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Andrew Fletcher
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
Recently I came across this piece of gold when dealing with databases,...
Andrew Fletcher
In the realm of system administration and monitoring, understanding memory usage...
Andrew Fletcher
The red flag was when I saw the server disk space is showing a site is taking up...
Andrew Fletcher
  Continuing on from the Drupal 9 to Drupal 10 upgrade outline written...
Andrew Fletcher
To resolve the CVE-2022-48624 vulnerability on Ubuntu using Nginx, it's crucial to understand that the issue lies within the "less" package, not Nginx itself. The vulnerability affects "less" before version 606, where close_altfile in filename.c in less omits shell_quote calls for LESSCLOSE, potentially allowing shell command injection. The current less version is 551, which is vulnerable. You'll need to upgrade "less" to a version at or beyond 606. CVE-2022-48624 close_altfile in filename.c in...
Andrew Fletcher
To determine the size of a directory using the terminal, you can use the du...
Andrew Fletcher
In many terminal text editors, you use find command as reference in Terminal...
Andrew Fletcher
You can use the pip list --outdated command to view a list of installed Python...
Andrew Fletcher
To begin, note that Lando is often used for web development and it may not be...
Andrew Fletcher
To use OpenAI to summarise text from a PDF using Python 3.11.6, you'll first need to extract the text from the PDF and then send it to the OpenAI API for summarisation.   Preparation   Set-up pip install python-dotenv langchain openai tiktoken pypdf pymupdf  Code The current code is on my Summaries GitHub page.   Elements Adjusting the parameters - you can adjust the max_tokens and temperature parameters in the summarize_with_openai function to control the length and...
Andrew Fletcher
The "keystore password was incorrect" error in keytool indicates that the...
Andrew Fletcher
In Vim, following is an outline of the vi(m) functions you can utilise whilst in...
Andrew Fletcher
The os.makedirs(directory_path) function in Python can be used with both...
Andrew Fletcher
Permission error Traceback (most recent call last): File...