXE's to a smaller download size, but now I can't find it. Any recommendations? Also, are there any downsides to using these kinds of utilities? (I mainly use them to shorten download times for rural / dial-up users). Related question: Are there an...

general purpose util library or multiple specific dlls?

Is it a better idea to dump 'utility' classes that are shared by multiple projects into a single utilities library, or to create many small assemblies each of which has to be loaded by the projects that use them? I don't really like the idea of utility libraries, and you get a total mish-mash of functionality, but on the other hand havi...

What are your favorite small handy utility programs (tools) helping you programming ?

And how they help you improve your programming ? Could they be integrated in IDE and if yes how ? Edit: Thanks to altCognito There has been almost duplicate question before named: What's in Your Utility Tookit**. "Allmost" since the listings there do not provide short explanations of what exactly each tool does Edit: If this question ...

Tools for saving and organizing notes, ebooks, articles and web pages cuts

What is the best way to organize items listed above? Are there any tools similar to google notepad or scarpbook firefox add-in? It should allow saving web pages cuts with images, possibly directly from browser, and other documents, especially pdfs and adding notes/tags to their fragments. What do you recommend? ...

Unity mode for Remote Desktop

I typically have several remote desktop sessions going at the same time. Within these sessions I might be running different applications. VMWare Workstation has a Unity mode that allows you to integrate guest applications with the host. I'd like to be able to do the same thing for remote desktop sessions. It would be a real productiv...

Utility for adding or modifying the copyright note in each source file?

Is there is an utility to change or modify the source code copyright notes in all source code files? I'm thinking about writing one in Python for myself, but perhaps there is already a solution available. Some template text with fields to fill in would be nice, too. It should also be somewhat intelligent about the language, i.e. i want i...

Is there a tail that works over network share?

I need a tail utility that works under windows and can monitor file on a network share. The ones I tried worked fine locally but not over SMB. ...

Is there a task manager equivalent that shows GPU usage history?

Is there an application which can show me GPU usage history in the same way as I can bring up task manager to see CPU usage? I would like to be able to see how much load I am putting on the GPU with my WPF applications. ...

Is it possible to use a string as a delimiter in unix cut command?

Hi, If I want to cut a list of text using a string as a delimiter, is that possible. For e.g. I have a directory where a list of shell scripts call same perl script say abc.pl So when I do $grep abc.pl * in that directory, it gives me following results xyz.sh: abc.pl 1 2 xyz2.sh: abc.pl 2 mno.sh: abc.pl 3 pqr.sh: abc.pl 4 5 I basicall...

Is there an existing library of extension methods for C#? or share your own.

Possible Duplicate: Post your extension goodies for C# .Net (codeplex.com/extensionoverflow) I'm fond of C# 3.0. One of my favorite parts is extension methods. I like to think of extension methods as utility functions that can apply to a broad base of classes. I am being warned that this question is subjective and likely to ...

Is there an automatic jQuery plugin updater?

Is there some sort of utility available that will check my jQuery plugins and see if they are the latest version? I understand that there is not an easy way to check the version numbers automatically; but I wonder if anyone has taken a look at this. ...

Visual Studio: Load a Project from a Remote Location

With Visual Studio (2008), is it possible to load a project (to a solution) that exists on a remote location ? Basically what I want to do is somehow "host" a VS Project online and then load this project to a solution from a remote location. Is this possible in some way? This is so that I can keep integrity when loading my Utils Libra...

Is there a utility that will convert POSIX to PCRE for PHP?

Is there a utility that will convert POSIX to PCRE for PHP? I'm somewhat confused by the PHP manual on PCRE, and while I'll try to find more info on PCRE, I was wondering if anyone had designed such a utility. Or, if anyone would explain how to convert the following, that would also be fine: ereg("^#[01-9A-F]{6}$", $sColor) But pleas...

RTMP: Is there such a linux command line tool?

Hello all, I have looked everywhere to find a linux utility that will allow me to download rtmp streams. Not flv video but MP3 streams. The location of the streams I want to download are in this format. rtmp://live.site.com/loc/45/std_fc74a6b7f79c70a5f60.mp3 Anyone know of such a command line tool? Or even anything close to what I am...