Compare two dates in Java.

Remove newslines from a string.

Customizable recursive directory scanner.

This function simply splits a file based on the splitter supplied and returns an array with the values. It's pretty much like the file() function. This script could be helpful in section editings.

If you only want to compare yyyy-mm-dd you can use the java.sql.Date class, the valueOf method does the trick. It's perfectly safe as the sql Date class is a subclass of the Date class.

Check out the docs here for more detail.

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Based on "Random Password Generation"

Configurable number formatter.

This code illustrates using ruby REXML package. It converts J2EE web application deployment descriptor web.xml into Freemind mindmap document.

Copies files from nested folders into one source, flat directory.

Is this file the same as that file? The files may or may not be binary. We could compare the modify dates, or the sizes. But, those are not very accurate to know if a file has really changed.

Introducing MD5 Checksum. We can feed the files into Digest::MD5 in binary mode.

This is a great way to do Incremental Backups.

This is also an easy way to verify checksums when downloading files from the internet which list their MD5 Checksums.

You'll need the Digest::MD5 Perl Module.