The Ultimate Guide to Emacs: Mastering the Art of CLI Programming
October 10, 2023
In the realm of command-line interface (CLI) programming, Emacs stands as a legendary text editor, known for its immense power and unparalleled extensibility.
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The Ultimate Guide to VI: Mastering the Art of CLI Programming
October 9, 2023
In the world of command-line interface (CLI) programming, efficiency is paramount.
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AWS Assume to another role
October 8, 2023
OUT=$(aws sts assume-role --role-arn arn:aws:iam::0123456789:role/OrganizationAccountAccessRole --role-session-name test) export AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID=$(echo $OUT | cut -d '"' -f 6 ) export AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=$(echo $OUT | cut -d '"' -f 10 ) export AWS_SESSION_TOKEN=$(echo $OUT | cut -d '"' -f 14 ) aws sts get-caller-identity
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How to AWS sts assume role in one command - without jq
June 9, 2023
The issue - what it takes to assume a role To assume an AWS role in the CLI, you will have to do something like this:
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[Solved] Docker Daemon Connection Error: Daemon Running?
March 4, 2023
If you get the following error when trying to run a Docker container:
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[Solved] M1 Docker Image Platform Mismatch with Host (ARM64)
March 3, 2023
If you get the following error when trying to run a Docker container that was built on an M1 mac:
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How to Return a List of All AWS Lambda Function Names in CLI
February 24, 2023
If you would like to list all AWS Lambda Function Names in your CLI using the AWS CLI, then you can do this:
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How to Install AWS SAM CLI on Mac
February 15, 2023
If you need to install AWS SAM CLI on a Mac, then the easiest option is to use Homebrew with the following commands:
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How to Empty and Delete an S3 Bucket using the AWS CLI
November 9, 2022
Option 1 – Using AWS CLI Step 1 export bucketname='your-bucket-here' Step 2
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How to Execute a Shell Script in NodeJS
October 25, 2022
If you need to execute a shell script in NodeJS, then you can use the exec keyword.
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How to Delete all Resources Except One in Terraform
October 23, 2022
If you need to delete all resources created by Terraform, except for a single, specific one, then you can do the following:
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How to Copy Files between Two Nodes using Ansible
October 22, 2022
If you need to copy files between two (2) nodes, using Ansible, then you can do the following:
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How to Delete Files and Folders in a Directory using Ansible
October 21, 2022
If you need to delete files and folders in a directory using Ansible, then you can do the following:
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How to Copy Multiple Files with Ansible
October 20, 2022
If you need to copy multiple files using Ansible, then you can do the following:
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How to Write Multiline Shell Scripts in Ansible
October 19, 2022
If you need to write a shell script in Ansible, you probably have something like this:
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How to Pass Variables to Ansible Playbook CLI
October 18, 2022
If you need to pass a variable to Ansible playbook, using the command line, then you can do the following:
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How to Create a Directory using Ansible
October 17, 2022
If you need to create a directory using Ansible, then you can do the following:
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How to Disable Screensaver on Mac using the CLI
October 16, 2022
If you want to disable the Screensaver on your Mac, by using the Command Line Interface (CLI), then you can do the following:
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How to Copy Files from Docker Container to Host
October 8, 2022
If you need to copy files from a Docker Container to the Host, then you can do one of the following:
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How to Get the IP Address of a Docker Container
October 7, 2022
If you need to get the IP Address of a Docker Container, then you can do the following:
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[Solved] dial tcp: lookup proxy.golang.org: i/o timeout
September 25, 2022
If you get a timeout when trying to install go dependencies, the error may look something like this:
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[Solved] fatal: Could not read from remote repository with Git
September 22, 2022
If you receive the following error when trying to clone a Git repository:
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How to Install Homebrew on a Mac
September 21, 2022
Prerequisites You should have some familiarity with the Mac Terminal application since you’ll need to use it to install Homebrew.
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How to create an AWS EC2 instance in CloudFormation
September 20, 2022
Create an EC2 Instance in CloudFormation If you need to create an EC2 instance in CloudFormation, then you can do the following:
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How to Run Commands on an AWS ECS Cluster Task or Container
September 19, 2022
If you need to run a command, or set of commands on an AWS ECS cluster container, then you can do the following:
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How to Enable ContainerInsights on AWS ECS from the AWS CLI
September 17, 2022
If you need to enable Container Insights for an ECS cluster, by using the AWS CLI, then you can do the following:
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AppMesh and ECS with Imported ACM certificates on Envoy Sidecar through EFS
September 16, 2022
Summary This guide showcases the ability to use imported certificates from a third party provider (e.
