Search and replace on entire database?
Have a website where we have just changed domain names, but am having a problem because content has been submitted that occasionally uses absolute URL's which has resulted in lots…
how to extract a "tar.bz2" file?
Open a terminal and type: Which will untar it to the current directory. Normally (99% of the time) it will create it's own subdirectory so you don't need to worry…
How to find out the Linux distro release and the version number of your server?
To check the version date of your OS (Linux distros): To find out the release: To display and show the complete kernel signature of your hosting server: Something like this…
Simple SSH (Linux) Command to Display the Number of CPUs (Processors) of Your Hosting Server
One of the first things that may concern you is that whether your web hosting company has equipped enough CPUs or Processors on your server as they have allegedly done.…
Check for Hosting Server Load with Linux (SSH) Command ‘uptime’
Some of the hosting providers out there are infamous for overselling who try their best to stuff in as many users (websites) as possible into a single web hosting server.…
Extracting and creating archive files
Sometimes you would need to extract or create an archive file (i.e to install a script, you would usually download an archive and extract it to continue the installation). The…
SSH Commands
Login to SSH using terminal Extract a tar.bz2 file Backing up Database: The command for backing up your database is the following: Type the above command in your command line…