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Bash Script To Backup Folders and Databases using a Cron Job

I sometimes find I need a simple script to backup one or multiple folders and databases. This script just takes a list of pre-defined folders and databases, compresses the folder contents, and executes a database dump. A maximum of seven backups are kept, any older ones are deleted. Customize the first six variables as needed.

Bash Script To Create WordPress Site

A few months ago, I wrote a bash script that creates a database with a few simple prompts. Even though I knew the database commands from memory, it was still more convenient to only input the necessary data. I decided to build out a similar workflow for creating WordPress sites. At the core of this […]

Bash Script To Create Database and User

I find that during development, there are three database commands I typically execute for any project that uses a MySQL database. I typically need to do three things: create a database create a user grant database access to the user I created a simple bash script to run these commands, along with setting a few […]