Tag Archives: cli

Easy file sharing with Python SimpleHTTPServer

February 8, 2012 | 1 Comment

An easy way to share files from your computer is to use Python SimpleHTTPServer. You don’t need to know Python programming to use the SimpleHTTPServer, the only requirement is to have Python installed on the machine where the files that needs to be shared are located.Continue reading →

Display banner text in command line

May 7, 2011 | 1 Comment

You can display banner-like texts with large characters created from regular characters using the FIGlet utility. Basic usage requires only the text you want to output on the CLI, but you can also specify the font used in text rendering, dimensions and other layout options.Continue reading →

Disk management in Linux

April 20, 2010 | No comments

If you need to manage your disk or just check the disk space usage of a Linux powered computer, here are some suggestions for both graphical and command line interfaces.Continue reading →

CLI search and replace in multiple files

March 11, 2010 | No comments

Here is a quick tip about how to find and replace a text in multiple files, from CLI.In this example you have some text files (.txt) with urls like “http://example.com, http://another-example.com…”. What you are trying to do is to replace all “http” references with “https”.Continue reading →

PHP CLI increase memory limit

October 3, 2009 | 3 Comments

When running a PHP script from command line interface (CLI), a higher memory limit may be required in order for the script to be successfully executed. This can be achieved using the “-d” or “–define” option in the commandContinue reading →