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simos / mytest.py

Created February 21, 2012 14:10

Python hello world

print "Αυτή είναι μια δοκιμή"

simos / gist:1876740

Created February 21, 2012 14:11 — forked from defunkt/gist:2059

	def explain!
	puts 'Want to embed this Gist?'
	puts 'Use this: <script src="http://gist.github.com/2059.js"></script>'
	end

	/* This is a second test /*

simos / gist:1876756

Created February 21, 2012 14:16 — forked from defunkt/gist:2059

	def explain!
	puts 'Want to embed this Gist?'
	puts 'Use this: <script src="http://gist.github.com/2059.js"></script>'
	end

	explain!

simos / language.txt

Created March 20, 2012 12:41

i18n/language.txt

	# Default language for installer images built with this defaults package.
	# Note that the defaults package itself does not configure the locale, this
	# only gets effective for image builds.
	#
	# Format: single line with language code (or ll_CC for the languages like zh
	# which have two major codes like zh_CN or zh_TW). See /isolinux/langlist on a
	# Ubuntu live CD for the complete list.
	#
	# Example:
	# de

simos / parse_weather.py

Created November 12, 2013 10:55

Parses a parameterlist.htm file and creates a dictionary(hash table) with the data.

	#!/usr/bin/env python
	# -- coding: utf-8 --

	# We open the file and create the handle 'f' to access the content.
	f = open("parameterlist.htm", 'r')

	# The variable 'lines' now has all the lines of the file. 'lines' is an array.
	lines = f.readlines()

	# We initialise a hash table (dictionary) that we will put the parsed parameters in.

simos / killppid.c

Created November 18, 2013 21:37

Sample that kills the parent process. If you run from within a terminal, the program will terminate the calling shell (thus terminating the terminal window).

	#include <signal.h> /* For SIGKILL */

	int main()
	{
	/* Sends the SIGKILL signal to the Parent Process ID (ppid) */
	kill(getppid(), SIGKILL);

	return 0;
	}

simos / align-git.py

Created October 24, 2014 11:31

Align a tarball to a commit in a git repository

	#!/usr/bin/env python

	import os
	import subprocess

	# We want to reach back to a commit where the following file is identical in the tarball.
	FILENAME="page_alloc.c"

	# We created this file with: git log \| grep '^commit' \| awk '{ print $2}' > /tmp/commit-list.txt
	commit_file = open("/tmp/commit-list.txt", "r")

simos / fix gpx file so name has also desc text

Created April 8, 2015 09:24

	#!/usr/bin/env python

	FILENAME="Lesvos Birdings map of birding sites-Steve Dudley.gpx"

	from lxml import etree

	tree = etree.parse(FILENAME)
	root = tree.getroot()

	for wpt in tree.xpath('//wpt'):

simos / CheckIfDockerChecksumWasUpdated.sh

Last active June 2, 2016 21:32

	#!/bin/bash

	touch /tmp/Recent.xyz

	while true
	do
	echo "Checking again..."
	wget -q https://apt.dockerproject.org/repo/dists/ubuntu-xenial/main/binary-amd64/Release -O /tmp/Release.xyz
	if test /tmp/Release.xyz -nt Recent.xyz; then
	mplayer /usr/share/sounds/ubuntu/stereo/phone-incoming-call.ogg

simos / snapcraft.yaml

Last active February 6, 2017 12:37

snapcraft.yaml for httpstat

	name: httpstat # you probably want to 'snapcraft register <name>'
	version: '1.1.3' # just for humans, typically '1.2+git' or '1.3.2'
	summary: Curl statistics made simple # 79 char long summary
	description: \|
	httpstat is a utility that analyses show fast is a website
	when you are trying to connect to it.
	This utility is particularly useful to Web administrators

	grade: stable # must be 'stable' to release into candidate/stable channels
	confinement: strict # use 'strict' once you have the right plugs and slots

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