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How to Increase the disk size on a Cloud9 instance
September 15, 2022
If you need to increase the disk size of a Cloud9 instance, you can run the following script directly from the terminal in Cloud9:
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How to Get the Instance Profile attached to an AWS EC2
September 14, 2022
If you need to get the IAM Role information from the attached EC2 role directly, you can do the following:
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How to Create an AWS ECR Repository in AWS CLI
September 13, 2022
If you need to create an Elastic Container Registry (ECR) Repository from the AWS CLI, you can do the following:
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How to Scale Out an AWS ECS Service
September 12, 2022
When you create the Amazon ECS service, it includes three Amazon ECS task replicas.
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How to Retrieve AWS ECS Cluster Information
September 11, 2022
For more information about the Amazon ECS cluster, run the following command.
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[Solved] Read timeout on endpoint URL: “https://lambda.[region].amazonaws.com/2015-03-31/functions/[function-name]/invocations”
September 9, 2022
If you get the following error: Read timeout on endpoint URL: "https://lambda.
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How to Remove a Passphrase from Certificate Key
September 8, 2022
If you have a Certificate Key that includes a Passphrase and you need to remove it, potentially to use it with AWS App Mesh, then you can do the following:
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How to Check if a Volume is Mounted in Bash
August 12, 2022
If you need to check if a volume is mounted in a Bash script, then you can do the following.
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How to Determine if a Bash Variable is Empty
August 11, 2022
If you need to check if a bash variable is empty, or unset, then you can use the following code:
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How to Order by File Size using the du command in Linux
August 10, 2022
If you use the du command to list all the file sizes on Linux:
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How to Resize an AWS EBS Volume in Bash
July 27, 2022
If you need to resize an EBS volume in AWS, you can do so using bash.
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How to Setup Credential Helper for AWS CodeCommit
July 25, 2022
AWS CodeCommit is a git code repository service by Amazon Web Services.
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How to Approve a SageMaker model in AWS CLI
July 17, 2022
Sometimes you will need to manually approve a SageMaker model package from the AWS CLI.
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How to Recursively Delete all Files in an AWS S3 Bucket
July 5, 2022
If you need to recursively delete all files in an AWS S3 bucket, then you can do the following:
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How to get CPU Frequency in Linux
July 1, 2022
If you need to get the CPU Frequency in Linux, then you can run the following command:
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[Solved] Instance Profile already exists in Terraform
June 26, 2022
If you get the Instance Profile already exists error when running your Terraform apply, then it is either because an instance profile with that name already existed in the account, or because the previous terraform destroy did not remove it.
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[Solved] An error occurred (UnauthorizedException) when calling ListAccounts operation: Session token not found or invalid
June 25, 2022
If you are using aws configure sso to populate your ~/.
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How to Match Multiple Strings with grep
June 24, 2022
If you need to match a string in a file, then grep is your friend.
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How to Invoke an AWS Lambda from the CLI
June 23, 2022
If you want to invoke an AWS Lambda from your CLI, then the best option is to have the AWS CLI installed.
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How to Exit if a Bash Variable in Not Set
June 22, 2022
Sometimes you might want to exit a command if a variable is not set in Bash.
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How to Force Gitlab pipeline to fail on condition
June 21, 2022
if you have a conditional in your Gitlab pipeline stage that checks if something has succeeded or failed, then you can use this to pass or fail your pipeline stage.
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How to run AWS CLI commands based on AWS CLI Version in Bash
June 20, 2022
If you find yourself having the requirements to support both AWS CLI v1 and v2 simultaneously, then you can use the following conditional in Bash to only run the specific version required:
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[Solved] Unknown options: –cli-binary-format AWS CLI
June 19, 2022
If you have tried calling the AWS CLI and got the following error:
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How to Check OS version and flavor in Linux
June 17, 2022
If you need to check the version and flavour of the running Linux instance, then you can try the below commands:
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[Solved] Network interface is in use by another service in AWS
June 10, 2022
If you have tried to delete a Security Group, or VPC, or various other resources and you get the dreaded Network interface is in use by another service error, then you can resolve this by deleting the resource through the API.
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How to Uninstall npm packages
June 9, 2022
We typically install an npm package as follows: npm install <package_name> But how do we uninstall an npm package?
