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Is it possible to have IDE-like snippet that can be used anywhere?
For example, in visual studio, I can type "propfull", tab and it will autoexpand to this template
private $type$ $field$;
public $type$ $property$
{
get { return $field$;}
set { $field$ = ...
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Windows command to copy file forcefully when that file is used by another process
I am copy a file using copy command. But its throwing some error.
copy /y ..\BuildLog.htm .
Error is : The process cannot access the file because its used by another process
XCOPY /Y is also ...
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Copy and email Etherpad content regularly
I use Piratapad as a todo list for our printshop with 100+ members, and would like to once a month copy all active issues from the list and email it out to our members. What would be the simples way ...
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Windows Terminal Emulator with powerful scripting language
I have to deal with a legacy application exposing a CHUI (Character UI, i.e. VT100) on Solaris.
Users access this via terminal emulation from Windows desktops.
They use macros (sequences of characters ...
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Customize action when button is pressed on an external harddrive
I have a Transcend StoreJet external harddrive. It has a button on the outer shell which is used for synchronizing folders and files when it is pressed. There is a software that enables this function. ...
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Script that will clone vmware vm, into lab environment for pen-testing?
I was wondering if anyone has been able to do this? Has anyone been able to setup a script that will automatically clone a vm, and them place it on a different vlan for pen-testing? I would like to do ...
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Outlook 2003 and 2007 script to auto-reply an e-mail?
Is there any script that can, when I recieve mail from someone with some text in the body, it gets activated and reply to sender adress with same body (nothing changed)?
Example:
I receive
from: ...
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Remove all user folders except one on reboot
On a Mac, how can I create a script to automatically remove all user profile folders except a specific one on a reboot?
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Inserting files via automation in Premiere Pro
I'd like to have a way to automate creating a sequence, inserting two video segments, and then inserting another piece of video in-between that changes each time (the previous two segments are always ...
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1answer
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Macro in Adobe Photoshop for consecutive numbers
I want to have a way where the numbers of a thumbnail image will automatically run itself from one to 300 and save each individual image as a .png file (a macro/automation/script).
For example, I ...
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I need a VB script that executes to update Time Server every time Windows starts up
I need the script to automate Time Server update. I suspect the internal battery that keeps time up-to-date is dead and I don't want to change the battery because I'll discard the laptop soon for a ...
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Auto unrar script tomatousb for transmission web client
I am running the tomatoUSB custom firmware with the latest shibby mod on my Asus RT-n66u router.
I have configured the transmission web interface that was preloaded and its up and running. Now I am ...
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timed television controls [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Turn off display in Windows 7 without additional software
In the office we have a wall mounted television connected to a PC that is always on.
Is there a way to have ...
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More advanced 'Apple Automator' like software?
What I'm looking for is a program similar to Automator or A Better Finder Rename but more extensive / advanced.
In my situation we have two files with the same name, one is a MOV the other an XML. We ...
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Auto-extract updated URLs from a webpage into a txt file
I'm looking for a way to auto-extract URLs into a clipboard (.txt file) from a webpage that contains newly updated links, without my intervention.
Currently I'm using Update Scanner 3.1.10 add-on ...
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Command line FTP - delete all files and folders
My script looks something like this:
ftp -i -d -s:C:\Automation\FTP_Config_Files\FTP.txt
My FTP.txt reads like this:
open xx.yy.xx.zz
user
password
lcd Z:\
cd /inetpub/wwwroot
mdelete *
mput *
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How to automating Putty Shell task on Windows 7?
I am interested in connecting by shell (Putty or another tool) (I have cygwin and OpenSSH )
This is what I wish to accomplish:
Upload some files by scp (from Windows 7)
Connect to the remote server
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Automatic Excel Script
I am a 6th year medical student and I'm working on my thesis.
I have no experience with programming whatsoever, a friend recommended me to post my question here. I am strugling with the following ...
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How to auto-update a website mirror with exceptions to certain pages?
I'm currently mirroring a website on my server. The site itself is rarely updated, but it is updated enough that info can become outdated quickly.
I mirrored it first with wget, and this worked fine, ...
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Does Logic Pro have a scripting language?
I'm new to Logic and am working on a project setup by someone experienced.
I would like to export a list of MIDI notes that the selected track outputs and was wondering:
is there is any sort of API ...
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automating script via GIT for windows
I'm running GIT for windows 1.7.11, I have a shell script that I want to automate, I am not willing to bog down my network running the script during the day and I have no desire to come to work at ...
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Writing scipt to open multiple applications with a username/password
Is there a way to write and run a script that will enable me to:
Run an app with a username/password
Have that script carry out a few simple shortcut commands (ie connecting to and receiving from ...
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1answer
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Pidgin: a me-specific log file?
I'm trying to make a compilation file of all the text sent by me and all the responses that included my name.... What's the best way about scripting this? Is there a plugin like that for pidgin? ...
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adding pre- and post- actions around an existing windows program?
There is a program I use all day long and it's data resides in a single, large file.
I work at 2 different locations and sometimes also on the road and need current data.
In the best of days I ...
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scriptable image viewer for Windows
What are some image viewers on Windows that can be scripted?
For example, the user opens a folder in the image viewer and he/she wants to mark some images in the folder for deletion. The user may ...
