Questions tagged [command-line]
An interface for interacting with a computer using typed commands in a text-oriented environment, as opposed to a graphical user interface (GUI).
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How can I start a process over SSH such that it will continue to run after I disconnect?
XBMC occasionally crashes on my media server. It's a pain to bring down the media server because I have to manually restart a number of services each time. I'd like to be ablle to start XBMC from an ...
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What is the name of the command (function) that runs after a command has failed?
When run a command, if the command is not present, then some information regarding the failure of the command is displayed.
I am trying to take the information about that failed command as input to ...
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How to encode base64 via command line in macOS/OS X?
Is there a terminal command in macOS/OS X which will base64 encode a file or stdin?
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Go back to previous directory in shell
Is there a way to go back to previous directory we were in using bash,tcsh without using pushd/popd ?
I'd like to type something like "back" and got returned to the previous directory I was in.
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How to recursively delete directory from command line in windows?
What is the windows equivalent of rm -r [directory-name]?
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Recursively count all the files in a directory [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How can I count the number of folders in a drive using Linux?
I have a really deep directory tree on my Linux box. I would like to count all of the files in that path, ...
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How to copy symbolic links?
I have directory that contains some symbolic links:
user@host:include$ find .. -type l -ls
4737414 0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 user group 13 Dec 9 13:47 ../k0607-lsi6/camac -> ../../include
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How do I edit text files in the Windows command prompt?
On Unix I'd just use vi, but I don't know what the command is on Windows. I am actually trying to edit files over SSH with Windows Server 2008.
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7Zip - Command Line : Exclude folder(s) by wildcard pattern?
Any idea how to exclude a wild-carded path(s) from a command-line 7zip command?
I'm doing something like this:
7z.exe a -t7z archive.7z FolderToArchive\ -mx0
and would like to exclude any \bin\*.* ...
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How to wget a file with correct name when redirected?
So after some time of searching on Google and Super User (and scanning man pages) I was unable to find an answer to something that (I think) should be simple:
If you go here:
http://www.vim.org/...
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How do I create a relative symbolic link in Linux?
I need a symlink that resolves relative to the directory it is placed in. What command is used to create such a thing?
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Keep cmd.exe command history between sessions?
Is there a way to keep the cmd command history between sessions?
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How do I determine if my Windows is 32-bit or 64-bit using a command? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicates:
How to tell if a computer has a 64-bit CPU or OS
Detect Windows Server version 32/64-bit in CLI
OS version: 32-bit or 64-bit?
How do I determine if my Windows system is ...
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How to start GUI linux programs from the command line, but separate from the command line?
I've searched for this before, but have never been able to find an answer.
In Windows, if I have a console window open, type winmine, and press enter, Minesweeper will appear, completely separate ...
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Commmand line command to copy entire directory (including directory folder) to another directory
using the command line, I'd like to copy one directory to another. For example there is directory C:/test and C:/test2.
I'd like to copy C:/test into C:/test2 so that the result will be C:/test2/test
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How can I check a system's current NTP configuration?
I need to verify the current NTP configuration on some Windows systems. Ideally, I'd like to be able to do this via command line instead of navigating through configuration screens.
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Why does "cd.." work in the Windows command line?
When typing cd.. without a space between cd and .. the Windows command prompt will happily switch to the parent folder. Is there an explanation for this behaviour? The command does not follow the ...
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What does "2>&1" do in command line?
I know that the > sign is used for output redirection in the command line, but I'm having trouble finding something that explains the use of 2>&1 in the command line. For example:
curl ...
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How do I locate the MAC address of my computer?
I am unable to locate the MAC address in a new computer with Windows 7. I've tried ipconfig /all in the console to which I got no items match your search. I also tried getmac. A screen flashed very ...
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Reset colors on Windows command line (cmd)
I often run commands in cmd.exe that have pretty colors in their output, which is great. Unfortunately, sometimes they die in the middle, or I have to kill them, and then the console window itself ...
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How to view serial COM ports but not through Device Manager
How would I go about viewing a list of COM ports in use without the use of Device Manager?
I don't want to install any software either. Is there a possible way to do this through the command line?
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Command-line (cmd) command to lock a windows machine
Is there a way to lock a Windows XP machine via the command line? The shutdown command doesn't have an option for it.
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Completely delete a folder in Windows using command line
I need to delete one folder containing other folders and files inside. I tried del and rmdir commands but sometimes they fail with some error lines: [PATH]: The directory isn't empty.
Is there any ...
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Simple built-in way to encrypt and decrypt a file on a Mac via command-line?
