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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
Looking to install Solr on your server?  Not sure if it worth the...
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
Installing Varnish to increase the speed of the page load. Install varnish using...
Andrew Fletcher
Currently I'm working through an app that has been abandoned by the developers.  The client was getting no response from the dev company, when they asked if I could have a look.  The app hadn't been updated for 18 months.  So of course, a product that hasn't been updated in that timeframe is going to have a suite of npm update issues / conflicts.   What is the difference between dependancy and devDependancy packages? When you install an npm package using npm install...
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...
Andrew Fletcher
Changing git push from passphrase?  There are several ways to tackle this...
Andrew Fletcher
  Z shell (Zsh) is a Unix shell built on top of bash (the default shell for...