From: http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/download-accelerator-for-linux-command-line-tools.html Linux ultra fast command line download accelerator Usually I use wget, which is ultimate command line downloader. However, wget failed to accelerate my download speed. I was downloading 1.4GB file around 800KB/s download speed (this box is hooked to uplink port speed 10 Mbps ). However, remote server was restricting me. Therefore, I…

From http://icewalkerz.blogspot.com/2009/10/encrypt-decrypt-file-using-openssl.html The OpenSSL Project is a collaborative effort to develop a robust, commercial-grade, full-featured, and Open Source toolkit implementing the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL v2/v3) and Transport Layer Security (TLS v1) protocols as well as a full-strength general purpose cryptography library. The project is managed by a worldwide community of volunteers that use the…

To edit the message users see when they login, simply edit the /etc/motd file and add whatever message you would like for them to see. vim /etc/motd

Shamelessly snagged from Scott Morris @ suseblog.com Here is a tool called ’sup’ which tells you some useful information about the linux box into which you are logged. Having so many terminal windows open, and screen sessions going, it’s easy to get lost in the labyrinth of connections and sessions. This tool clears all that…

Third Party Applications Available for cPanel/WHM I have created this list about third party software available for cPanel/WHM based on popular demand. This is for informational purposes only and does not constitute any endorsement. All items are listed alphabetically to show no preference. If you know of any third party applications currently available for cPanel/WHM…

Download Logview LogView is an exclusive! add-on product for cPanel servers running on Linux. LogView features: * This script provides provides a graphical interface for cpanel severs, extending WHM features which previously needed to be performed using command line instructions. LogView makes it simpler with fewer tasks to view system logs. * logview allows you…

Create a screen session Create a screen with most of the shells capabilities and a unique name. screen -aS my_screen_name Detach from the screen session Now that you are connected, run some commands as you would in a normal console. When you want to leave the session but do not want the screen session or…

Mytop: MySQL process monitor See whats going on under the hood of MySQL Installing Mytop wget http://jeremy.zawodny.com/mysql/mytop/mytop-1.6.tar.gz tar -zxvf mytop-1.6.tar.gz perl Makefile.PL make test make make install Dependencies * MySQL * Perl o Bundle::DBI o Term::ReadKey o Term::ANSIColor Optional Perl module * Time::HiRes This optional module will give better resolution of stats (queries/second). Mytop has…

Shamelessly ripped from mwatters page sudo find / -type f -name *.jpg -exec cp {} . \; find . -type f -size +10000 -exec ls -al {} \; find . -atime +1 -type f -exec mv {} TMP \; # mv files older then 1 day to dir TMP find . -name “-F” -exec rm…