Month: April 2012

WordPress SQL Queries for database cleanup

With time your WordPress database may grow out of control. A couple contibuting factors are post revisions, RSS feeds fed through the dashboard. There are plugins that handle basic database optimizations, however, the command line is a quick and dirty way to handle some of these. I have always been aware of the transient RSS entries in the wp_options of…

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Delete with wildcards from FTP server

Most FTP users use an FTP client to access their FTP server. While there may be a client that is capable of deleting files with wildcards, FileZilla Client does not. After a little research, there is a command available to Windows and Linux users accessible via command line. The command is simply called FTP. Windows / Linux usersAside from some…

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Linux server with incorrect date [FIXED]

Every now and again, a server may lose its date and time. One pesky server is continuously using the incorrect date and time. If there was only a way to change the system date. There is, and the easiest way to correct this is by using a simple little command called – date. There are a couple of ways to…

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How to uninstall Java for LInux

If the native Java for Linux has been installed and the goal is to remove it from the system and install the Oracle Java JDK. Here are the steps to do just that. This is here for reference, I have not fully tested this, in that the installation I was verifying did not have JRE as indicated in the original…

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