Category Archives: Programming

Review of “Python for Unix and Linux System Administration”

I first got introduced to Python a few years go. Between now and then I mostly did some hackish scripts solving various small problems that me or my colleagues had. It has not been until recently that I started writing … Continue reading

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Filed under Django, Linux, Programming, Python, Ubuntu

AVUpdater.py

The servers in our DMZ do not have any access to the outside world. Getting Symantec dat files onto the DMZ AV server was kind of a pain. I would manually download the latest file (when I remembered) and then … Continue reading

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Filed under MS Junk, Programming, Python, Ubuntu

pyNetView

Have you ever wanted to just have a list of the machines on your network? One that you could easily pass to a script / application? Well I sure have.  So I do the net view > outfile.txt then scrub … Continue reading

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Filed under Programming, Python, Ubuntu

Editra text editor

Thanks to this blog post I have started using Editra for my coding needs. It at version 0.3.38 which is its 14th alpha release at the time of this writing. Don’t let the alpha part fool you though. It is … Continue reading

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Filed under Foresight, Linux, Programming, Python, Ubuntu

hg vs git

Which to use. I have been using hg for some small things for a little while and I really like how easy it is to use. The commands are easy enough to remember and they make sense with what it … Continue reading

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Filed under Foresight, General Stuff, Linux, Programming, Python, Ubuntu