Need some test files sure you could use the below method: touch file{“1″,”2″,”3”} But why do that when you could just let bash do the work for you and use the following: touch file{1..100} I don’t want blank files to test with, they need to have some data in them..
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Freeing Space on Gentoo
Gentoo machines (and Linux boxes in general) have a very nice habit of living for a long time and needing constant maintenance, while this is great it also means that they can go for long periods of time without a clean up and can start chewing up space on your
Read moreRoll your own Dropbox, Installing Owncloud
I love the idea of my files being at my finger tips when I need them no matter where I am… I hate the idea of other people having my files at their finger tips when ever they want them. Good thing there is Owncloud, Owncloud is written in php
Read moreCreate a .img file linux
Simple article to help you create a .img file that you can use to do some testing of different technologies or add to a virtual machine your hosting for more storage space or anything else you might need a .img file for. dd if=/dev/zero of=/home/brad/Desktop/test.img bs=1M Now you can use
Read moreEncrypt the things, Use of Cryptsetup
With all of the scary and some what questionable things that have made it into the news lately we cannot stress enough, you need to use encryption. Encryption on everything network traffic, passwords and storage media to list a few. This article is going to tell you how to setup
Read moreSee all merged “Installed” packages Gentoo
Very simple, just run the follow and either use less like below to page through it or use grep to search for your app /usr/bin/equery list “*” | less
Read moreDude, Where’s my RAM? (Use of nocache)
“My linux server is running so slow and it appears I am using all of my RAM what is going on?”. To which we reply “It’s a feature not a bug”. Linux is actually being smart and when it encounters a large file transfer (such as backing up large data
Read moreConfigure Squid to Filter Based on MAC Address
In this article we are going to add some details to squid in order to allow it to filter based on MAC address and block certain clients from having full access. Alternatively you could reverse the rule and only allow the listed clients to have full access. First we are
Read moreInstall KVM (QEMU) Gentoo
In this article we are going to detail how to install KVM on Gentoo, for the most part it is a normal KVM install but with some Gentoo differences. Going to be installed: QEMU/KVM – Our Base libvirt – For Management virt-manager – For Extra Tools virt-manager – On our
Read moreSecure Erase a Hard Drive
If you decide that you want to overwrite one of your hard disk drives before reusing or perhaps giving to a friend, you don’t need to download a tool just use a simple script. Be careful with this script as it will overwrite whatever disk you tell it to for
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