Python 3: RegEx Back References

Regual Expressions is one of those things that isn't completely regular when switching between languages. This is how you use a back reference in Python.

 

import re

print( re.sub(r'(foo)(bar)',r'\g<2>\g<1>','foobar'))

More info here https://www.regular-expressions.info/replacebackref.html

Python 3: solving 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0x92

In Python 3, UTF-8 is the default encoding. In windows you may run into issues where characters will not decode such as 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0x92. Use a header with either cp1252 or windows-1252

 

# coding=CP1252
import re

text = """
LADY CAPULET
    Alack the day. She’s dead, she’s dead, she’s dead!
CAPULET
    Ha! Let me see her. Out, alas! She’s cold.
    Her blood is settled, and her joints are stiff.
    Life and these lips have long been separated.
    Death lies on her like an untimely frost
    Upon the sweetest flower of all the field.
Nurse
    O lamentable day!
"""

Autosys: Changing output of autosys -j JOB_NAME into Markdown

When generating output using autosys -j command line, it produces an output using space delimited typical console output.  The following command will output the result into a markdown table.

autorep -j YOUR_JOB_OR_BOX_NAME | sed -e 's/ \{2,\}/|/g'| sed -e 's/_\{2,\}/ /g' | sed 's/\(.*\)/|\1/g' | sed -e 's/\(Job Name\)/|\1/g' | sed -e 's/\(Last Start\)/|\1/g' | sed -e 's/\(Last End\)/|\1|/g'| sed -e 's/ST Run/ST||Run/g' | sed -e 's/Ntry Pri\/Xit/Ntry||Pri\/Xit||/g'| sed -e 's/\(.*\)\([0-9]\{8\}\/[0-9]*\)/\1|\2|/g'