The reverse is true as well. Typing "explorer ." will open Explorer from the command line for the current directory you are in. That comes in useful on occasions.

shell

Win7

Win8

Windows

Movie and TV Show Name Resolver

13 Nov 2019 by Marijan Nikic

One-file shell-integrated easy solution for automatic recognition of movies and TV shows

How to run a external pogram in c++?

18 Apr 2011 by Guyverthree

PROCESS_INFO...

shell

C++

Powershell or CMD window embedded in C# form

21 Feb 2012 by Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov

This is a well-known thing, which is implemented in the class System.Management.Automation.PowerShell, please see: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.management.automation.powershell%28v=vs.85%29.aspx[^].You can find a simple code sample...

shell

PowerShell

ASP.NET Core - Authentication UI Installation

9 Nov 2018 by YasIkeda

Tutorial about how to add authentication functionalities to your existing ASP.NET Core project using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Identity.UI package

How to run a external pogram in c++?

18 Apr 2011 by Niklas L

To get ShellExecute[^] to compile, you have to #include That will rid you of the C3861 error.

shell

C++

Async Drag 'n Drop or Drag 'n Drop from external server/device

19 Nov 2011 by User008

Drag 'n Drop asynchronous files from an external server or device

Effective Shell Part 2: Become a Clipboard Gymnast

25 Mar 2018 by Dave Kerr

In this article, I'll show you how you can use the shell as an efficient tool to compliment how you use the clipboard.

shell

Bash

Writing Compiler Front-Ends for LLVM with Lua using Mewa

26 May 2021 by Patrick P. Frey

In this article we see how a very primitive compiler is written in Lua using Mewa and how to compile and run a simple demo program in the shell.

Debugging AI Code Running in a Docker Container

21 May 2021 by Jarek Szczegielniak

In this article we use Visual Studio Code to edit and debug our increasingly complex code running inside a Docker container.

shell

Python

artificial-intelligence

Deploying AI Docker Containers to the Cloud

25 May 2021 by Jarek Szczegielniak

In this article, we publish our NLP API service to Azure using Azure Container Instances.

shell

Python

artificial-intelligence

Shell Programming Secrets Nobody Talks About (Part 2)

6 Mar 2023 by V. Subhash

This final part of the article series covers some other important behaviour of bash, particularly that relating to text expansions and substitutions.

shell

Bash

script

FFmpeg Filters Every Youtuber Needs

5 Nov 2023 by V. Subhash

A simple fix for excessively bright video and low-volume audio

Multi-Stage Docker Builds for AI Object Detection

18 May 2021 by Jarek Szczegielniak

In this article we run inference on sample images with TensorFlow using a containerized Object Detection API environment.

shell

Python

artificial-intelligence

docker

tensorflow

machine-learning

Anyone knows what causes this part syntax error? Thanks

30 Jan 2010 by Richard MacCutchan

What shell is this, and where do you get the syntax error? Please try to be specific about your problem.

shell

Shell replacement in C# .NET4.0

5 Apr 2011 by #realJSOP

It shouldn't matter what version of .Net you use (as long as you're not using 1.n because that's just so freakin' old it's not worth considering). What you need to do is become familiar with how the OS implements the feature. If you stop and think about it, it's merely a scaled down version of...

C#4.0

shell

.NET4

Check how an app has started (C#)

2 May 2011 by dan!sh

Are you looking for command line arguments[^]? It seems so to me from your comment to Dave.

shell

.NET

Windows

ShellExecute to open default browser

31 May 2011 by Manfred Rudolf Bihy

Seems that I have found something that might fix your problem:LONG r = ShellExecute(NULL, "open", "http://www.microsoft.com", NULL, NULL, SW_SHOWNORMAL);The probelm seems to lie with your parameter being SW_SHOWDEFAULT whereas the MSDN sample I found at...

shell

C++

MFC

Open a command prompt anywhere.

