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I had generated a backup of key directories on the server - see Create a Ubuntu backup shell script. With a backup in hand, now it was time to test how to unpack a backup and overwrite the directories.
First I unpacked the backup to a temporary directory tmp-cc.
Now I wanted to replace several of the directories on the server. Starting with home, var and etc. But what is an efficient method to overwrite a directory? Also removing any directories that aren't in the...
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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...
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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
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First off, this isn't the only method to achieve the outcome of emptying a...
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Clear DNS Cache
The DNS (Domain Name Service) cache on your Mac helps browsers...
Andrew Fletcher
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Changing git push from passphrase? There are several ways to tackle this...
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Z shell (Zsh) is a Unix shell built on top of bash (the default shell for...
Andrew Fletcher
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Regular expressions (regex) are extremely useful in extracting information from any text by searching for one or more matches of a specific search pattern.
The basic anchors - ^ and $
expression
action
^The
matches any string that starts with The
end$
matches a string that ends with end
^The end$
exact string match (starts and ends with The end)
pragmatic
matches any string that has the text pragmatic in it
The basic quantifiers — * + ? and...
Andrew Fletcher
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Whilst updating nodejs and npm on a Centos 6 or 7 server running Apache, I...
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Recently I had an error with a domain smtp server not recognising port 587....