If you want to monitor file count in some directory simply use this:
watch "ls -A | wc -l"You can also mask specific files using asterisk char:
watch "ls sess* -A | wc -l"Category: Administration
Everything related to system administration.
Screenshot from console on Raspberry Pi
I’m building a fleet of distributed Raspberry multimedia players and I’ve decided to start with a few terminal commands to manage them.
Let’s begin with a screenshot of current screen contents.
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Use Powershell to periodically cleanup temporary dirs
Simple code snippet to cleanup files older than n days.
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How to use psexec to remotely change DNS server?
This tutorial will guide you through the commands to change DNS remotely.
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Easiest way to headless Debian
This article will provide instructions for anyone interested in using headless Debian (or any derivatives).
How to install network printer on remote Windows host?
And once again use psexec…
psexec64 -s /user:domain\user -i \\REMOTE_COMPUTER "rundll32 printui.dll,PrintUIEntry /in /n\\SERVER\PRINTER"
Voilà!
How to silently deploy Chrome on a remote host?
Here you’ll find complete instruction how to deploy Chrome on one remote host at once in Windows environment.
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How to use psexec to remotely update machines time (from domain)?
In my previous posts you can find info how to install psexec. When you’re already done with this process, you can start updating clock settings on remote machines.
Set time
psexec64 -s /user:domain\user -i \\remote_ip net time \\domain_controller /set /y
Will output:
Bieżąca godzina na \\domain_controller to 2018-08-28 09:55:00.
At least in polish Windows 😀
Check time
psexec64 -s /user:domain\user -i \\remote_ip cmd /c time /t
Will output:
11:18
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How to change priority on Windows scheduled task using Powershell?
By default Windows setups task priority in scheduler to 7 (which is kinda low). The side effect of this is that for eg. backups are taking very long to take. In my case all databases were backed up in about 40-50 minutes…
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Backup script for PostgreSQL with zip support 2.0 [using PowerShell]
Version 2 of PostgreSQL backup script. It uses PowerShell and json file for database settings declaration.
This post was created in cooperation with Adrian Ligiewicz.
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