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Backup a website in /var/www/

tar czf ~/backup/examplecom.tar.gz /var/www/examplecom

Restore the website

tar xzf examplecom.tar.gz

mv examplecom /var/www/

Add a User

sudo useradd -d /home/testuser -m testuser

sudo passwd testuser

Where user and group information stored

User names and primary groups are stored in /etc/passwd.

Change existing user testuser primary group to www

usermod -g www testuser

Empty a text file

> textfile.txt

Check folder size

du -hs /path/to/directory