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How to programmatically created nested directories given a path?
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Given a Unix path as a string:
path = "/this/is/a/unix/path"
Is there an idiomatic way to then programmatically create this path?
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Exported function discovery with LibraryFunction
Many internal calls boil down to invocations like
LibraryFunction["path/to/library", "funcName" , ...]
I'm on a mac, so I can use the ...
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How to specify notebook's Saveable option from command line?
I've tried various ways to specify a notebook's Saveable option, all unsuccessful.
For example, using an external editor, I edited ...
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How to recover WolframScript's former `-run` functionality?
With the 10.4 version of WolframScript, I could run something like
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How to specify $Path items on the command line?
On Unix, I can run Python scripts from the command line like this1:
PYTHONPATH=lib/python path/to/script.py
The setting of ...
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How to read *all* input from stdin?
The answers given to this similar question won't do, because those solutions read only one line from stdin.
I want to read all available lines, pretty much in the ...
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Hide Or Add To Magnification Menu
Is there a way to hide or add to the Magnification menu at the bottom of each notebook.
I understand if it can't be removed but then I would like to add to the menu because it takes up a lot of space....
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Polling Unix Commands Top
How might I display an up to date display of top inside of Mathematica?
top is unique in that it updates itself every couple of ...
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Running an external simulation program from Mathematica
I have a physics simulation program which I run through a terminal window (I use a Mac) as shown below:
user$ programName inputfile.ele
I would like run a ...
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How to get a script to print MaxMemoryUsed[] upon getting a system signal?
I want to instrument a Mathematica script so that, upon receiving any system signal (e.g. SIGINT, aka Ctrl-C) it will print1 the ...
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WolframScript Unix - Script Parameters on Raspberry Pi
I'm currently trying to run a script with 2 parameters which gets called via a BASH script. The script runs fine however the list of passed parameters , ...
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Wolfram Script Not Completing when ran as cron job
I have a fairly simple Wolfram script called from within a shell script that I would like to run at certain times. The shell script calls a python script to get some recordings to from GPIO and saves ...
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How to make lines not wrapping in text-mode Mathematica? [duplicate]
When running Mathematica from Unix command line, i.e. pure text mode, the lines wrap at about 70 pr 80 characters, creating lots of visual clutter. How do I set it so that any outputs will not wrap ...
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Converting between AbsoluteTime and Unix time
By trial and error, I've found that the following gives the current Unix time:
AbsoluteTime[] - UPOCH
where UPOCH can be defined in any of the following ways:
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