Questions tagged [scripting]
Use this tag to discussing programming which automates the execution of tasks that could alternatively be executed one-by-one by a human operator.
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Chrome extension that reloads the webpage until a particular condition is met (example: HTML contains "hello")
I often need to troubleshoot rare bugs in webpages.
To trigger a rare bug, I typically need to refresh the webpage 100 or 1000 times until the bug appears (for instance an error message is shown, or ...
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Is there a script add on or browser addon that will re-enable headlines on tweets?
Twitter has removed all headlines from tweets, leaving only images and base URL names visible. Is there any script or add-on that could re-enable headline visibility?
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Saving all responses from a specific URL to disk while browsing
I am looking for a versatile solution that allows me to capture and save all the responses from a specific URL to disk while I am browsing, with no restrictions on the browser, external programs, or ...
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Google Drive Tool That Can Update The indexableText attribute Of Files
TLDR: Google Drive does not index markdown files or mime type text/markdown by default. But Google Drive provides a method to index files with mime types that are not indexed by default by updating ...
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A Windows software to convert google-drive photos to webp?
So, the software needs to download google drive photos.
Then convert them to .webp, then upload them back to google drive.
Then delete the original (.jpg, .png etc) photos from google drive.
It could ...
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Good software + language solution for as400 scripting
I need to automate as400 terminal actions for my company.
I am currently working with python + x3270 emulator, however, some function keys are not being recognized, i have tried multiple ways to make ...
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Portable Python interpreter for Windows 7
Please recommend a Python interpreter with a few specific requirements:
Portable (no writing to the Windows registry or creating/modifying files outside of its own folder/subfolders)
Gratis for ...
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CLI tool to compare 2 JSON files without regards to order of data objects AND returns an errorlevel environment variable
I'm searching for a CLI (Windows) tool to compare 2 JSON files.
The trick is that the data objects within the JSON files may be in different orders (positions). Even if the order of data objects ...
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Deduplication script that runs with both bash and zsh for Linux, macOS, etc?
I have a scenario where we frequently pull in duplicated files that take up a lot of space. There's no reasonable way to stop the intake of these duplicated files due to their irregularity and the ...
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Viewer for multiple batch scripts
I have 12 batch (.bat) scripts which have to automatically start when Windows boots. Most of them are endless-running.
To accomplish that, I added a bat file in shell:startup, which looks like this ...
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Can you recommend a command line JavaScript interpreter?
I would like to try out an AES encryption facility: https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/crypto-js/3.1.2/rollups/aes.js But without using a browser, with a command line tool, if it exists at all. ...
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Scripting tool to create complex sketches/figures
I'm working in science, which means, among other things, that I have to explain things to others in many different situations, preferrably using elaborate sketches to illustrate things. Up until now, ...
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Scripting engine that's lightweight, cross-platform, functional, and statically typed
I'm looking for a scripting engine to embed in a C program. Here's what I'm looking for in it:
FOSS (doesn't matter whether it's a copyleft or pushover license)
C interop (though I expect every ...
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Are there any interactive shells for Windows Script Host environment
As the title suggests, I am looking for a Python like interactive shell for Windows Script Host. I want to analyze for example, the object that is returned by GetObject("winmgmts:").InstancesOf("...
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TST10 like prorgram using SSH
From time to time I have to login and issue the same commands to many different devices. I used to use telnet with TST10, at and old job, that was great and easy to use. But with security concerns at ...
