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Reading a file name parameter from the command line is a common task. In this post I read a file name and validate it exists. For paths and file names that include spaces, you have to pass them between quotes, otherwise they will be interpreted by the operating system as two different parameters. #include <string> …
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Here is an easy solution to passing parameters to a C++ application from the command line that does not require any external libraries. Since parameters are read inside a loop, the order in which they are passed is not important. #include <string> #include <iostream> int main(int argc, char* argv[]) { for (int i = 1; …
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Redirecting all your program output to a file is very simple and can be accomplished like this: myapp > output.log This line will send all the output generated by myapp to a file named output.log. The contents of output.log will always be overwritten; but you can use a second > to append to the current …
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Boost is a set of high-quality libraries that speed up C++ development. They are included in most linux distributions and some of them are already part of the C++ Standard Library. In the Windows environment, you have to install them in order to take advantage of them. If you are using Microsoft Visual Studio, you …
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The following one-liner will help you remove comments, spaces, and more from your CSS files. Suggestions are always welcomed. Important: Before running this command, create a copy of your original file. Try the resulting CSS in a test environment before releasing it. cat style.css | sed -e ‘ s/^[ t]*//g; # leading spaces s/[ t]*$//g; …
Starting or stopping services on Windows is a task commonly performed by using the Services snap-in on the MMC console. From time to time you want to perform such tasks from the command line. A possible reason for this is when you are creating scripts (batch files). To achieve this, you have two options: net …
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Even though we have many sophisticated GUI text editors, there is one that has passed all time tests: vi. vi is a text editor created originally for Unix in 1976. Are you kidding? 1976? Why should I even bother to know it exists? Because that is the only text editor you will find for sure …
.vimrc is the configuration file for vi. Whenever executed, vi will read this file’s contents setting up a customized environment. In order to work, you have to save it in your home directory (~). It is important to notice that the commands should not include the initial colon (:). Here are some useful commands: syntax …
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by Andrew Block Need an easy way to back up your files, but don’t feel like monkeying with expensive or complicated software? Using the xcopy command and a simple text file, you can accomplish this rather easily. Here’s what I do. First, make sure that file extensions are not hidden by going to My Computer …
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by FreeBSD.org An example master zone file for example.org (existing within /etc/namedb/master/example.org) is as follows: $TTL 3600 ; 1 hour default TTL example.org. IN SOA ns1.example.org. admin.example.org. ( 2006051501 ; Serial 10800 ; Refresh 3600 ; Retry 604800 ; Expire 300 ; Negative Response TTL ) ; DNS Servers IN NS ns1.example.org. IN NS ns2.example.org. …