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How to create a Countdown Timer in Python
June 5, 2022
If you need to count down a specific amount of time, say for example, when a token is set to expire, then a countdown timer will be useful.
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How to Rename a Git Branch
May 28, 2022
If you want to rename a git branch, then you have a few options, dependent on the use-case.
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[Solved] Terraform Error accessing remote module registry in PowerShell
May 23, 2022
If you are using PowerShell and trying to run a terraform init, you may get an error as follows:
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How to Save sed Output Directly to a File
May 8, 2022
You have 3 options here: Option 1: use tee with sed sed 's/Hello/Hi/g' file-name | tee file Option 2: use > with sed sed 's/Hello/Hi/g' file-name > file Option 3: use sed with -i option sed -i 's/Hello/Hi/g' file-name
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How to copy S3 objects between AWS accounts
April 28, 2022
In your source account create a customer-managed policy: { "Version": "2012-10-17", "Statement": [ { "Effect": "Allow", "Action": [ "s3:ListBucket", "s3:GetObject" ], "Resource": [ "arn:aws:s3:::source-EXAMPLE-BUCKET", "arn:aws:s3:::source-EXAMPLE-BUCKET/*" ] }, { "Effect": "Allow", "Action": [ "s3:ListBucket", "s3:PutObject", "s3:PutObjectAcl" ], "Resource": [ "arn:aws:s3:::destination-EXAMPLE-BUCKET", "arn:aws:s3:::destination-EXAMPLE-BUCKET/*" ] } ] } In your destination bucket, update the bucket policy:
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How to find all symlinks in a directory tree on Mac
April 27, 2022
If you need to recursively find all symbolic links in a directory tree on a Mac, then you have a couple of options.
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How to Install App Mesh on AWS EKS
April 26, 2022
You can follow the steps below to install App Mesh on AWS EKS (Kubernetes).
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[Solved] Kubernetes Namespace stuck in Terminating state
April 25, 2022
If you have tried to delete a Kubernetes namespace, and it has been hanging in ‘deleting’ for hours on end, it’s likely that you have dangling resources that have not deleted yet.
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[Solved] Error creating: pods “my-service-a-xxx” is forbidden: error looking up service account my-apps/my-service-a: serviceaccount “my-service-a” not found
April 24, 2022
So you’ve run a deployment and tried to check the pods and there’s nothing there!
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[Solved] error: src refspec main does not match any
April 23, 2022
If you get the following error: error: src refspec main does not match any error: failed to push some refs to 'https://github.
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How to Force a Redeploy in Kubernetes
April 22, 2022
If you need to force a redeploy of a deployment in Kubernetes , then you can use the rollout feature.
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How to Restart a Deployment in Kubernetes
April 20, 2022
If you need to restart a deployment in Kubernetes, perhaps because you would like to force a cycle of pods, then you can do the following:
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How to push multiple Dockerfile apps to AWS ECR at the same time
April 19, 2022
I have a parent directory containing multiple sub-directories. Each of these child directories is a different application and contains a Dockerfile.
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How to Create a Horizontal Pod Autoscaler in Kubernetes
April 18, 2022
If you could like to a create a Horizontal Pod Autoscaler (hpa) in Kubernetes, then you could run the following:
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How to Run a Load Generator on Kubernetes
April 17, 2022
If you would like to test hpa, Horizontal Pod Autoscaling, or throw some chaos at a specific deployment in Kubernetes , then you could run a Load Generator
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How to Deploy a Metrics Server in Kubernetes
April 16, 2022
If you would like to deploy a Metrics Server in Kubernetes , then you first need to create a namespace for it to live it, followed by installing the actual metrics server.
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How to create an AWS EKS cluster using eksctl
April 15, 2022
eksctl dramatically simplifies the creation of AWS EKS clusters, by providing a simple command-line interface.
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How to Dockerize a Flask App
April 14, 2022
If you have a Flask app that you would like packaged in a Docker container, then you can do the following.
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How to get an EKS Cluster name from an AWS Region
April 13, 2022
You can use the aws cli to get the EKS cluster name, parse the first result and return it into a variable.
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How to automatically generate a Manifests file in Kubernetes
April 12, 2022
If you want to automatically generate a manifest file in Kubernetes, you can do so by using the kubectl run command coupled with a --dry-run to output directly to yaml.
