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glenn jackman

Ottawa, Canada

Developer at Pythian.
Big Tcl and Perl fan.
Enjoy Ruby and JavaScript too.

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53
awk: access captured group from line pattern
stackoverflow.com

33
Odd ( or even ) entries in a Ruby array
stackoverflow.com

26
bash/sed/awk/etc remove every other newline
serverfault.com

24
Count the number of lines in a file with Ruby, without reading entire file into memory
stackoverflow.com

21
Use bash variable from within AWK
stackoverflow.com

21
How do perform commands in another folder, without repeating the folder path?
superuser.com

18
Amending PATH so that /usr/local/bin is ahead of /usr/bin
apple.stackexchange.com

16
In bash, how can I rename a file without repeating the path?
superuser.com

15
Bash: Iterating over lines in a variable
superuser.com

15
How can I close a terminal without killing its children (without running `screen` first)?
unix.stackexchange.com

14
How do I handle switches in a shell script?
unix.stackexchange.com

14
How do I teach bash in Ubuntu some curse words?
askubuntu.com

13
Can you eval code in the context of a caller in Ruby?
stackoverflow.com

13
Ruby class variables
stackoverflow.com

13
How can I find lines in one file but not the other using bash scripting?
stackoverflow.com

13
How to execute multiple commands after xargs -0?
stackoverflow.com

12
How do I get the contents of an http request in Ruby?
stackoverflow.com

12
tcl curly braces
stackoverflow.com

12
Ruby $stdin.gets without showing chars on screen
stackoverflow.com

12
How can I add a help method to a shell script?
stackoverflow.com

12
Can I use shell wildcards to select filenames ranging across double-digit numbers (e.g., from foo_1.jpg to foo_54.jpg)?
stackoverflow.com

12
Is there a way to jump to an earlier part of a command line command in the Mac Terminal?
superuser.com

11
How can I get name of the user executing my Perl script?
stackoverflow.com

11
Tab separated values in awk
stackoverflow.com

10
CD into directory with “-” in the beginning
superuser.com

10
How can I use two bash commands in -exec of find command?
unix.stackexchange.com

9
How can I make an expect script prompt for a password?
stackoverflow.com

9
How can I sprintf a big number in Perl?
stackoverflow.com

9
awk insert blank line every n lines
stackoverflow.com

9
Use sed to replace all backslashes with forward slashes
stackoverflow.com

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