I use du -h –max-depth=1 all the time to determine the disk usage of the folders in my current directory, but my fingers always stumble over –max-depth=. The better way (which I learned thanks to explainshell.com): Some helpful variants:
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To Compress: note: tar stores path relative to foldername above, best to run command from parent folder. Consider sudo to ensure permissions to all files intended for compression. To Compress Excluding Folder: –exclude=’path/to/folder’ excludes folder, must follow tar command before source/dest or other options, exclude multiple folders by repeating –exclude option with new folder value […]
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WordPress Prompting for FTP Credentials
If you just want to see my recommended permissions for a DocRoot, that is here. When updating plugins, themes, or the WordPress core – or when activating WordFence (and possibly in other situations), you may be prompted for FTP credentials for the webserver. If so, this indicates that WordPress was not able to write to […]
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bash Command Not Found
If you try to run a command, but bash says it can’t find it, like: Use locate to find the the path to the command Add that path to the system PATH variable NOTE: does not persist through logout/logon src
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Adding/Installing SSL/TLS/HTTPS
Some of these steps can be completed via command line with wp-cli if installed by using commands generated from this tool. To find out if wp-cli is installed, try running wp cli version. Adding the Cert These instructions are for SiteGround hosting with a free Let’s Encrypt certificate. Other hosts support of Let’s Encrypt and […]
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PHP Upload Limit Directives php.ini
If you’re having an issue with uploading via PHP, and want to adjust the PHP configuration limits in the .ini file, check the following directives: memory_limit upload_max_filesize post_max_size
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What Version of Linux am I running?
To find out which version of Linux you are running
Search repo for package Install package Update package Update Kernel/OS Cheatsheet See also RHEL yum Cheat Sheet