23 Jun 2011 by Member 8009015

My XP method is to:Go to C:\WINDOWS\system32\Right click on cmd.exeSend to Desktop (shortcut)Right click on the Desktop shortcutClear the start in parameterOn the address line of any Explorer directory, start typing cmd and you will get a list of any icons on the Desktop starting...

Error code 12 while running BAT files

18 May 2012 by OriginalGriff

The trouble is, that it could be almost anything.The most likely is that the systems on which it is failing are either Vista or Win 7 and accessing a folder / file to which you do not have the necessary permissions.

shell

help needed: Prints numbers in a range.

26 Mar 2013 by Jochen Arndt

This can be done using a C program calling standard C library functions only. Then this source would be OS independant.To do this with Unix shells passing the range on the command line, read about shell programming (especially passing command line parameters, conditions, and arithmetric...

shell

mathematics

IS PYTHON a Replacement for a Linux Shell? Is it a SHell language?

24 Aug 2013 by Zoltán Zörgő

As Mehdi Gholam stated, it is a programming language and it can be used as shell, but it is quite inconvenient as such. It can be a shell because it has an interactive interface, but it is inconvenient because the main shell commands you normally use in a shell are method calls, it won't let you...

shell

Python

Bash

Linux sleep command help

11 Sep 2013 by Zoltán Zörgő

Use: sleep ${fname2}m

shell

Linux

Autos - Immediate Access to Resources Without Clicking

1 Jan 2015 by tc99

Immediate access to resources without clicking

Using shellexecuteex and waitforsingleobject parent window lose its focus when it returns

12 Jan 2018 by sdancer75

Using the code below to run an external exe file, when this app terminates, the parent window loses its focus. I want to disable the parent window to avoid any paint problems and re-activate when the WaitForSingleObject is terminated. Is there any solution for that ? What am i doing wrong...

Effective Shell Part 3: Getting Help

19 Dec 2017 by Dave Kerr

In this article, I'll show you how to quickly get help when working with tools in the shell, without disrupting your flow!

shell

Using shellexecuteex and waitforsingleobject parent window lose its focus when it returns

11 Jan 2018 by Michael Haephrati

You will get more control over the new process you are creating if you use CreateProcess() instead of ShellExecuteEx() and running Update.exe in the background. SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES sa; sa.nLength = sizeof(sa); sa.lpSecurityDescriptor = NULL; sa.bInheritHandle = TRUE; PROCESS_INFORMATION...

Automate C program standard inputs with bash

20 Apr 2021 by k5054

When you use a Here Document, the shell effectively does echo -e "1\n2\n" > /tmp/tempname ./test

shell

Bash

Running AI Models in Docker Containers

27 Apr 2021 by Jarek Szczegielniak

In this article, we’ll create a container to run a CPU inference on the trained model.

How to Use FFmpeg Filters to Jazz Up Your Audio and Video Files

21 Jun 2021 by V. Subhash

Cut, copy, convert, mix, rotate, flip, resize, crop, combine, compose, blur, sharpen, smoothen, side-by-side split, PIP inset, fade in/out using FFmpeg Filters

How to use grep and awk together to get specific part of a url/string

17 Feb 2022 by Peter_in_2780

Run it through something like this: svn info | awk 'BEGIN {FS="/"} /^URL:/ {print $6 "/" $7 "/" $8}' [edit] fixed typo [/edit]

continuous-integration

DevOps

Batch Downloading With Python

21 Apr 2022 by Matt Pogue

Scripting is a crucial skill for any admin to learn. This post walks through the process to develop a batch file download script in Python, demonstrating how to use the interactive Python shell to troubleshoot while writing code.

shell

Python

How do I access this executable program in network folder.

15 Aug 2023 by Richard Deeming

Quote: I'm expecting to launch the application on the client. Well, there's you problem. Code running on the server cannot launch an application on the client. It might appear to work when you debug your code locally. But that's only...

shell

IIS-Express

ProcessStartInfo

How to run shell command line inside of java swing ?

