Tag: file names

Lighttpd Configure Subdomain

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I‘ve main domain configured at http://example.com and I’d like to use http://support.example.com with different files. How do I add subdomain support with Lighttpd web server under UNIX or Linux operating systems?

Linux / UNIX: scp / rsync File Name With a Colon (:) In It

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How do I copy a file with a colon punctuation (:) name in it. When I type the following command to copy “file:name.txt” to a remote host called server1:

scp file:name.txt user@server1:/path

I get the following error:

ssh: Could not resolve hostname s: Name or service not known

How do I copy file with scp or rsync with a colon in it?

xargs: How To Control and Use Command Line Arguments

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I am trying to use xargs command using shell pipes and not able to understand how to control and use command line arguments. For example I’d like to find out all *.c file located in 100s of sub-directories and move them to another directory called ~/old.src. How do I use command line args with xargs to achieve the same?