Linux - find large files or folders
Folders recursively and also files, limit 50
du -a /var/www/clients/ | sort -n -r | head -n 50
Files recursively, limit 10
find /var/www/clients/ -type f -printf "%s\t%p\n" | sort -n | tail -10Linux
Linux commands - Bash scripts
#! "Hash-Bang" or "She-Bang" is a convention so the *nix (Unix/Linux) shell knows what kind of interpreter to run. Seems not to be needed if you not referring to another interpreter like python "#!/bin/python"
#!/bin/bash
#Example
cd /some_path
php some_file.php
php another_file.php >> some_results.log
#in cron/crontab
10 0 * * * /scripts/nighty-cron.sh > /dev/null 2>&1
#on command line
cd /scripts
./nighty-cron.shLinux commands - find, ls and grep to list files and folders and execute commands
Some Linux commands using find and ls to list and execute commands
MySQL export and import database from command line
This is how to export and import a MySQL database from the command line
Export
mysqldump -u root -p mydatabase | gzip -9 > /home/myuser/mydatabase.sql.gz
press enter and you will be asked for root password
Import
gunzip < /home/myuser/mydatabase.sql.gz | mysql -u root -p mydatabase
press enter and the database will be imported to mydatabase database.How to run cron on Drupal 6 from shell script with correct paths
This is how you can run cron on Drupal 6 from a shell script and get out more of the cron run than via HTTP.
Set ownership and rights on folders recursive with bash script
Create a file in your home folder and add the following skeleton script and save the script as "set_rights", or something.
Install Drupal modules with Linux commands
How to download and extract a drupal module on Linux
wget http://ftp.drupal.org/files/projects/phpmailer-6.x-2.1.tar.gz
gunzip phpmailer-6.x-2.1.tar.gz
tar -xvf phpmailer-6.x-2.1.tar
rm phpmailer-6.x-2.1.tarCVS check diff in tree
Check a tree for diff's.
/usr/local/bin/cvs_check
#!/bin/sh
patterns=( '?' 'Locally Added' 'Locally Modified' )
cvs -Q status -R . > .cvs_status 2> /dev/null
for i in "${patterns[@]}"; do
cat .cvs_status | grep -i "$i"
done
rm .cvs_statusLinux commands
Some Linux commands that I use and find practical to have online for my own purpose.
If you need a Linux command library check out About.com.
SCP Secure Copy
Upload file to another server with secure copy SCP
scp /home/httpd/xyz/my_mod/my_mod.module orjan@127.1.1.1:/home/orjan/uploadOr if you want to copy an entire folder structure with sub folders.
scp -r /var/www/mysource/* root@123.456.789.123:/var/www/mydestinationRemember to check the file permission afterwards in the destination folder