16 Jan 2024 by Richard MacCutchan

As already suggested to you you need to use ProcessBuilder (Java SE 18 & JDK 18)[^]. The documentation shows how to build a command and use this and associated classes to start it. And here is a tutorial with sample code:...

shell

Button

How to disable the Sleep button while your code is running

6 Nov 2012 by PJ Arends

I needed to disable the Sleep button on my keyboard, here's how.

Is it possible to change the string table values in Shell32.dll using c# ?

11 Jan 2010 by Rick Shaub

Disclaimer, this is risky business.See this link[^] for a manual way to edit Shell32.dll . By using the File[^] class and the Process[^] class you may be able to mimic this procedure.

shell

Windows

file

Is it possible to change the string table values in Shell32.dll using c# ?

11 Jan 2010 by #realJSOP

I wouldn't do it because it's a system DLL, and Vista/Weven don't like it when you mess with system DLLs.

shell

Windows

file

File associations with the WindowsAPICodePack

21 Jan 2010 by JimBob SquarePants

Hi all, I'm playing about with the WindowsAPICodePack and i've got a few queries regarding how Windows deals with file types.As part of the API you have the ability to register filetype associations with your application using RegisterFileAssociations(string progId, ...

shell

Win7

Windows

Changing the the application title and icon displayed on taskbar without changing the Form.Text and Form.Icon

10 Mar 2010 by Alaric Dailey

For consistency, the icon in your taskbar is the icon on your form (so it makes sense to the user). If you want to do this, the only way I can think to do is some "slight of hand". Change the "show in taskbar" property to falseCreate a new form and force it to stay minimizedchange...

shell

Win7

Windows

GUI for command line tool, reading output of all processes

2 Feb 2011 by C. Groß

Hi everybody!First of all, please excuse me if my English is not perfect, I'm not a native speaker.Let me first describe what I'm up to:I want to create a GUI for a command line tool which I have not written by myself.I got so far to be able to launch the tool with desired...

shell

GUI

How do I implement IShellFolder interface into a simple application (dll), without using MFC, ATL.

10 Jun 2011 by Graham Shanks

I don't quite understand what the problem is. IShellFolder is part of theWindows SDK, not part of MFC or of ATL.The File Operations sample[^] is one of a number of Microsoft samples that show you how to use it

Open a command prompt anywhere.

24 Jun 2011 by thatraja

Here are a couple of other ways:Microsoft PowertoysSend to ToysManually add the context menuThrough batch fileThrough the RegistryAdd Command Prompt here Shortcut to Windows Explorer[^].

Using Shell.MinimizeAll() in VB.Net

27 Aug 2011 by Simon Bang Terkildsen

It does exactly what you what it to.Shell.MinimizeAll() documentation[^]You're suspicious? hmm, when I find a solution to a problem to be much easier than I expected, I put on the the party hat and start dancing around the office :D

shell

Start shell application and pass command to the prompt.

1 Nov 2011 by prashant_tambe

Use CreateProcess, create a pipe and pass it as a hStdInput in the STARTUPINFO structure and then you can write the "stop" "start" commands to the pipe, refer this article for how to redirect the stdin and...

shell

C++

How do i autorun file.pptx (file.pptx file in cd)

30 Mar 2012 by lukeer

Create a file "Autorun.inf" containing this[autorun] open=file.pptxand put it in the root directory of your CD.Some PCs (those with activated autorun functionality) will try to run file.pptx. If a PC has an application installed that can handle .pptx files it will probably open...

shell

PowerPoint

MKV metadata handler

6 Apr 2012 by lewax00

I haven't made a shell extension, but I did come across a bit of information about it a while back while researching Internet Explorer extensions (they use the same system more or less).The easiest way to implement something like this would probably be in C# or C++, because you'll need to...

shell

Visual-Studio

How do I change the extension of a lot of files?

