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Andrew Fletcher
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Recently I have been investigating one of my Linux server's speed using the copy [cp] command. This came about due to 'upgrading' the server from Centos 6 to 7. Once I had migrated a domain, I ran the following command
yes | cp -rf 'stg/core' 'tmpdir'To my surprise, the first run of this command took over 38 minutes to complete. Crap! Yes a simple cp -a command is a very painful and slow process. Read more about the pain and times under Centos 7 in this...
Andrew Fletcher
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I had generated a backup of key directories on the server - see Create a...
Andrew Fletcher
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Currently, I have a situation where I have two repositories. The first is...
Andrew Fletcher
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Creating a bash script
Bash scripts are files containing code that tell your...
Andrew Fletcher
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Accessing a remote server using PEM key, and I had the following...
Andrew Fletcher
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How do you generate a .pem file from an existing .ppk key?
Is putty on your mac?
Check by running the command
puttygen -VWhich will generate a response similar to
puttygen: Release 0.76
Build platform: 64-bit Unix
Compiler: clang 12.0.5 (clang-1205.0.22.9)
Source commit: 1fd7baa7344bb....Don't have Putty, well easily fixed with homebrew.
brew install putty
Generate the key
We will use puttygen to generate the key.
puttygen key.ppk -O private-openssh -o key.pem
key.ppk
the...
Andrew Fletcher
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As a web developer, you will most likely need to run local copies of a bunch of...
Andrew Fletcher
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Every project has to kick off somewhere. Yep well that's a no brainer....
Andrew Fletcher
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Currently I'm working through an app that has been abandoned by the developers....
Andrew Fletcher
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I installed Lando 3.6.2 and Laravel 9. When I visit the web page, I...
Andrew Fletcher
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First off, this isn't the only method to achieve the outcome of emptying a file.
Using a symbol : is a shell built-in command that is essence equivalent to the true command and it can be used as a no-op (no operation). It can be used as follows:
# : > filename.txtOR
# true > filename.txt
My initial file was as follows:
21548342 16 Mar 20:27 code.logPost using the command
: > filename.txtThe response was
0 16 Mar 20:27...
Andrew Fletcher
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Clear DNS Cache
The DNS (Domain Name Service) cache on your Mac helps browsers...
Andrew Fletcher
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Do you want set up a CI/CD process using GitHub Actions?
This is a walk-through...
Andrew Fletcher
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If like me you tried the command
php artisanHowever, you had the following...
Andrew Fletcher
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Changing git push from passphrase? There are several ways to tackle this...