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(use '[clojure.contrib.shell-out :only [sh]])
(defn sh-timeout [timeout-in-seconds & args]
  (.get 
    (future-call #(apply sh args))
    timeout-in-seconds 
    (java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit/SECONDS)))

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How to use the MicroTask process to complete projects

by Asim Jalis, MetaProse.com

The MicroTask process is a technique for taking on large and vague projects and then gradually nibbling on them until they are done.

Besides getting things done, this technique will make your work fun. It will turn it into a game. Instead of working on a large and

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How to deploy a Python application as a zip file

by Asim Jalis, MetaProse.com

Create a file __main__.py containing:

print "Hello world from Python"

Zip up the Python files (in this case just this one file) into app.zip by typing:

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How to install Ruby on Rails on Windows PC

by Asim Jalis, MetaProse.com

Here are the steps for installing Ruby on Rails on a Windows PC and verifying that the install was successful.

1. Go to http://www.railsinstaller.org.

2. Click on “Download the Kit”.

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How to use C# in bat and cmd files

by Asim Jalis, MetaProse.com

Here are the steps for how to write bat and cmd files with C#.

Here is the problem this solves: Frequently I just want to write a short C# snippet. I don't want to write it as a source file, compile it, and run it. I'd rather just put the snippet in a bat file and run the bat file. I want to shorten the code-compile-execute loop to just code-execute.

The following steps show you how to create CSBat.exe which solves this problem. Note: The in-memory compiler code was taken from Don Box's CSRepl from his blog.

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How to run Perl in an interactive shell

by Asim Jalis, MetaProse.com

An interactive shell is useful for quickly trying out different commands. While Ruby, Python, and Clojure come with interactive shells, Perl does not. However, it is easy to create one using this one-liner on Unix systems:

perl -e 'do{print("perl> ");$_x=<>;chomp $_x;print(eval($_x)."\n")}while($_x ne "q")'

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package core;

import java.io.*;
import java.net.*;

/**
 * Useful utility functions.
 */
public class Util {

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(function() {

/**
 * My JavaScript library.
 *
 * @author [your name here]
 */

/**
 * @class A namespace is a collection of functions and classes.

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# To run a command on all 4 hosts type: ethm COMMAND
# For example: ethm hostname
# You can also type: 
# 
#   eth COMMAND    # Run COMMAND on elephant, tiger, horse
#   thm COMMAND    # Run COMMAND on tiger, horse, monkey
#   h COMMAND      # Run COMMAND on horse
#   m COMMAND      # Run COMMAND on monkey
# 
# And so on.

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import java.io.*;

import org.apache.hadoop.conf.*;
import org.apache.hadoop.fs.*;
import org.apache.hadoop.io.*;
import org.apache.hadoop.mapreduce.*;
import org.apache.hadoop.mapreduce.lib.input.*;
import org.apache.hadoop.mapreduce.lib.output.*;
import org.apache.hadoop.mapreduce.lib.partition.*;
import org.apache.hadoop.mapreduce.lib.reduce.*;