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Linux is 30 years old
Linux is thirty years old. From a single email back in 1991, Linux has touched nearly every aspect of modern computing. Early in my career, I was deeply embedded in the Microsoft stack and, like […]
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Find (and delete) old files in Linux
I’ve got a confession to make – I’m a log file addict. I love a good log file and I’ll hold on to those bad boys for way longer than I should sometimes. Even I […]
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Find files that have changed in Linux
I’ll confess, I stole this from somewhere on Stack Overflow and I’m posting it here just because it’s so flipping useful I know I will need it again some day. Yes, this little bit of […]
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How to get the MD5 Fingerprint RSA Key for a Linux Server
If you’re writing code to connect to a Linux server over SSH or SFTP, you may need to get the MD5 “fingerprint” of the server. It’s that funny little string of numbers that appears, just […]
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Find Biggest Files and Directories on Linux
Here’s a handy command for tracking down which part of your file system has the largest files in Linux. Linux can be a tricky beast sometimes and it only takes one rogue process, one giant […]
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Monitor MySQL Processes at the Command Line
Here are two ways you can get a rolling view on MySQL processes from the Linux command line. mysqladmin Replace root in the above example with your MySQL username and, after giving your password when […]
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Cron job to keep MySQL Running
If your MySQL server is randomly falling over, you need to fix it. There’s no good reason to let that nonsense continue. Sometimes though, that’s easier said than done and whilst you’re working on why […]