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Andrew Fletcher
How to count the number of files in a directory.  At some point you'll have a directory or directories that you need to know the number of files in them.  On Linux, the list command (ls) is piped with the wc -l command. ls | wc -lThis command works great if all the files are located in one directory.  What about if you have multiple directories.  Then you will need to use the find command piped with the wc command find <directory> -type f | wc -lThis command only...
Andrew Fletcher
I've recently upgraded the server Ubuntu 20.04 updating the PHP version from 7.4...
Andrew Fletcher
Recently I have been investigating one of my Linux server's speed using the...
Andrew Fletcher
Find by file name To perform a find command in terminal use find / -name...
Andrew Fletcher
I had generated a backup of key directories on the server - see Create a...
Andrew Fletcher
Currently, I have a situation where I have two repositories.  The first is where I've held the code since the beginning.  The second has come on board recently and is the client repo.  However, rather than shut the original down, I want to keep both running with the same code.  How do I synchronise them so that they contain the same thing? Configure a remote that points to the upstream repository in Git to sync changes you make in a fork with the original repository....
Andrew Fletcher
Creating a bash script Bash scripts are files containing code that tell your...
Andrew Fletcher
Accessing a remote server using PEM key, and I had the following...
Andrew Fletcher
How do you generate a .pem file from an existing .ppk key? Is putty on your...
Andrew Fletcher
As a web developer, you will most likely need to run local copies of a bunch of...
Andrew Fletcher
Every project has to kick off somewhere.  Yep well that's a no brainer.  However, the number of projects that I've seen where the planning step has been omitted is too high.  A throughly planned out project with as many features scoped before you start coding is critical in completing a project.  Whilst projects and their requirements are always fluid, the initial critical scoping is so important. Fail to plan, planning to fail There is no one way to plan.  Yes I've seen...
Andrew Fletcher
Currently I'm working through an app that has been abandoned by the developers....
Andrew Fletcher
I installed Lando 3.6.2 and Laravel 9.  When I visit the web page, I...
Andrew Fletcher
First off, this isn't the only method to achieve the outcome of emptying a...
Andrew Fletcher
Clear DNS Cache The DNS (Domain Name Service) cache on your Mac helps browsers...