25 Aug 2012 by André Kraak

From Batch File Rename with Windows PowerShell[^]: Dir *.txt | rename-item -newname { $_.name -replace ".txt",".c" }

shell

PowerShell

something strange about windows's DOS shell

20 Oct 2012 by Member 9531583

I wrote following command in windows XP's DOS shell and something strange happened:C:\Foleder1\copy sample.txt :because of my typing mistake, I wrote ":" instead of "D:", but it copied the sample.txt to somewhere I cant find!I searched my whole HDD for sample.txt but the only instance of...

something strange about windows's DOS shell

20 Oct 2012 by Alan N

Yes it's quite clever! You've hit upon a syntax for creating an NTFS alternate data stream and I think you will have created an alternate stream named :sample.txt which is a complete copy of the original file but hidden from normal view.A bit of background is available in...

VB6 Shell, Error in opening an RTF file.

9 Nov 2012 by Richard MacCutchan

You may need to put the path string in double quotes to get it accepted. I don't know VB but in C/C++/C# it would be:string rtfPath = "\"C:\\RTF Files\\000001.rtf\"";

shell

VB6

Can I use VS's FindInFiles command programmatically in a stand-alone application?

23 Jan 2013 by Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov

It's easy. You need to do it by yourself.You need to use: System.IO.Directory.GetFiles, http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.io.directory.getfiles.aspx[^].There is one unpleasant problem with this API. To take it into account, please see this discussion: Directory.Get.Files...

shell

VS2012

IS PYTHON a Replacement for a Linux Shell? Is it a SHell language?

24 Aug 2013 by Mehdi Gholam

Python is a programming language : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Python_%28programming_language%29[^]However it can be used within a shell.

shell

Python

Bash

Printing 1 to N with for loop

29 Aug 2013 by CPallini

This works for me:#!bin/shfor c in `seq 1 5`doecho "$c"doneHowever, as Manfred noted, the right syntax depends on the shell you are using.

shell

Ubuntu

Linux

In Windows 10 ICC_LINK_CLASS & WC_LINK classes are not found

20 Sep 2015 by Ajesh Novell

I am creating a shell extension. In my property sheet dialog, I have a added a "SysLinK Control". But as soon I add this control my dialog doesn't come. I tried programmatically create this control usingHWND hwnd = CreateWindowEx(0, WC_LINK,L"Ajesh",WS_VISIBLE | WS_CHILD |...

shell

C++

Windows

Automating deployment of ASP.NET Core to Azure App Service from Linux

8 Nov 2016 by Afzaal Ahmad Zeeshan

In this post, I will show you how to create a small script to automate the deployment of your ASP.NET Core applications to Microsoft Azure using local git deployment.

How to get quick access folder path in windows 10 using CLSID in C# WPF ?

11 Jan 2018 by Graeme_Grant

What is wrong with Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.MyDocuments)? Here is the full list: // // Summary: // Specifies enumerated constants used to retrieve directory paths to system special // folders. [ComVisible(true)] public enum SpecialFolder { // // Summary: //...

shell

Issue with findexecutable function for jpeg files.

14 May 2018 by Richard MacCutchan

See Why does FindExecutable behave erratically for files with extensions longer than three characters? (And what can you do about it?) – The Old New Thing[^].

shell

Win32

Windows context menu - visibility of the item (if clipboard contains text)

25 Jul 2018 by Dave Kreskowiak

There's nothing you can put into the registry that's going to do the whole "If there's something on the clipboard" thing. You're going to have to provide actual code for that and modify the context menu on-the-fly. The only way to do that is to write a shell extension. This is FAR from a...

Replace words with powershell

20 May 2021 by Rob Rob 2021

((Get-Content -Path C:\Folder1\file.txt -Raw ) -split "\s+" | Sort-Object {Get-Random} ) -join ' ' | Out-File -FilePath C:\Folder1\NewFile.txt

shell

PowerShell

[BASH] speed test via CLI w/ no addon

18 Jul 2021 by Daniel Pfeffer

Working backwards from the numbers that you give, we get 1 block = 100Mb / 22355 = 4473 bits. This looks close to a 4 Kb (i.e. 512 byte) block size. Adding various header and framing bits make the correspondence even better. I expect that you...

