HOW TO : Clear unused swap memory in Linux
Inspired by a G+ post by Thomas Weeks . swap memory is something used by the OS to essentially swap data to and forth if the...
Linux
Project Uptime : Progress Report – 1
Here is the first update on Project Uptime. I spun up a new server (doesn’t that sound so odd.. spun up a new server!! :)) with...
HOW TO : Find size of directories in current directory
Quick note for self. Simple bash loop to find out the size of each directory in the existing directory. This script is useful if you are...
Project : Uptime
The uptime of this blog has been really bad recently. I switched to hosting it on a Rackspace virtual server last year and went with the...
HOW TO : Sort Apache Web Logs for hits by Unique IP Addresses
Say you want to find out how many hits you are getting t0 a specific page from a particular source IP, you can use this...
HOW TO : Find list of files used by a process in Linux
Quick howto on finding the list of files being accessed by a process in Linux. I needed to find this for troubleshooting an issue where a...