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When working with code in Visual Studio Code, you may need to search for specific instances of a function or method, such as self.logger.log. However, it can be frustrating to sift through lines that are commented out, like # self.logger.log. Fortunately, VS Code provides a powerful search feature that allows you to exclude these commented lines from your search results.
The challenge
Suppose you want to search for all occurrences of self.logger.log in your codebase, but you don't want to...
Andrew Fletcher
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Working on a project where the JSON dataset contains over 460,000 named records,...
Andrew Fletcher
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If you're working with a large codebase in Visual Studio Code (VS Code) and need...
Andrew Fletcher
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When working on Drupal projects, especially in a collaborative environment, it’s...
Andrew Fletcher
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If you're working with Drupal on an Ubuntu 24.04 server, it's common to use the...
Andrew Fletcher
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Maintaining a Drupal site is usually smooth sailing once the environment is properly set up. However, even in a stable environment, updates to modules can sometimes reveal underlying configuration issues that weren't apparent before. This was the case when I updated a contrib module on a Drupal 10.3 site, which suddenly started throwing errors related to the mbstring PHP extension.
The problem
The problem first surfaced after updating the search_api_attachments contrib module. The Drupal...
Andrew Fletcher
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If you’ve ever encountered strange errors while running a bash script, you’re...
Andrew Fletcher
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Have you ever wanted to use Terminal with a more fluid style and increase your...
Andrew Fletcher
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When it comes to text editing, Visual Studio Code (VS Code) is one of the most...
Andrew Fletcher
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On a server directory with over 100,000 PDF files, I needed to verify the...
Andrew Fletcher
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Managing large directories, especially those filled with a diverse mix of media such as documents and images, can quickly become cumbersome. In my latest project, dealing with a directory that totals a whopping 87GB, the need for efficient file compression and selective archiving became apparent. How can we streamline this process using the zip command, particularly when we want to exclude non-essential files and directories?
The routine of zipping files in Linux
In Linux, zipping files...
Andrew Fletcher
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Recently I came across this piece of gold when dealing with databases,...
Andrew Fletcher
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In the realm of system administration and monitoring, understanding memory usage...
Andrew Fletcher
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The red flag was when I saw the server disk space is showing a site is taking up...
Andrew Fletcher
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To determine the size of a directory using the terminal, you can use the du...