Monthly Archives: January 2006

Grep-tastic!

Posted on January 9, 2006 by bturnip

Simple problem: Show me the lines of code in a file that have opening parentheses without closing parentheses. Nested and multiple parens need not be considered. My solution: grep “(” testfile | grep -v “)” Better solution: grep ‘([^)]*$’ testfile

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Do you know what an octothorpe is?

Posted on January 7, 2006 by bturnip

Know what an octothorpe is? (Hint: It is one half of a hashbang) What about an arroba? No? In that case, while away a couple of trivia filled minutes at [ AskOxford: Symbols ]

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updgrade complete

Posted on January 7, 2006 by admin

Most of the upgrades should be transparent.  For those that write posts, my previous changes to the dashboard have temporarily been undone.  When time permits, I will bring back the streamlined version.

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Upgrades pending

Posted on January 7, 2006 by admin

I have had some posts in the queue, but I also have plans to upgrade and do some other maintenance tasks. Stay tuned.

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