Using md5 and Locate to Find Duplicate Files

17 Nov 2022 by h_wiedey

This tip shows how md5 and locate can be used to find duplicate files.

[BASH] store UNIX epoch time in variable

16 Oct 2021 by Peter_in_2780

cert_expiration_epoch=$(date +%s -d "$cert_expiration") You really should start using the basic tools available. date --help man date man bash Also as someone else already told you, it's much better to use $(command) rather than `command`

shell

Linux

Bash

I want to test in shell script if 10 bytes are written successfully at end of file. How can I test using shell script command.

29 Jan 2022 by OriginalGriff

It's going to depend on your OS - the Linux diff is different from the WIndows version, but since you mention cat, I assume you are using linux for some reason. This may help: Shell script using Diff[^]

shell

script

Linux by python...my dream

13 Feb 2022 by steveb

This is impossible. When machine first powers up, there are no Python interpretes on a BIOS level. There fore this cannot be written in Python. Maybe only after boot code was executed. But why would anyone want to write an OS in a slow...

Which command should I use? - Linux

5 Apr 2022 by Richard MacCutchan

sort(1) - Linux manual page[^]

shell

Linux

system

Has anyone written a windows 11 shell extension?

8 Apr 2022 by Gary R. Wheeler

The context menu in the Windows 11 File Explorer has moved all shell extensions to the "shift-F10" submenu. The available documentation seems to state that Win32 apps must be installed using UWP methods to integrate with the Win11 Explorer. This...

shell

Windows

Has anyone written a windows 11 shell extension?

8 Apr 2022 by Randor

Hi, You can install the Windows SDK[^] and the MakeAppx and SignTool utilities are included. The steps you need to take are here: Grant identity to non-packaged desktop apps[^] It's not as difficult as it looks, you can use this old code...

shell

Windows

Bash: compare two number read from txt file

26 Jul 2022 by k5054

You can use normal comparison operators inside a bash [[ ]] expresion. Try if [[ $line > 30 ]]; then ... fi

Shell script to find difference between time stamps in milliseconds unix operating system

13 Oct 2022 by k5054

Depending on what tools you have available, you have a few options. Lets assume that you can put your two operands in arg1 and arg2 respectively then Perl: perl -e "print $arg1 - $arg2" bc: echo "scale=3; echo $arg1 - $arg2" | bc awk: echo...

shell

Why does it say no "no such file or directory" using shell on jupyter notebook

8 Feb 2023 by Richard MacCutchan

I just tried this on my Linux system, and the tests for "One year" and "Two year" fail, because the read command splits them into two fields. I have tried putting them in quotes, but it still splits them at the space character. I guess you have...

shell

Updating bash Variables in a Loop

8 Mar 2023 by k5054

How to update a bash variable inside a loop when reading from command output

shell

Dev

Bash

Get DOS 8.3 short name with VbScript

3 May 2010 by Riaan Lehmkuhl

Create a new text file called shortname.vbs:Open in Notepad and paste the following code in it:set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject") strLongName = Wscript.Arguments(0)strShortName = "Invalid File/Folder - (" & strLongName & ")"Set fsoFile = NothingOn Error Resume...

shell

VBScript

how i can make a shell extention drive to show some of foldr in my drive?

20 Jan 2010 by moayyaed1024

such as a virtual drive that is read the file in iso image or cd imageor colon CD it is has a virtual drivedearif you have some of code to help me tel mei hope to see you in USAthankx

shell

how i can make a shell extention drive to show some of foldr in my drive?

