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compress and uncompress using ssh

An archive file is nothing but a collection of files and directory stored in one file. A compressed file uses less disk space. This quick page explains how to compress, list and extract files TAR The tar command is not specifically a compression command. It’s generally used to pull a number of files into a single file for easy transport to another system or to back the files. It also provides compression as a feature, which makes a lot of sense, and the addition of the z compression option is a...

Disk space usage

It is very important yet easy task to check or calculate actual disk space usage of your account using SSH commands. Servage offers SSH access with Web Hosting plan so, we will learn here about the Steps to create SSH Account and Command to check disk space usage of your account. Steps to create SSH Account: 1. Login into your Servage panel 2. Click on option named "SSH" available under Files section 3. Click on "Add New Account" 4. Click on Add SSH Account after filling the desired usernam...

How to adminstrate your files via WinSCP

You can administrate your files via SSH with the help of the tool WinSCP. Before you can start make sure to: - Download the WinSCP tool from the official site (https://winscp.net/eng/download.php) - Create a SSH account via your Servage account. Click HERE (https://helpdesk.servage.net/781340-Your--SSH-account) to get more info Once the account is created, you can use below details in WinSCP to connect: - Server: ssh.servage.net - Port: 22 - User: SSH username - Pass: SS...

Your SSH account

- login to your Servage control panel - go to "Files" - choose "SSH": - a new window opens, click the green 'ADD NEW ACCOUNT' button at bottom right: - Enter and username, password and name for the SSH account. - Once done, click the green 'ADD SSH ACCOUNT' button at bottom right. You can install any SSH client like putty or secure shell on your machine. On THIS (https://www.ssh.com/ssh/) page, you find info about these and many more SSH clients which you c...

List of all SSH commands you can run

Here is a list of all the commands you can run: ! esac locale tail ./ eval localedef tear : ex logout Test [ exec ls then [[ exit lspgpot tic ]] export mkdir Time alias false more times awk fc msql2mysql toe bash f mv touch bashbug-64 f my_print_defaults tput bg fillet mysql trap binder Find mysql_config true break for mysql_find_rows TSET builtin fTP mysql_tableinfo type bunz...

What is SSH?

SSH stands for Secure Shell and is a way to log in to the server to be able to work directly on the server via text commands.

How To Log In Via SSH

To log in via SSH is something we only recommend for advanced users. A maximum of two concurrent connections to your SSH account is allowed SSH login is for those who want to transfer files to or from your account using SFTP (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SSH_file_transfer_protocol) or SCP (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secure_copy) and / or want to log in via SSH, for example to edit PHP files with an editor such as Nano (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nano_%28text_editor%29) . Learn more about t...

Basic SSH Commands

Below you can find some basic Linux commands : - I can find specific information in a file? (Seized) With the grep command, you can search for specific strings in a file. Let's say you have three files, you know that in one of these files, there is a line saying "hello" if you then enter grep hello * -R, it will search for the characters h, e and j direct result after each of all the files and folders where you are. this means that two lines below will be matched: "hello my dear fr...

Restore of files and databases from server backup

Do we offer backups for files or databases if they are deleted accidentally ? Yes !!, everything is stored in between 7 - 14 days by snapshots. For web: Login to the SSH and type cd .snapshots (make a note of dot before the word 'snapshots') (usually after login you are at the path /storage/content/yy/xxxxxyy/ - yy is the two last digits in the customer ID, and xxxxxyy the entire customer ID) root@ser-staff-01# cd .snapshots You will see a list of date stamped folders where you can fetch d...