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bash script merge and python slicing [closed]

here's my issue I have 2 files generated in linux that has common output and were produced across multiple hosts with the same setup/configs. These files do some simple reporting on resource ...
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Run python script from Finder rather than edit?

Max OS X. When I double-click on a python script it opens in the default editor. How might I make it so that when I double-click, or choose the script from Applications, it executes from the python ...
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Running script on boot

I'm trying to run a Python script on startup on a Raspberry Pi. I know that this can be accomplished by adding to various files. I plan to add to bashrc (worked previously, on similar attempts), but I ...
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Allowing a process in screen to restart itself

System is Debian Whezy x64. I currently use screen to start programs as user rather than root. It looks like this: In /etc/rc.local, I call su -c "/home/user/scripts/startup" user Then, in ...
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How to run a command from the terminal/a script without the need to wait until the program exits?

The problem is that if I execute a command (eg. a Python script), the terminal or script is waiting until the program return a exit status so that it can continue or return to terminal. Is there a way ...
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Is there a tool that helps me draw a venn diagram easily?

For some reason I have to draw a lot of venn diagrams and I hope I can just specify the sets and its elements and it emits the right image. I do not care about the blazonry. So is there any tool or ...
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How do I make a python script (including its dependencies) run on startup of an Ubuntu machine?

Well, I do know that for a single script the question is to just put the corresponding file in directory /etc/rc.local, right? But, what if this script depends on other files (i.e. a few scripts and a ...
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/usr/bin/python Replacement

If I've changed the target of /usr/bin/python from /usr/bin/python2.7 to /usr/bin/python3.2 (I realize this was an ABSOUTELY HORRIBLE idea) in Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS. Afterwards, several applications, ...
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Permission Denied running python script from samba share

I'm trying to mount a samba share on a Ubuntu 12.04 desktop from a Fedora 17 desktop. I can create, edit and delete files with no problem but when I try to run python scripts on the share i get a ...
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Find script with early cutting branches on first occurences

It must exists, my problem is how to express my need. When I search for a given filename, Iwant the search stop searching the current branch when it finds a first occurence, BUT continue to search in ...
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How to manually stop a Python script that runs continuously on linux

I have a Python script that is running and continuously dumping errors into a log file. I want to edit the script and run it again, but don't know how to stop the script. I'm currently logged on ...
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How to run python script on startup with sudo permission on Mac OS

I have created a script with python that basically ping all servers found in my lists. I need this script to be run on startup with sudo permission. So the question is, How do you run the script on ...
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“No commands supplied” error when executing a Python script on Ubuntu

I checked out a SVN repository, and tried to python setup.py on my Ubuntu 10.04 terminal, which is a Python script, but I get the following error: abc@def:~/Downloads/a-read-only$ python setup.py ...
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How to convert .xlsx to .txt?

I want to know if there is a Linux tool or a script available to convert .xlsx file to .txt.
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Python and Google Sketchup

Is there any way of scripting Google Sketchup using Python rather than Ruby? I have had a look at SuPy but unforturnately I'm working with Python 2.6 rather than Python 2.5 which SuPy appears to ...
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How do I make a script run upon startup of the Ubuntu machine?

I want to run /home/myuser/go.py How do I make that run in the background, everytime my linux machine boots up?