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dibbler/dibbler/lib/helpers.py
2025-06-12 21:47:05 +02:00

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import os
import pwd
import signal
import subprocess
def system_user_exists(username):
try:
pwd.getpwnam(username)
except KeyError:
return False
except UnicodeEncodeError:
return False
else:
return True
def guess_data_type(string):
if string.startswith("ntnu") and string[4:].isdigit():
return "card"
if string.isdigit() and len(string) == 10:
return "rfid"
if string.isdigit() and len(string) in [8, 13]:
return "bar_code"
# if string.isdigit() and len(string) > 5:
# return 'card'
if string.isalpha() and string.islower() and system_user_exists(string):
return "username"
return None
def argmax(d, all=False, value=None):
maxarg = None
if value is not None:
dd = d
d = {}
for key in list(dd.keys()):
d[key] = value(dd[key])
for key in list(d.keys()):
if maxarg is None or d[key] > d[maxarg]:
maxarg = key
if all:
return [k for k in list(d.keys()) if d[k] == d[maxarg]]
return maxarg
def less(string):
"""
Run less with string as input; wait until it finishes.
"""
# If we don't ignore SIGINT while running the `less` process,
# it will become a zombie when someone presses C-c.
int_handler = signal.signal(signal.SIGINT, signal.SIG_IGN)
env = dict(os.environ)
env["LESSSECURE"] = "1"
proc = subprocess.Popen("less", env=env, encoding="utf-8", stdin=subprocess.PIPE)
proc.communicate(string)
signal.signal(signal.SIGINT, int_handler)