21 Jan 2010 by Eddy Vluggen

You could use the DOKAN-library[^], it has bindings to .NET and is well documented.

shell

Shell Programming (Creating Menu and directing it to menu itself)

24 Jan 2010 by Clement Tan

I'm supposed to create a menu in shell programming comprises of a main menu something like this..1) Add new book2) Remove existing book info3) Update book info and quantity4) Search for book by title/author5) Process a book sold6) Inventory summary report7) QuitEach...

shell

Shell Programming (Creating Menu and directing it to menu itself)

26 Jan 2010 by Graham Breach

Since you mention a .sh file, I guess you mean Unix or Linux shell scripting. There are several different types of shell language that you could be using though - sh/bash, tcsh/csh, ksh ...For any of them the best place to look for information is the manual page - use "man bash" or "man csh"...

shell

Anyone knows what causes this part syntax error? Thanks

30 Jan 2010 by Clement Tan

function check_title_author #function to input title / author{ while [ "$Title" = "" ] do echo "Title : \c " read Title done while [ "$Author" = "" ] do echo "Author : \c " read Author done}

shell

Anyone knows what causes this part syntax error? Thanks

30 Jan 2010 by Clement Tan

Forget to indicate, its shell programming using functions

shell

how to open webpage in shell extension

9 Mar 2010 by llmu

I want to open a webpage in folder view in my shell extension if click a folder name or file name in tree view,so I written code like this:class CShellView : public IShellView, public...

shell

C++

how to open webpage in shell extension

9 Mar 2010 by #realJSOP

Try ShellExceute (I forgot exactly how it's done in C++, but ShellExecute sounds like it should point you in the right direction).

shell

C++

invalid class exception with Cliche

15 Mar 2010 by alexbtr29

Hi,I am using your cliche shell, but found a strange issue with it. It worked flawlessly for a month or so, but now it throws a java.io.InvalidClassException: org.Reticolo; incompatible types for field matriceProssimitaAlfaVariabileObviously i have double checked that params passed are...

shell

Java

invalid class exception with Cliche

15 Mar 2010 by Richard MacCutchan

alexbtr29 wrote:I am using your cliche shellI guess that you are referring to some article here; please post your question in the forum at the end of the article so the author will get a notification of your question.

shell

Java

C# run cmd shell minimized

6 Apr 2010 by Guy Tal

I need to run the cmd shell minimized from C# code. How can i do that?The problem is when I try to run a command using smd (for example mounting of a drive) it opens console window maximuzed and it hides my application Form. It doesn't look good, so I want to find a way to run the cmd...

shell

Makefile error in UNIX

6 Apr 2010 by CPallini

Poonamol wrote:$(CCC)Shouldn't be $(CC)?What error (or unexpected behaviour) did you get? :)

shell

How to master right click menu in windows explorer

12 Apr 2010 by huzris

Im am trying to get most of my Windows Explorer on XP.I like functionality provided by "Send To" menu, i can add scripts in it and automate many operations because script gets list of selected files/folders as command argument and does the operation.I dont want to write my own shell...

shell

Windows

How to master right click menu in windows explorer

12 Apr 2010 by Mustafa Ismail Mustafa

huzris wrote:How to master right click menu in windows explorerBy continuous practice. Just keep on right clicking until you get it right :laugh:Seriously though, you ought to take a look at these:Creating a shell extension with C#[^]http://www.contextmenu.net/[^]

shell

Windows

How to master right click menu in windows explorer

12 Apr 2010 by Dave Kerr

I believe the only way to do this will be to implement a shell extension for the particular file types that you want to provide this functionality for, or the * type if it is for all of them.There are lots of shell extension articles on the codeproject that might help you with this, but this...

shell

Windows

How to master right click menu in windows explorer

12 Apr 2010 by huzris

When i think about what I want I see how lazy I am :)Send To is enough, but one click too far for my lazy ass ;DI think that http://www.contextmenu.net/ is what i need, but it costs 150$http://www.codeproject.com/KB/shell/ShellPilot.aspx is close to http://www.contextmenu.net/ and...

shell

Windows