How to Append Date and Time to Log File in Linux

If we want to get detailed log report, we can store multiple log files with date and time information on the file name 🙂 We can do this command in Linux : your_command_here > /path_1/path_2/your_log_$(date +”%Y-%m-%d_%H-%M-%S”).txt

How to Delete Files in Directory in Linux

If you want to delete files within a directory in Linux, you can use this simple command rm -f /your/directory/* If you want to delete files and directories recursively within a directory in Linux, you can use this command instead 🙂 rm -rf /your/directory/*

Empty a File Using Linux Command

Today i received an e-mail notification from cpanel that a partition in my server is almost full. First i checked largest directories / files using this command : du -h –max-depth=1 /some/path Then i noticed that they were some log files which took space in my partition 🙂

How to Remove Directory and Subdirectories Recursively in Linux

Sometimes there is occasion where deleting files from Cpanel takes a very long time to finish. For example because there are too many files under a directory. In this situation we can use SSH to delete a directory and all files and subdirectories under that directory. We can use the command below. But be careful,… Continue reading How to Remove Directory and Subdirectories Recursively in Linux

How to Redirect a Directory Using Htaccess

There is occassion where you want to do a silent redirect (not a 301 redirect) from a directory to another directory. Doing silent redirect will make browser to assume that this redirection is a brand new URL, not like 301 redirect which tells browser to open (redirected to) another URL. We can use htaccess to… Continue reading How to Redirect a Directory Using Htaccess

Integrate reCAPTCHA v2 Into Pligg

Pligg supports some CAPTCHA, including Solve Media, and old reCAPTCHA. Now i will write how to use reCAPTCHA v2 (click captcha) into Pligg. First, you must get Google reCAPTCHA keys. Second, open your Pligg admin, set the site & secret key under “CAPTCHA” sub menu and click “configure” next to reCAPTCHA.