awk without printing newline
awk ‘{sum+=$3}; END {printf “%f”,sum/NR}’ ${file}_${f}_v1.xls >> to-plot-p.xls print will insert a newline by default. You dont want that to happen, hence use printf instead.
scripting
How do you execute an arbitrary native command from a string?
Invoke-Expression, also aliased as iex. The following will work on your examples #2 and #3: iex $command Some strings won’t run as-is, such as your example #1 because the exe is in quotes. This will work as-is, because the contents of the string are exactly how you would run it straight from a Powershell command … Read more
Scripting Language vs Programming Language [closed]
Scripting languages are programming languages that don’t require an explicit compilation step. For example, in the normal case, you have to compile a C program before you can run it. But in the normal case, you don’t have to compile a JavaScript program before you run it. So JavaScript is sometimes called a “scripting” language. … Read more
Stopping scripters from slamming your website
How about implementing something like SO does with the CAPTCHAs? If you’re using the site normally, you’ll probably never see one. If you happen to reload the same page too often, post successive comments too quickly, or something else that triggers an alarm, make them prove they’re human. In your case, this would probably be … Read more