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How to automate sending faxes on Windows 7?
I need some way to remotely send files for faxing by a Win7 machine.
One of the ideas I had is to use a shared dropbox folder in which I can put files which have the destination phone number as the ...
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perform actions on a web page from desktop shortcut
I'm looking for a way to create windows desktop shortcuts that will open a web page and execute a javascript function in that page. The page is a form for filling attendance hours with a function to ...
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How can I make my other computer run a program?
If I have two computers, both running Windows 7, on my home network, is there some way to write a script so that I can click on a single icon on the one computer and make the other computer execute a ...
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vim automation ex commands
Yeah, I know, I could just use sed. But lets assume I'm some sort of sicko. A masochist if you will..
I have a file, /tmp/a.script, containing:
%s_"taxonomy\.php[^"]*\([0-9]\)_"\1.taxonomy_g
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How to rename and move files to new directory
I would like to rename a file that is uploaded to another server from extension .txt to .txt_mvd and move to a different directory for archiving in a Windows batch mode. Can anyone help with what the ...
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robo ftp - How to reference uploaded file in Upload Complete event script
I have tried using %lastfile but it seems to be empty and refers to some batch command initiated by Robo FTP instead of after a [passive] receive.
Apart from the official web site, is there any other ...
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Outlook 2007 Calendar - want to automate moving calendar a day ahead
I have a display board outside of a conference room that continuously shows an Outlook calendar for the conference room bookings. Right now it requires that someone log onto the host pc and manually ...
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How can I use vim to automate this…?
I'm implementing hundreds of similar functions at the moment which take on the form
String name(String arg1, String arg2, String arg3, String arg4) {
...
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How do I sort the “/etc/passwd” UIDs?
I have been banging my head on this little project the past few days and here is how it goes...
I need to organize all the UIDs for multiple servers so all users have the same UID
in their ...
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How can I merge two lists of emails to get rid of duplicates without any programming?
Say that I have two lists of emails, that look something like
foo@example.com, john@doe.com, boo@boo.com
boo@boo.com, jane@bigcorp.com
and I need to put them together into one big list while ...
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How can I open a console window at the specified position of the screen?
I need to start several cmd.exe console applications so that they should be positioned on the screen in a particular order - is it possible to do with a .bat file?
I am running Windows 7.
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Programatically read FPS of a game? [closed]
I was thinking that it's be cool to write a script or an app that could run through all the graphics settings of a game, and report the FPS that's displayed for each specific configuration.
The ...
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How can I take hundreds of smaller images and create one big tiled image?
I have 251 images that are 128x128 in size; I need to create one big image that includes them all tiled together.
The image will be 32128x32128 in size if all goes well (Paint.NET says it will be ...
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Automating tasks in Windows 7
I need some help automating some tasks in XP. Most of them are of console nature. Now in Linux this probably wouldn't be too difficult to pull off but I'm not too acquainted with Windows automation ...
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How to automate Inkscape export?
Currently I do this in a BAT file:
Inkscape.exe --file "some.svg" --export-png "some_64.png" --export-width 64
Inkscape.exe --file "some.svg" --export-png "some_96.png" --export-width 96
Inkscape.exe ...
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SSH to remote host (edgemarc 4200 or 4500 series routers) and pull arp data
I've been trying to think of a method to do this for days, but have not come up with anything yet. Ideally, this is what I'm looking to do:
From a windows XP machine, I need to open an SSH connection ...
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Quickly running Outlook rules on demand?
I have a rule set up in MS Outlook 2007 that I do not want to run automatically, but I do want to run sporadically by hand. I would like to expedite that "by hand" process as much as possible. Is ...
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How do you update an Excel file (Data Refresh and update formulas) WITHOUT opening the file?
I have an Excel file that want to update and save automatically with out having to open it or manually interact with. Manually, I open the file up and hit data refresh which goes and does a SQL query ...
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PowerShell or batch script to delete with exclusions
What's a good way to delete everything below a certain path, supplying a list of exclusions?
E.g.
C:\
MyFolder
MyApp
MyConfig
MyWorld
MyEverything
...
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gnu screen automation
i'd like to launch GNU screen, some shell command in it, then open new screen window(s) with different command(s) - all that automatically, from a script. is it possible?
UPDATE
the screen windows ...
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Script Mail.app to auto-save attachments?
In similar thinking to a previous question, is it possible to script Apple's Mail.app to auto-save attachments from a given address or file type?
Presuming it is, what would that AppleScript look ...
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Automate mouse button click with script or macro
I'm searching for a script or macro program which pushes the 4th or 5th mouse button every 5 seconds.
This script or macro program is for a friend who uses Windows 7 on an Asus notebook. I cannot try ...
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What tool can generate MD5 from the command-line?
Is there any tool that can automate by script to generate file MD5?
I used to use Cygwin but I am looking for another solution without having Cygwin installed.
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How Do I Automatically Update My Database Nightly
Currently, every day before I start work, I complete the following procedure:
ssh to the production server
gzip our daily database dump file
scp the gzipped dump file over to my computer
gunzip the ...
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Need a sample script to perform an automated action on a Cisco router via ZOC SSH
Does anymone show me a script sample using the software "ZOC Terminal" (version 6.2) to perform an simple automatic action on a router, let's say a reboot or change of daylight savings time or ...
