[Python] howdoi.py - Never search for programming answers again

[d4rkcat]

For myself, programming consists of 90% searching on startpage for code examples of what I am trying to accomplish, and 10% fixing the bugs in my buggy code.
Recently I found that there is a better way.

howdoi.py is a simple python script that will look on stackoverflow.com or optionally any of these sites for the answer to your programming questions.

You can install it using pip:

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pip install howdoi

and using it is as simple as:

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$ howdoi print stack trace python
> import traceback
>
> try:
>     1/0
> except:
>     print '>>> traceback <<<'
>     traceback.print_exc()
>     print '>>> end of traceback <<<'
> traceback.print_exc()

$ howdoi convert mp4 to animated gif
> video=/path/to/video.avi
> outdir=/path/to/output.gif
> mplayer "$video" \
>         -ao null \
>         -ss "00:01:00" \  # starting point
>         -endpos 10 \ # duration in second
>         -vo gif89a:fps=13:output=$outdir \
>         -vf scale=240:180

$ howdoi create tar archive
> tar -cf backup.tar --exclude "www/subf3" www

So before you waste time in your browser or asking on a forum simple programming questions, give it a go.
I find it very helpful personally.
Enjoy!

https://github.com/gleitz/howdoi

[gray-fox]

Wow, that is great find! It's definetly going to be useful . +1

[konos]

Awesome ! +1 Thanks for that.

[Architect]

$ howdoi fuck your sister

[HTH]

redacted@redacted ~ $ howdoi fuck your sister
inR = input

I guess you put it inR