Check Python Version from Command Line Knowing your Python version is vital for running programs that may be incompatible with a certain version. Checking the Python version from the command line is simple and can be done using your operating system’s built-in tools. Windows Command Prompt In Windows, you can use PowerShell to check your … Read more
Do you need to know how to check your PowerShell version? This mission-critical question was on my mind, too, just a few minutes ago. In this article, I’ll show you how I did it. Ready? Check, go! 👇 Identify Your PowerShell Version One of the most common and recommended ways is by using the $PSVersionTable … Read more
I have a confession to make. I use Windows for coding Python. This means that I often need to run my practical coding projects as Windows .exe files, especially if I work with non-technical clients that don’t know how to run a Python file. In this tutorial, I’ll share my learnings on making a Python … Read more
Problem Formulation Given is a text file, say my_file.txt. How to modify its content in your Windows command line working directory? I’ll start with the most direct method to solve this problem in 90% of cases and give a more “pure” in-terminal method afterward. Method 1: Using Notepad The easiest way to edit a text … Read more
Problem Formulation Given is a text file, say my_text_file.txt. How to modify its content in your Windows PowerShell working directory? I’ll start with the most direct method to solve this problem in 90% of cases and give a pure PowerShell method afterward. By the way, you can learn all about becoming a PowerShell developer in … Read more
I work a lot with DNS settings for my websites and apps. Today I added a few new DNS entries to set up a new server. I used DNS propagation checkers and confirmed that the DNS entries were already updated internationally. But unfortunately, I myself couldn’t access the website on my Windows machine behind my … Read more
Lazy as I am, I name all temporary code files code.py when I try something in Python. Today, once again, I needed to find one of my code.py files because of a code snippet I was interested in. Being a Python enthusiast, I wondered: 👉 How can I find all files that match a certain … Read more
Project Description Recently, I was tasked with a manual project where my client had a directory where he had downloaded tons of wallpapers/images. Some of these were Desktop wallpapers, while the other images were mobile wallpapers. He wanted me to separate these images and store them in two separate folders and also name them in … Read more
This article shows you how to execute Python commands in the Shell. ℹ️ The Shell is known as a command-line interface because it interacts with the Operating System. In Windows, it is referred to as the Command Prompt. In Linux, the Terminal. Let’s start learning how to use the Shell! Access the Shell This section … Read more
Problem Formulation and Solution Overview During your career as a Pythonista, you will encounter situations where a Python script will need to be executed on a scheduled basis, such as daily, weekly, or monthly. This article shows you how to accomplish this task using a .bat (batch) file. 💬 Question: How would we write code … Read more
Did you get the ModuleNotFoundError: No Module Named ‘fcntl’? This short tutorial will show you some useful ways that can help you resolve it. The minimal occurrence of the error is when using Windows, for example, and you run import fcntl or any derivative of the import statement such as from fcntl import X but … Read more
Problem Formulation Say, you work on a Python project from somebody else who used Linux (e.g., a Django or Flask project) and this project imports the fcntl module from the Python Standard Library. 🐍 When you run the project on Linux everything works fine but if you run the project on Windows, it raises an … Read more