IPython Is the Best Shell

May 24, 2015

IPython is the Best Shell!

Use IPython as much as possible.
- IPython has virtues of both shell and Python.
- You should avoid using shell scripts for complicate tasks any way.
If you do want to use a Unix/Linux shell, I'd suggest you stick to Bash unless Linux distributions start …

Python Alternatives to Shell

Jan 03, 2019

Python Equivalent of Shell Commands

Shell Command	Alternative	Python
which git	shutil.which("git")	shutil
mkdir -p /path/to/file	Path("path/to/some/file").mkdir(exist_ok=True)	pathlib
	os.makedirs("/path/to/file", exist_ok=True)	os
	!mkdir -p /path/to/file	IPython
	mkdir -p /path/to/file	xonsh
cp …

Extracting PDF Pages Using the Python Package PyPDF

Aug 15, 2021

The Python package PyPDF can be used to extract pages from a PDF file. The function aiutil.pdf.extract_pages is a wrapper over PyPDF which makes it even easier to extract pages from a PDF file.

Stirling-PDF is is a robust, locally hosted web-based PDF manipulation tool using Docker.

Install Rust Globally in Linux

Jun 02, 2022

There are 3 ways to install a global standalone version of Rust in Linux. The recommended way is to use rustup with customized environment variables.

Using a Package Management Tool

Some Linux distributions provide packages for Rust. Taking Debian/Ubuntu based Linux distributions as an example, you can install a …

GitHub Action Task Stuck At Expected

Sep 15, 2021

Github pull request - Waiting for status to be reported

github-action-wf

The simplest manually solution is to close the PR and reopen it.
In my case, the issue was due to GITHUB_TOKEN was used for the GitHub Action create-pull-request . Creating a repository secret and use it to authenticate the GitHub Action create-pull-request …

Read Tensorboard Logs

Sep 24, 2021

Using pandas.read_csv¶

This approaches requires you to have a running TensorBoard which is serving the data you want to read.

Check the checkbox "Show data download links". See highlighted in the top-left corner of the screenshot below for an example.
Select an experimentation whose you'd like to download. See highlighted in the bottom-right corner of the screenshot for an example.

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