programming

2024

Understanding File Management in Python on Linux with lsof and watch

Using ‘lsof’ and ‘watch’ to monitor open files in your scripts and programs. Continue reading
2017

Examples of Recursion, in Perl, Ruby, and Bash

This article is in response to the following question posted in the Perl community group on LinkedIn: I’m new to PERL and trying to understand recursive subroutines. Can someone please explain with an example (other than the factorial 😉 )… Continue reading
2012

Playing With Prime Numbers

I’ve been toying around with functional programming, and recently came across a perlmonks thread discussing multiple ways to calculate prime numbers. One of the things I noticed about many of the examples was that almost all of them used loops… Continue reading