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How to Sort Pods by CreationTimestamp in Kubernetes
April 11, 2022
If you need to sort a list of your pods by their CreationTimestamp, then do the following:
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How to Jump onto a Kubernetes Pod with Bash
April 10, 2022
If you want to jump onto a particular Kubernetes Pod and run Bash within it, you can do so as follows:
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How to run Shell Commands in a Kubernetes Cluster
April 9, 2022
If you would like to run shell commands inside of your Kubernetes cluster, then you can use the kubectl run command.
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How to Bulk Move All Email from One Account to Another using the CLI
April 8, 2022
If you find yourself in a position where you need to sync all emails from one account to another, then you can use the imapsync command-line tool to bulk copy, or move everything for you.
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How to Install AWS CLI on Linux
April 7, 2022
You can download and install the AWS CLI on Linux as follows:
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How to Reboot Networking on Mac from CLI
April 6, 2022
If you need to reboot, or restart the networking interface on your Mac, by using the CLI, then you can issue the following commands:
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[Solved] fatal: unable to access <git>: SSL certificate problem: self signed certificate in certificate chain
April 5, 2022
If you get the following error: fatal: unable to access <git>: SSL certificate problem: self signed certificate in certificate chain
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How to Extract the Files in a Docker Image
April 4, 2022
Ever needed to extract the files in a Docker container?
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[Solved] Error response from daemon: No such image: Docker
April 3, 2022
If you’ve run into this dreaded error: Error response from daemon: No such image:
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How to Update Kubectl Config from AWS EKS
April 1, 2022
Ever searched for kubectl update config from aws eks and needed a quick result?
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[Solved] ZipArchive extension: disabled/not installed on Ubuntu
March 26, 2022
If you have come across the following error: ZipArchive extension:&nbsp;<strong>disabled/not installed</strong>
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[Solved] error: src refspec main does not match
March 23, 2022
When you first try and push to a git repository, you may get the following error message:
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How to Presign an S3 URL in AWS using AWS CLI
March 5, 2022
You can use the AWS CLI to presign URLs so that objects in S3 can be shared publicly even if they are set as private.
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How to Download using Aria2c with Multiple Connections
March 4, 2022
If you use aria2c to download files using the command-line, then you can also use it to download using multiple connections.
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How to Change the Timestamp of a File on Mac/Linux
February 17, 2022
If you have a file on your machine, and you want to change the created/modified time/date stamp, then you can use the touch command.
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How to Boot an EC2 with a WebServer Setup
February 13, 2022
Create a new AWS EC2 instance, and set the User Script to the following:
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How to get Meta-Data information from an AWS EC2 Instance
February 4, 2022
If you need to query meta-data information from your running EC2 instance, you can curl the following location:
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How to Install Cuda driver for Nvidia on Ubuntu
January 4, 2022
If you have just upgraded Ubuntu on your AWS g4dn instance and need to install/reinstall Cuda drivers for your Nvidia chipset, then you can run the following:
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How to List all Running Services on Ubuntu
January 3, 2022
If you need to view a list of all the services that are either running or stopped (or both) on an Ubuntu server, then you can use the following command:
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How to update/upgrade all Homebrew packages
December 11, 2021
If you use Homebrew – and you probably should if you’re on a Mac – then you have probably installed various different applications and packages as time went on.
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[Solved] Error: Cannot find module ‘../lib/cli.js’
December 9, 2021
If you try and run npm i and get Error: Cannot find module '.
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[Solved] Permission denied @ apply2files – /usr/local/lib/node_modules/expo-cli/node_modules/extglob/lib
December 4, 2021
If you have recently upgraded your MacOS operating system, you may get the following error in your terminal when installing some Homebrew packages:
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How to set ZSH as your default Shell
November 26, 2021
You may have installed ZSH and every-time you open your terminal, it opens BASH by default.
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How to Base64 Encode/Decode in the Terminal/CLI
November 25, 2021
If you need to either Encode or Decode a Base64 value, there are many ways to achieve this, one of them is directly from your commandline itself!
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How to Enable Syntax Highlighting in Vim
November 24, 2021
There are a few different ways to enable Syntax Highlighting in Vim.
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How to view the Encoded Authorization Failure Message in AWS
November 18, 2021
You may come across a message that reads similar to the following:
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How to Generate a Random AlphNumeric String in Linux/MacOS
November 11, 2021
If you need to generate a random AlphaNumeric string from the Linux/MacOS Command-Line, then you can use the following script:
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What temperature does your Mac CPU idle at?
September 10, 2021
Sometimes you will find that your Mac is running very hot, and you may want to keep track of it over time to see if it’s persistent or only a spike.
