Tag: *nix
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Installing VMWare Tools in Ubuntu Server
I frequently find myself setting up new servers as VMs (using VMWare), but there doesn’t seem to be an auto-magical way to install VMWare Tools for performance and monitoring. Fortunately, GhostTX.com has me covered with their article “How To Install VMWare Tools v4 on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Server and 12.10 Server.”
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Test hop latency of a data request
Use this simple command to determine the time it takes for data to travel from one hop to another: pathping <destination>
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Search for and delete a specific directory
Another command I find myself frequently referring to… find . -type d -name <name> -exec rm -rf {} \;