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A scripting language or script language is a programming language that supports the writing of scripts, programs written for a software environment that automate the execution of tasks which could alternatively be executed one by one by a human operator.

A scripting language or script language is a programming language that supports the writing of scripts, programs written for a software environment that automate the execution of tasks which could alternatively be executed one by one by a human operator.

Scripts can be written and executed on the fly, without explicit compile and link steps; they are typically created or modified by the person executing them. A scripting language is usually interpreted from source code or bytecode. By contrast, the software environment the scripts are written for is typically written in a compiled language and distributed in machine code form; the user may not have access to its source code, let alone be able to modify it.

For more information see Wikipedia Entry about Scripting language

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Empty Folder List from a Given Input

I have a directory that contain logs for each day. Each directory is formated with this name pattern 2012_07_01 , 2012_07_02. What I want is to check from a given $startdate and a $enddate, and see if between any of that time from the start and…
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Executing script variable by variable

i have a script & it goes as below, instant_client="/root/ora_client/instantclient_11_2" output=`$instant_client/sqlplus -s HRUSER/HRUSER@TOMLWF <
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Application code is not delivered as object code for the underlying processor in scripting languages

Source code is present at run time in production system (though it may be compiled into ByteCode, native object code, or some other format for performance reasons). Application code is not delivered as object code for the underlying processor (some…
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I need a scripting language that can be hosted by a .net application with the following features

I need to be able to expose "commands" that make calls to the host. I need to have simple easy to read syntax. It needs to be easy to pick up by non-programmers. An example would be as follows: Host…
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Converting Multiple CSV Rows to Individual Columns

I have a CSV file in this format: #Time,CPU,Data x,0,a x,1,b y,0,c y,1,d I want to transform it into this #Time,CPU 0 Data,CPU 1 Data x,a,b y,c,d But I don't know the number of CPU cores there will be in a system (represented by the CPU column). I…
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How to print specific section from a file if that section has the search keyword [BASH]

Below is a snippet of a file named "books.info": TITLE and AUTHOR ETEXT NO. Aspects of plant life; with special reference to the British flora,      56900 by Robert Lloyd Praeger The Vicar of…
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Errors with Glob while outputting file names

I am combining two questions here because they are related to each other. Question 1: I am trying to use glob to open all the files in a folder but it is giving me "Syntax Error". I am using Python 3.xx. Has the syntax changed for Python…
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Extract timestamps for files in a folder and compare them against date field in Database

I have written a script which will run periodically. The program will rename a given file based on complex logic and move it to another folder. This script would be run by an Oracle Concurrent program who's last run date can be extracted from a…
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What is the difference in Scripting Language and Pattern Matching techniques?

Could you please clarify between the scripting language and pattern matching technique. Is there any association between the two. thanks
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Need Comma seperated output for N number of values in Shell

Given below is a script with X number of Outputs: #!/bin/bash instant_client="/root/ora_client/instantclient_11_2" output=`$instant_client/sqlplus -s HRUSER/HRUSER@TOMLWF <
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How to take screenshots of a web page and make a video of them using coding(any language)?

I have a table on my web-page with thousands of entries and it shows 20 entries at a time. I want to take screenshots of all the entries page by page and then create a video of them using code. What would be the best language and method to do this…
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Language for an eBay auto lister?

If I wanted to create an eBay auto lister, what language would this be most feasible? Python, JavaScript? Which is easiest or most efficient? The program would need to interact with the website and input data from answers the user gives in the…
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Insert a string line after finding a match

I want to write a script to insert a string line after finding a match word. There are multiple occurance of match word, but i want to insert at second occurance. How to write the script in perl?
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C - What should scripts do in programs

If I want to create a game in C with SDL for example, is there a reason of why I should use a scripting language like Lua with it (since alot of commercial games uses a scripting language)? I have heard that scripting languages often are faster to…
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Why are most of the scripting languages interpreter based

My knowledge of interpreter based languages is that for every time we change the code we don't need to compile it. Compilation will be done at the time of actual execution only. Then why does most of the scripting languages use interpreter's when we…
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