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How to Fix the ‘Bad Interpreter’ Error from AWS and Python 3.7
August 3, 2021
This error often looks something like: .zshrc: /usr/local/bin/aws: bad interpreter: /usr/local/opt/python/bin/python3.
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Key-Value CLI Arguments in Python
July 29, 2021
If you have a CommandLine application (CLI) written in Python, you have a number of ways that you can take arguments from the user.
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How to solve AttributeError: ‘int’ object has no attribute ‘split’ – make: [sharedmods] Error 1
July 23, 2021
If you get the following error while trying to install something via Homebrew
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How to Push a Docker image to AWS ECR
July 22, 2021
By default, Docker pushes its images to Docker Hub. While Docker Hub is a great way to share both your public and private images, you may find the rest of your infrastructure on one of the prominent cloud providers.
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How to Restart Sound Driver on a Mac
May 27, 2021
So for some strange reason, your audio has stopped playing through the Macbook Pro speakers, but if you plug in an external audio device, it still works?
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How to tell what the CHMOD value of a file/directory is
November 21, 2020
chmod alters the permissions for a file or directory, you could allow full read/write access to a file or directory by running the following command:
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How to cleanup a /var/log/journal in Linux
November 19, 2020
You may find your /var/log/journal directory taking up a lot of disk-space.
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Get the total size of all the files in a directory
May 23, 2020
It’s amazing how many times I’ve need to find out the total size of all the files in a directory on one of our servers.
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Tail and Grep: display all output but highlight search matches
April 30, 2020
I tail logs quite a lot. An example would be to tail the Apache2 access logs.
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How to replace newlines with commas in CLI
April 6, 2020
If you need to replace all newline characters with a comma, or perhaps some other delimiter, then using the build-in tr utility will work very well for you.
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How to remove files without a certain extension?
April 4, 2020
You have a directory with a lot of files, and you want to delete only the files that don’t match a specific extension.
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How to debug an Apache 404 error
April 3, 2020
So you are getting an error 404 or perhaps even worse, a 500!
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How to Change the Timezone on Ubuntu Server
March 20, 2020
If you’ve ever typed date into your Ubuntu Server and seen a different time or timezone appear than you expected, then it probably means that this tutorial is for you.
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Remove Special Characters in a String using Bash
March 8, 2020
Programming languages provide the ability to remove special characters from a string quite easily.
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How to Always run Python 3 from Bash
March 6, 2020
Given a directory that contains: | |- app.py |- requirements.txt |- .
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How to Push Docker Images to AWS ECR
February 13, 2020
Docker images are usually stored on Docker Hub, but AWS’s Elastic Container Registry can also be used.
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How to monitor Network Traffic on Linux
February 12, 2020
There is a fantastic tool to see and monitor Bandwidth and Network Traffic on Linux.
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How to use Screen on Linux
February 9, 2020
Screen on Linux is a popular command-line program that lets you multiplex between interactive shells.
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How to Package a Python App using Nuitka
February 7, 2020
Learn how to package a Python app in this tutorial.
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Introduction to NPM
February 6, 2020
What is NPM? NPM stands for Node Package Manager, and is the default way to extend your Node applications.
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How to create a Symbolic Link on Linux / Mac
February 5, 2020
A symbolic link – or often just sym-link – is a pointer or shortcut to where the actual file lives on a filesystem.
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Non-interactive git clone (ssh fingerprint prompt)
February 4, 2020
If you have ever been in the annoying situation where you had to run git clone from a server that you did not have interactive access to, such as a continuous integration/deployment box or other.
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How to exit Vim
January 30, 2020
If only I had a dollar for every time I saw someone sitting at their computer, trying for the life of them to exit vim
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How to Delete large amount of files in directory
December 9, 2019
So you have clearly got a very large amount of files!
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How to Merge multiple files, removing duplicate values
November 25, 2019
If you have multiple files and you want to remove duplicate values from, while creating a single file.
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Just SSH to my Jump Box!
September 26, 2018
I am a professional software engineer and do an absolute ton of devops work as well.
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Connection broken by ‘SSLError(SSLError(1, ‘[SSL: CERTIFICATE_VERIFY_FAILED] certificate verify failed (_ssl.c:777)’
July 26, 2018
This happens when your machine does not have the correct certificate bundle to access the Pypi repository, or you are behind a corporate proxy that just loves to block everything!
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Get the output of an application logged in the terminal
April 16, 2018
Just a quick note: You are probably looking for a Linux command called `dtrace`.
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