WHM/cPanel Useful Terminal Commands for Managing and Optimizing Server

cpanel.sh

# Find the Largest Files in your Linux Home cPanel Directory
find /home -type f -exec du -h {} + | sort -rh | head -n 20

# List All error_log Files
find /home/*/public_html -type f -name error_log -exec du -sh {} \;

# Clear All error_log Files
find /home/*/public_html -type f -iname error_log -delete

# Import a .sql File into a MySQL Database
mysql -u root -p dbname < /home/username/database.sql

# Get a List of the Most Frequent IP Addresses in Apache Logs
cat /usr/local/apache/logs/access_log | awk '{print $1}' | sort | uniq -c | sort -nr | head -n 20

# Execute a cPanel Backup Immediately
/usr/local/cpanel/bin/backup

# How to Restart the cPanel using the Command Prompt
service cpanel restart

# View disk usage of cPanel users' tmp folders
du -sh /home/*/tmp/

# Remove all content from cPanel users' tmp folders
find /home/*/tmp/ -mindepth 1 -exec rm -rf {} +

# List All WordPress Backup Files (All-in-One WP Migration)
find /home -type f -path "*/ai1wm-backups/*.wpress" -exec du -h {} +

# Remove All WordPress Backup Files (All-in-One WP Migration)
find /home -path /home/virtfs -prune -o -type f -path "*/ai1wm-backups/*.wpress" -exec rm {} +

# List all cPanel user log files
find /home/*/logs -type f

# Remove all cPanel user log files
find /home/*/logs -type f -delete