To search for any string with a directory and its sub folders
find . -type f -exec grep ‘string to search here’ {} \; -print
find . -type f -exec grep -i ‘string to search here’ {} \; -print
find . -type f -exec grep -i ‘ferns todo’ {} \; -print
You may need to add {} again when pasting in linux due to ascii isssue.
Mysql backup
First store the username/password in ~/.my.cnf
[mysqldump]
user = mysqluser
password = secret
mysqldump -u [DB-NAME] -h localhost [DBNAME] >/home/xxxxx/public_html/xxxx/mysqlback`date +\%A`
FTP to remote server – command line
curl -T todo25.tar ftp://girishg.net –user user:passwd
curl -T todo25.tar ftp://girishg.net/public_html/girishg.net/ –user user:passwd
Method 2
vi ~/.netrc
machine girishg.net
login xxxxx
password xxxx
chmod 0600 ~/.netrc
$> echo put [filename] |ftp girishg.net
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