A command-line interface (or CLI) is a method of interacting with your OS or software by typing commands on your keyboard.
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File shows different size after copying to another directory
I used cp -rP <dir name> <new dir name> to copy the contents of a directory, including permissions etc from one dir to another. The odd thing is, either du is giving me some strange ...
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ZSH Quote escaping and expansion
I am trying to run tmux, passing several commands at once, and I'm unable to properly quote the string.
The command succeeds when manually entered on the command line:
~% /usr/local/bin/tmux ...
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Windows 7 CMD full screen replacement
Is there any replacement/ or any software to make Windows 7 cmd full screen?
Thanks.
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How to make exiftool not to change file's date and time
How to make exiftool not to change the date and time of the affected files?
I mean not the date and time written in EXIF, I mean the date and time of the file itself.
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How to enable “allow Guest Account to log in to this computer” option on Mac OS X Mountain Lion via command line?
How to enable "Allow Guests to log in to this computer" option on Mac OS X Mountain Lion via command line ?
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ImageMagick Script Error: ': No such file or directory @ error/blob.c/OpenBlob/2644
I am trying to run the following script in terminal:
mogrify -resize 900x10000 *.JPG
mogrify -resize 900x10000 *.jpg
for f in *.JPG
do
echo "<tr><td><img ...
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How to switch to application, or create new instance if there isn't one?
I want to have keyboard shortcuts for opening firefox, nautilus, etc. The problem is that this will always open a new window, instead of using the existing one when there is one. So what can I do ...
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How can I open an application using the command line and then close the terminal without closing the opened application?
If I open an application from the command line, say Firefox, the application runs as long as the terminal stays open. Closing the terminal's tab will close the application.
Is there a way to open an ...
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File last changed time earlier than it was last opened
Why is the file last changed time dated earlier than time shown by the previous date command?
$ date
Fri May 17 13:41:11 MDT 2013
$ touch other.rst
$ ll other.rst
-rw-r--r-- 1 ondrej cnls 59261 May ...
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How to find a file and move it into the directory it was found in
I am trying to rename files in sub directories using xargs by running the following command:
find . -name oldfile.txt -print0 | xargs -n 1 -0 -I % mv % newfile.txt
The problem is that the file gets ...
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Is it possible to recursively list zip file contents with 7 zip without extracting
Similar to this question I have a very large zip file which contains other zip files, folders, and files. I want to use 7-zip to extract a list of file names from it, recursing into subfolders and zip ...
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How do perform commands in another folder, without repeating the folder path?
I was wondering if there's any clever way to do copy and move operations, or if there's a command to duplicate a file, without having to do a cd, then mv after, at the same folder.
For example, I ...
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netcat output into separate files using string delimters
I want netcat to pipe the output of a tcp/ip connection to commands that examine the output and split it into distinct files separated by the strings "msg" and "/msg" from the output, something like
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How would I FTP from command line with multiple connections? [closed]
Windows Server 2008 R2 64
I am looking to transfer large numbers (~15,000/day) of medium size files (~5-10MB) in different directories automatically over FTP from the command line. These files are ...
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How do I install 'z' file directory jumper on linux?
I'm attempting to install this and running into issues. I am supposed to add a line to the ".bashrc" file? Where in the file? the bottom? the top? somewhere in the if statement? do I make it an alias?
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Outlook AutoArchive through command prompt
I am trying to find a way to run the outlook auto archive on the last day of every month rather than 14 or N days time frame.
So, I thought to create a windows scheduler to do this job, but I didnt ...
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If statements causing batch file to crash?
I am having trouble using IF statements in a batch file. I have it set up with a set /p but when the code gets to the IF statement it closes. This file outlines what I mean:
@echo off
set res1=word ...
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Human readable text for current weather condition
I am looking for a command line program that takes the current weather condition from a website and prints it out in a human readable format.
Actually, I have a Linux box which is connected to my TV ...
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Add a window padding to guake
Text is too near the edge of the screen, I'd like to allow a small 10 pixel padding on all sides to comfort my eyes. Is this possible? I'm using guake.
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How to start a de-elevated cmd from admin command prompt
I have an administrator command prompt. I'd like to load another command prompt from here without administrator priveledges.
I'm pretty sure its some usage of 'runas' but I can't find the ...
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Condensing into multiple pdf pages per sheet, via command line
Let us say I want slides.pdf to contain 4 slides per page instead of one.
I can easily open a slides.pdf document under evince (the default Ubuntu document viewer)
evince slides.pdf-->Print-->Page ...
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Condensing into multiple pdf pages per sheet, via command line [duplicate]
Let us say I want slides.pdf to contain 4 slides per page.
I can easily open a slides.pdf document under evince (the default Ubuntu document viewer)
evince slides.pdf-->Print-->Page Setup--> Pages ...
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In what circumstances is it better to use a simple text editor than an IDE, when programming? [closed]
At work and at school there seems to be a movement where people prefer plain text editors to IDEs. By simple text editors I mean things such as Notepad, VI, or Emacs.
Is there any benefit or ...
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dseditgroup not returning error but not removing user from group
I am following instructions written by someone else to harden an OS X box. One requirement is to made sure certain system-defined groups have no users in them. For this example I will use _ard, but ...
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Write file permissions for root user
I have a file called myfile that I would like to move using:
sudo mv myfile deep-dark-directory/
I need to use sudo to move the file as deep-dark-directory needs root privileges to write and I ...
