Posts tagged with 'shell' - 1
Faster SSH File Transfers with rsync
If you're a developer or sysadmin, there's a pretty good chance you've had to transfer files back and forth. Back in the old days, you may have used the ftp utility or something similar (I think my first one was probably CuteFTP). Then you probably t ... read more →
Searching for TIGER Features
Today I had a rather peculiar need to search through features from TIGER matching specific attributes. These files are not CSV or JSON, but rather ESRI Shapefiles. Shapefiles are a binary format which have long outlived their welcome according to man ... read more →
Copying and Unarchiving From a Server Without a Temp File
Sometimes I want to copy files from a remote machine--usually a server I control. Easy; just use scp, right? Well, today I had a subtly different twist to the usual problem. I needed to transfer a ~100GB tarball to my local machine, and I really want ... read more →