Bash – If – code block, one liner, and AND then OR && ||1liner
A normal if statement in bash looks like this if ps ax | grep "[p]rogram" &> /dev/null; then echo "program is running" else echo "program is not running" fi # COMMENT1: theRead More…
SickBeard SickRage Mass Change Qualities via SQLite & Understanding Qualitys
How to change the qualities of sickbeard / sickrage tvshows all at once via sqlite instead of going one by one thru the gui (in the gui you get there by goingRead More…
Installing UTServer on Linux – uTorrent Web GUI Server
Here is how you setup uTorrent Server on a Linux box. I tested with a Debian like build (my ReadyNAS 6.x box) Download the tar gzip file containing UTServer cd /root wgetRead More…
SystemD files for uTorrent Server, SickRage SickBeard, Couch Potato, Transmission, NZBget
SystemD is the newer alternative to the init.d system. Instead of service files being in /etc/init.d/, they are in /lib/systemd/system. In /etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/ there are symlinks to the /lib/systemd/system service files. Anything inRead More…
date – my favorite and most used Linux date commands
# Best Sortable Date and Time (start with the biggest go to smallest: year,month,day,hour,minute,second) date +%Y-%m-%d-%H-%M-%S # ex: 2015-09-15-13-28-50 (which means Sept 15th 2009 at 1:28:50 pm) # or this format whereRead More…
Fix NTFS Filesystem / iSCSI LUNs on a Win PC with Active File Recovery & chkdsk
If you have an NTFS filesystem on a disk or a partition (or on an iSCSI Lun) & it is corrupt, then you might see symptoms like this: drive letter is shown,Read More…
Monitoring BTRFS Defragmenation – watching btrfs filesystem defrag
Step1. Start the command below # COMMAND 1 Use this command if you have "watch" # ** use this as most likely you do have watch ** watch -n0.2 'ps uxeww |Read More…
WLAN Report Windows – Wifi Windows Report
While troubleshooting wireless its nice to look at all of the needed information all at once. This command can provide all that for your windows client (of course you will still needRead More…
My favorite renditions of PS in linux
My favorite: ########### not forest ############## ps ax # all users all process – least info ps auxe # all users all process – more info, not wrapped ps auxeww # allRead More…
Why do my RAID drives fail often?
Check out the links below. Its common for drives in a RAID to fail. RAID was invented to save people from losing all of their data if a drive fails. So theRead More…