Perfect for long running batch jobs on a remote server over unreliable connections or if you want to bring your laptop home (instead of keeping that terminal running). Log in and run screen -t title_of_your_choice Do the same thing again if you want to create another window. All the following screen commands are preceeded by [...]
Using Linux, to get the number of files in the current directory, use: ls -1 | wc -l To count the number of files recursively in the current and all directories below it, use: find . -type f | wc -l
Incremental encrypted remote backup using Amazon S3: Duplicity Incremental backup to another (remote) directory: rdiff-backup Easily available on Ubuntu using: sudo apt-get rdiff-backup Nice instructions for automating and scheduling backups. Simple backup by simply tar’ing everything, instructions on Ubuntu Forums.