If you don’t always want to type /this/is/a/long/path/to/my/script you can simply put your shell script into /bin (Ubuntu 11.04) and then you can access it via scriptname. Here is a handy script to show octal permissions (755, 600, via shell)

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mysql activity report and munin - worth trying

If you run a few high traffic sites and you rely on tools like mysqltuner or tuning-primer to optimize SQL you can run into problems.

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Just posting because I couldn’t find any good post on this.

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I’m a big fan of the Linux shell. Here’s how you can upgrade WordPress automatically via Unix shell!

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If you get the error end tag for element “div” which is not open, simply do a search for div /div and then compare the numbers. Same numbers? Check all div elements for something like div class="" /> It's a common mistake and will result in error.