How to check the amount of free space in a server?
Answer:
df -h
will print out the information you want.
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Dec 252009
How to delete a folder in Linux recursively?
Answer:
As an example, to remove all files/folders recursively under /home/john/tmp, use the command:
rm -rf /home/john/tmp
Dec 252009
How to count the number of files in a directory?
Answer:
If you are only interested in know the number of files in a directory, try the command:
find /home/john -type f | wc -l
Dec 252009
How to resolve the '/bin/rm: Argument list too long' error
Answer:
Use the xargs command, e.g.
find . -name '*' | xargs rm
The above command will find all files in the current directory and pipe the filename to xargs for using rm to removing them.
Dec 252009
Massively rename files in Linux?
Answer:
Use the rename command.
Example: Remove the word "DSC" from all jpg files.
rename 's/DSC//' *jpg
