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Finding large files in GNU/Linux using the command line

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Sometimes I need to locate large files to clean up a hard drive before it fills up and kills your system. This can be handy to use on a windows machine when you can't be bothered right clicking on each file and selecting properties to see the file sizes.

Download a live linux CD from one of the many vendors - my favourites are Knoppix and Ubuntu.

Load up linux from the CD - this will not overwrite your windows install.

On the desktop you will see all your windows partitions and drives, you will need to mount the partitions you want to search by double clicking them.

Now open a terminal and change to the mount point of your partition you want to search and run the following command:

find . -size +nM -print0 |xargs -0 ls -sSh

You will see a listing of all the files that are over the value n. Replace n with the size you want to search for - ie for 10MB type

find . -size +10M -print0 |xargs -0 ls -sSh

and this will find all files larger than 10MB.

Last Updated on Thursday, 16 October 2008 18:33
 

J!Analytics

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Update

2008-11-08 Version 1.2.1 released with Spanish translation available thanks to Francisco José Vela Roncero.

2008-10-27 Version 1.2.0 released with fix for "_gat is not defined" Javascript error.

2008-07-21 New version 1.1.0 released with subdomain tracking support within the same Google Analytics account.

Introduction

J!Analytics is a new Joomla 1.5 only module which inserts Google Analytics code into your web site pages.

Google Analytics allows you to track visitors to your web site and much more. For more information and to get your Analytics ID visit Google Analytics.

J!Analytics uses the latest ga.js script from Google as default and also allows you to use the legacy urchin.js script as well.

Download

You can download directly from this site:

icon J!Analytics 1.2.1 (15.66 kB)

or download from JoomlaCode.org - http://joomlacode.org/gf/project/mod_janalytics/.

Last Updated on Saturday, 08 November 2008 14:10 Read more...
 

My First Acupuncture Experience

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Acupuncture needles with electrodes attachedToday I went and had acupuncture for some injuries that just won't go away. I'm fairly open to different types of treatments but never had considered acupuncture before because of the whole needle thing.

Injuries/Issues I have

I currently have 2 problems I am dealing with which I haven't had much success in treating so far.

The first is to do with my arms, in particular my fingers being numb 24 hours a day (possible Carpal Tunnel Syndrome). This ailment is due to my career change of late as I have decided to get into domestic construction and started building fences. Building fences is not that difficult a job the problem is that there is a lot of vibration from the tools you use. It got to the point where I had to get my colleagues to do all the jack hammering as well as the nailing with a nail gun. I could do most of the other tasks but even just digging using post hole diggers left me in pain and often with sleepless nights.

The second issue is to do with my legs or my shins to be exact. The muscle to the outer side of my shin is extremely tight and when I run for 5 to 10 minutes these muscles get so full of blood and swell to the point that I almost can't walk anymore. I was told by a physiotherapist that I have Compartment Syndrome and that the only real fix for it is surgery or stop running. So I stopped running and thought I would just live with it for the rest of my life because the surgery for this problem is not fun at all.

Last Updated on Friday, 07 March 2008 08:30 Read more...
 

Launch of Tedesco.net.au

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Welcome to the new site dedicated to my thoughts and experience.

You will find many interesting bits of information on tedesco.net.au on many topics. I consider myself to be a jack of many trades and an expert of none so I thought it was about time I wrote some of them down. I hope you enjoy and find the information that I present useful and if you think I got something wrong please let me know.

To start with I have put some photos that I took in the Gallery of this site. Please check them out and feel free to download them if you like them.

Enjoy and keep checking back for more info.

Cheers
Dean Tedesco

Last Updated on Thursday, 06 March 2008 09:45