Occasionally you get empty directories and need to clear them out, these scripts below will help with that, just be careful what directory you choose to start the search in. After years of just having snippets on this page there is now a more complete script, this complete script will default to the directory you…
I love to find RPM files that someone has compiled so that I don’t have to do the manual work but when I find one at a questionable location or one I’m simply not familiar with it’s nice to know what is in it. Recently I did a search on RPMFind.net for Redis (https://www.rpmfind.net/linux/rpm2html/search.php?query=redis) I…
If you have a need to create a few VMs it can get a bit tedious to build them in one of the various portals. Set the variables then let this script run. At some point I will create a function around this but for now the script works as is.
When installing a new VM in Azure it’s helpful to know your options Another example, say you are looking for a specific released version of Red Hat This command currently comes up with this as a response Get latest image
If you use a Mac whether true server or a Mac Mini for a server this script below is very helpful to prevent the Mac from falling asleep and preventing the machine from being a server. If all of this still does not do it you can try to caffeinate your mac To re-enable sleep…
If you only have SSH access to a Mac OSX server and need some details on the machine you can use these commands to help. System_Profiler can get you a lot of the information you are likely looking for but it pulls a lot of information so initially you may want to output it to…
These steps are based on RedHat Server 64-bit Download RedHat Install RedHat Configure RedHat Install WordPress Configure WordPress Backup/Restore MySQL Database
Make sure that you do the chown command otherwise you may not be able to login. Example would be this for username demo
Ever wonder where the image displayed on your desktop is located? Open Terminal and then run the first command to show the image path, then to hide the path again run the second command. Reference: http://osxdaily.com/2011/11/20/show-the-location-path-of-current-wallpaper-in-mac-os-x/