How to check whether a key already exists in a dict in Python since version 2.6?
If d is a dict(), you can directly test whether a key k is in d in Python by the in keyword like
if k in d:
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PNG images already use DEFLATE data compression algorithm involving a combination of LZ77 and Huffman coding. But the PNG images can be further compressed by removing non-important metadata or using lossy compression to save storage space and/or data transfer bandwidth. In this post, we introduce 2 compression ways with tools available on Linux. Lossless compression…
Question: how to find the disk where the Linux’s root(/) is on in Bash? The root may be on a LVM volume or on a raw disk. 2 cases: One example: # df -hT | grep /$ /dev/sda4 ext4 48G 32G 14G 71% / For another example: # df -hT | grep /$ /dev/mapper/fedora-root ext4…
I set up rules to ignore all files under git by adding a .gitignore like * But how to unignore some files or dirs in git? For example unignore all files under ./bin/tool1/ under the git repository. You can use patterns with ! as the prefix to “unignore” files. From gitignore man page: An optional prefix “!”…
How to hard reset an Amazon Kindle 5? First, press and hold the power button for 30 seconds. Second, release the power button and wait for the kindle to restart. After a while, the progress bar appear and kindle is rebooting. Read more: Should I buy a Kindle paperwhite or regular Kindle? How to delete…
Abstract As is known, CFS (Completely Fair Scheduling) is a famous process scheduling algorithm in Linux Kernel but there is no convenient way for developers to get the timeslices of processes if CFS is chosen. In this article, I will introduce one way to hack the timeslices of process easily for CFS in Linux Kernel….
How to convert between Simplified Chinese and Traditional Chinese characters in text files on Linux from command line? You can use opencc to convert between Traditional Chinese and Simplified Chinese: https://github.com/BYVoid/OpenCC For example, to transfer a file in simplified Chinese sc.txt to traditional Chinese: opencc -i sc.txt -o tc.txt -c zhs2zht.ini The authors also provide…