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Connect Python to Remote DB2 Server

Using Python’s DB2 API, ibm_db, I am attempting to connect to a remote DB2 server (at IP address 10.0.0.001 which I can successfully ssh into). Both client and server machines are Linux / Ubuntu 16.0 LTS. In all my attempts and solutions, I continually run into the regular SQL1639N error. Python 3.5 (at…

having an issue with my bash script

im writing a script that allows the user to create a backup of a file they choose by allowing them to input the file name. the file will then have backup followed by being date stamped at the end of it’s name and saved on the home drive. but whenever i try to run it i get an error: cp:

Mac equivalent for find -printf

Is there a MacOS terminal equivalent to Mainly, I want to replicate the -printf behaviour on a Mac. Answer The unix command line tools Apple ships are terribly outdated; sometimes 12 or 15 years old. You can install find from Macports: That version of find has the -printf option.

‘Housekeeping’ script to create folder and move files

I have been trying to investigate how to automate a script (shell or other) that periodically (once an hour for example) moves files with a constant naming convention to a folder (which is automatically created if not already there). The files are like this: Camera1_01_20171213221830928.jpg Camera1_01_2017121…