In some ways, data and its quality can seem strange to people used to assessing the quality of software. There’s often no observable behaviour to check and little in the way of structure to help you ...

What if the tools you already use could do more than you ever imagined? Picture this: you’re working on a massive dataset in Excel, trying to make sense of endless rows and columns. It’s slow, ...

The cut command in Linux is a powerful text-processing utility used to extract specific sections from each line of a file or from piped input. It does not alter the original file but simply reads the ...

Justin Pot is a freelance journalist who helps people get more out of technology. CSV, or Comma Separated Values, are files used for all kinds of things, from managing large datasets to exporting data ...

This script allows the user to convert a CSV file containing one event per line into an iCalendar file (.ics). The CSV file is expected to contain 4 columns in the following order: Start date as ISO ...

A QuickBooks file that's set to read-only will open in QuickBooks but you won't be able to edit it. Often files appear as read-only because of the type of media they are stored on. If you have a ...

Beyond just typing text, the Windows Command Prompt can also be used to search for and open any files on your PC. Even if you can only recall part of the file name, the Command Prompt can find out ...

The DISM command tool is a powerful Windows tool that can edit or repair Windows image files. If you are having issues with your system, you can run the DISM command to try and fix such errors. You ...

When working with Python, you may find yourself needing to open and manipulate files regularly. This is a fundamental skill in software development, as file handling is a building block for various ...