File System
The Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) is one of the best features on Windows 10. It makes development so much easier than it used to be but still has a few hiccups. Kinda like Linux, some things don’t “just work.” One pesky thing that I recently dealt with was getting SSH to work with a keypair file from WSL. Here is how to get SSH working on WSL.
Goal
Given a keypair file, we want to invoke ssh from the command line and establish a tunnel to another server. This is a common task when connecting to remote servers. Think AWS, Azure, or Digital Ocean. It is a simple command:
Once a year I need to free up space on my work machine. Once a year I find myself searching for an efficient way to identify the largest files that I do not need any longer without installing third party software. Here is the solution I stumbled on this year and it couldn’t be simpler.
- Open File Explorer
- Navigate to the drive you want to search. Normally, C:\
- Type “size:gigantic” in the search bar
- Wait for the search to complete
- Sort the results by size
This search will scan your computer’s file system for files that are larger than 128mb. You can then identify files that are no longer needed.