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Download recursive directories with wget using Username & Password for FTP

Published on April 26, 2010

Using ftp to download multiple files using ‘mget’ command is pretty common, however it downloads files from current directory only. But if you need to download recursive directories with all its content then? And specially when you don’t have shell access to the remote machine and you don’t have access to archive the targeted folder? … Continue reading Download recursive directories with wget using Username & Password for FTP

Displaying information about your git repository

Published on November 12, 2009

Want to see information about your git repository? Based on a discussion here Duane Johnson wrote a very useful bash script. I am using this script from months and would like to share with you. You can download this script here(). You can also add an alias like below, so that I can be a … Continue reading Displaying information about your git repository

Change timezone of ubuntu machine from command line

Published on July 15, 2009

If you guys want to change timezone of your ubuntu machine then you can do it by issuing: This may be helpful if you deal with servers.