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Documentation on “BSD General Commands”
I cringe to ask this question, but for many commands on OS-X and probably other POSIX systems, it's difficult for me to find needed documentation on the built-in commands.
For example, if I want to ...
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Why ICS cmd window pops up?
Every time I start my PC, this Internet Connection Sharing cmd window pops up. Some commands are displayed and then it stops. And then I need to close it. What's the problem? I never encountered this ...
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Batch script to rename folders from a list
I am trying to write a batch script that will rename folders that are defined in a list.txt file.
FOR /F %%a IN (C:\SCRIPTS\list.txt) DO RENAME "%%a" "%%a_delete" && EVENTCREATE /T ...
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How to export a specific registry key to a text file using command line
How can I export specific value from the registry to a text file using the command line?
For example, I want to export Hkey_local_Machine\Software\mcafee to a text file in C:.
I just need the key – ...
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Windows 8 stop or start services from the command line
I have a touch screen Windows 8 laptop, which has a touch screen keyboard that constantly shows up when I am working in metro apps. Is there a way to stop a service (specifically "Touch screen ...
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How to use shortcut “start in” option in windows, using command prompt
I have an executable. I want to start that program in a different folder, rather than starting it in my current folder. Shortcut does have an option where you can specify where you want to start the ...
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Is it possible to turn on/off numberlock with command prompt?
With command prompt, can I turn my number lock on or off? I'm hoping to do it with just one line, but I'm assuming I can't as that would have shown up in google.
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How to retrieve video file informations from command line under Linux
I'd like to see from command line all informations pertaining to a given video file, including lenght, quality, bitrate, resolution, audio and video formats, number and language of audio streams and ...
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Writing a tcsh script to copy files specified in first argument to a specific directory
I'm trying to write a script in tcsh that will copy select files that I specify at the command line from one directory to another without having to write out the entire path of each file.
Also, to ...
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How do I reconnect an already mapped network drive from command prompt [duplicate]
I have a network drive already mapped.
But I want to create a batch file that starts after the startup is complete and reconnect to the mapped network drives.
So far I have seen commands
net use Z: ...
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Append line break to command output
I have a single-line command that does a curl request to check server status and then output the result to a log file. But the problem is the returned result has no line break and so the log file ...
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Rename recursively files, while keeping the extension
I have a bunch of directories that each hold one *.txt file in it (and other non *.txt files).
I'd like to rename those files recursively from the command line, basically *.txt to info.txt.
So all ...
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Only complete command names if no file name completions exist
Reasoning:
I have autocd enabled, yet I never use it because it makes tab-completion a huge pain, as every single command name on my system will be completed along with the filename completions.
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Automatically extracting text files via commandline and combining them into a single text file
In-Depth Explanation of Problem:
I'm trying to automate a process on my computer and having some difficulty. Each day, I'm emailed a zip file that contains a txt file. I have a script in place that ...
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Bad sectors in external HDD
I've had this external HDD for around 3 years give or take 6 months. For the last month or so, it was pretty slow but it worked. A few files couldn't be copied onto my system but files could be ...
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Clean up my gnupg keyring?
My gnupg keyring contains hundreds of unnecessary entries. How would I remove the expired, revoked and unsigned keys from it?
I would like to keep the keys that have signed my key, and import new ...
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Using grep to remove lines from a file which contain a string from another file
I have a file containing words (one per line) such as
Dog Fish Cat Shoes
I have a secondary file in CSV format such as
1,shoes,red 2,apple,black 3,fog,blue
I would like to use grep with ...
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Place contents of last command line output into clipboard
I want to be able to run a command in my Terminal, and then quickly be able to copy the contents of the output into my clipboard without leaving my keyboard. Is there any way to do this?
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Creating folder alias like %SystemRoot% in windows 7
I'm trying to create a shortened path to a directory that is nested in a lot of directories (ie C:\Users.......................................\TestApp\Data\32\TutorialData which is 80+ characters to ...
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How can I navigate in command prompt to a remote folder which has been shared among users? [duplicate]
So basically I want to go to 192.xxx.xxx.xxx\myFolder to see the files in it.
I go with Explorer and it works fine, I can even delete and/or modify and add files to it.
The problem is that I'm ...
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Why won't my Windows 8 Command line update its path
I needed to add a new entry to my PATH variable. This is a common activity for me in my job, but I've recently started using Windows 8. I assumed the process would be similar to Windows 7, Vista, ...
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is there a way to run exe file automatically in the tray [duplicate]
I do not like that some of my apps which are running in background constantly are wasting space in my taskbar. I would like to move them to a tray.
Is there a way to run the exe file in the tray?
I ...
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Extracting specific line of text with grep for use in conky
I'm trying to extract the directory of the current playing song in Quodlibet for use in attempting to display album artwork in conky.
In QL's current file ~/.quodlibet/current there is a line that ...
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emacs: “click” on “links” in command line emacs
In some emacs documentation there are underlined texts that resemble links. For instance, by M-x list-packages we get the following:
In some GUI version of Emacs like Emacs For Mac OS X (but not ...
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Run series of commands in different tabs in conemu
I have a .bat file which used to open 3 cmd windows each a different colour. I am now using conemu and would like to now do the same but in different tabs. How do I do that?
My .bat file:
cd /D ...
