In Python, as with most languages, STDIN is treated like a file. You can read from it any time, but knowing what kind of file it is lets us know if someone passed us something via STDIN or if we are going to prompt them for it. import os, sys if os.isatty(file.fileno(sys.stdin)): print “Reading list [...]
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HOW TO detect STDIN with Python
July 25th, 2011 · No Comments
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HowTo Use an HTTP Proxy With Git
April 29th, 2011 · No Comments
git should use the environment variable $http_proxy so set that and you should be ok. If you don’t want to use the environment, set it statically like this: $ git config –global http.proxy http://proxy.example.com:8080 $ git config –get http.proxy http://proxy.example.com:8080
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Build A Custom PERL Installation
April 11th, 2011 · No Comments
If you want to build a PERL installation that is separate from your standard PERL, you can compile one, complete with CPAN support. Just follow these steps: mkdir /custom/perl/ cd /custom/perl/ curl -O http://www.cpan.org/src/perl-5.12.3.tar.gz mkdir perl-5_12_3 gunzip perl-5.12.3.tar.gz tar -xf perl-5.12.3.tar cd perl-5.12.3 ./Configure -d -Dprefix=/custom/perl/perl-5_12_3 make make test make install /custom/perl/perl-5_12_3/bin/perl -v /custom/perl/perl-5_12_3/bin/perl -e [...]
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