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I’ve had numerous cases where I’ve needed to execute bash commands and return the results in Python for some additional manipulation. My most recent example involved me working with BigQuery schemas. Getting schemas from the CLI was easy peasy but I’m not the best at BASH programming so I naturally turned to something more familiar …
Setting up Kubernetes on AWS and got the unable to connect to the server: getting credentials: exec: executable aws-iam-authenticator not found error? Execute the following to solve your problem! Not going to bore you with fluff this time around. I am assuming that you have homebrew installed which might be a leap. Also I’m on …
Listing the largest N files or folders recursively is handy. Let’s frame a usecase. So, you’re Ubuntu server is tanking. You’re running Jenkins or something else and your job logs have just started piling up. You’re UI doesn’t work anymore and the only thing you can do is SSH into your instance. What do you …
Happen to be trying to remove your computer’s name from your bash/terminal on Ubuntu? I thought it was an eyesore when I was writing up some docs and was taking screenshots. I did some research and thought I’d pass along what I learned. My Setup Windows 10 Ubuntu Subsystem Edit your hidden .bashrc file! So …
What git branch am I in? It’s an age old question I’ll ask myself maybe once an hour. I’ll make a big change, decide that I need to save the repo before I break something, I make a commit (often times with commitizen), and then git push origin … . But where was I pushing …
Are you getting the Permission Denied (Publickey) error? I imagine you’re starting to setup a Digital Ocean droplet or Ubuntu on another cloud provider and need to ssh into your server? After trying are you getting the permission denied (Publickey) error? I was setting up Jenkins and wanted to quickly access the droplet from my …
My Computer Setup Python3 (Finally getting used to adding parentheses around my print statements ) macOS Ever need a blank file to mock up a file system while on Linux? USE TOUCH! It’s pretty useful when you’re navigating through folders and want to spin up a doc really quick. If you then just list what’s in …
Need to search for strings across files in Linux or on a Linux server? Use GREP! This will help you find that pesky module that needs updating or that misspelled table name. My Computer Setup macOS The Solution This command will recursively search files and folders for whatever you’re interested in. Still learning about how …
We’ll be showing you how to change directory on a Mac, Windows, or Linux machine. Need to do something to a file on the terminal? Need to delete an entire folder and its children on the command line like I show here? Well first you might want to get to the same directory where it’s …
This is how you delete a folder and its children on a mac or linux terminal. Be careful because the f means force! For those of Short on Time Explanation of the Command rm means remove on the command line. rm stuff.py would remove the stuff.py file. This doesn’t work when it’s presented folders. We …
