Tag Archives: mac terminal

How to use dig to get the TTL (time to load) of a domain

Posted 4 weeks ago admin Mac Os X / Terminal

Obtaining the TTL for a domain is quite simple. Open up a terminal and meet your new friend ‘dig’. Type the follow, replacing my website …

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Terminal Mv command including hidden files

Posted 8 months ago admin Mac Os X / Server Side Development / Terminal

I often forget how to do this, so this time im going to blog it so that I can always look back at it and …

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Move files from one directory into another without affecting the existing directory using mac terminal

Posted 2 years ago admin Server Side Development

As part of using mac terminal more and more in my own day to day work, I today needed to be able to move all …

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Download a file / folder using mac terminal and curl

Posted 2 years ago admin Server Side Development

Simply use the following command: curl -O http://www.yoursite.com/backup/mybackup.tar.gz Will simply download the file to your local machine and your current location. To change the current …

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How to create a tar gzip backup of your websites files and folders mac terminal

Posted 2 years ago admin Server Side Development

Simply use the following command: Firstly cd into the directory you want the backup to go into so cd /sites/backups/ tar cvfz backupname.tar.gz /sites/yoursite.com/http This …

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How to remove a entire directory, files and sub directories using mac terminal

Posted 2 years ago admin Server Side Development

Terminal Mac Simply use the following command: rm -rf /sites/yoursite/http2 This will force remove all files and folders under the toplevel folder you specified so …

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