Are there any built in command-line tools that I can encrypt and decrypt a text file (and provide it some sort of password).
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Close programs from the command line (Windows)
What is the proper way to close/exit programs from command line, similar to pressing the "X" close button in the corner of the window?
Im trying to close chrome under 3 different versions of windows: ...
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How do I execute multiple commands when using find?
I'm trying to run multiple commands on things I have found, how can I achieve this?
find . -exec cmd1; cmd2
does not seem to work; it instead runs cmd2 after cmd1 has been executed on every file.
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Why does `dir *.*` give me all files and folders?
When I run dir *.* it produces unexpected results. Even files and folders without any dot in their names are listed. For example
C:\>dir *.*
Volume in drive C is System
Volume Serial Number is ...
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Renaming many files in Mac OS X, batch processing
I used to rename file in Linux via a rename command:
rename 's/old_pattern/new_pattern/g' *glob
Is there something similar in Mac OS X (Snow Leopard)?
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Create admin user from command line
How would I go about making an Administrator account (read not limited) from the command line in Windows? I have seen commands to the effect of:
net user USERNAME PASSWORD /add
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Resume rsync over SSH after broken connection?
I have to transfer large amounts of data (>80 GB) over ssh using rsync. Everything is working fine, but the DSL connection where the backup data is sent from will drop once every 24h for up to 3 ...
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Use terminal scrollbar with tmux
I know how to scroll in tmux using the keyboard, but I noticed that it looks like there's a way to use the terminal scrollbar with GNU Screen. Can this be done with tmux?
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Navigate to previous directory in windows command prompt
Is there any command / tool to navigate previous directory in windows command prompt?
In linux usually use
cd -
for previous directory navigation.
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chown - Operation not permitted
I'm logged in as minime.
I don't understand why it doesn't allow me to chown file that I own without su privileges. Obviously I can use sudo, but I'd like to understand why? because of www-data group?...
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How to pipe text from command line to the clipboard
I'd like to do something like
dir *.* > clipboard
ie. get to get the standard output of a command line program copied to the clipboard. Can this be done on a standard XP machine without ...
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Does the Windows Command Prompt search somewhere other than those locations specified by the PATH variable when launching application programs?
I tried the following experiment.
Before I start, I checked the PATH variable from cmd, which has the following value:
Path=C:\Program Files (x86)\Intel\iCLS Client\;C:\Program Files\Intel\iCLS ...
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Batch convert SVG images to desired size PNG or ICO [closed]
I have bunch of SVG icons that I'd like to use for my application to be developed in VB.Net 2010, and since it has no support to handle SVG icons, I need to convert those icons into either PNG or ICO, ...
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How to Execute ShortCut From Command line in Windows 7
We came with a scenario where we have to use Shortcut file (.lnk), which is on the desktop, to execute an application for a headless device (i.e, without manual intervention).
Is there any way to ...
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Possible values of %PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE%
I'm writing a batch script for windows 7 and want to handle both 64 bit and and x86 processors.
What are the possible values of the Windows %PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE% environment variable?
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Recursively rename files (change extension) in Linux
How do I rename all files in a directory, recursively, changing one file extension to another, for thousands of files in thousands of subfolders? I see a lot of commands that do almost what I want, ...
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Batch file that runs cmd.exe, a command, and then stays open at prompt
I would like to make a batch file that:
Opens cmd.exe
Within that Command Prompt runs net use to display mapped share paths
Leaves the window open so that I can run additional commands if I wish to
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How to replace line in file with pattern with sed?
I'm reading a lot of documentation on sed, and am still stumped on my particular use case.
I want to replace this line in a conf file with my own line:
Replace this line: #maxmemory <bytes>
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How to scroll up and look at data in GNU screen
I am using a mac (snow leopard). I am a ruby on rails developer and I watched a screencast on GNU screen and am trying it out. So far I like it.
On a window when I start server I get to see the log ...
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Windows "cmd" Replacements [closed]
Resizing is one of the biggest problems I face with the default Windows command prompt. Are there are any free/open source alternatives available?
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Undo the Linux trash command
Can we undo operations done in a terminal, for example, file deletion through rm?
Solutions obtained:
Aliasing
Undelete utilities
Backup utilities
LibTrash
Versioning (FUSE)
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Chkdsk Questions
Recently in running chkdsk /r on my system drive (platter drive, Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit) I've gotten back results like:
4 EA records processed
76 reparse records processed
Am I right in assuming ...
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How do I FTP multiple files from the command line?
I would like to FTP the contents of a directory, but I can't seem to find the right way to use a wildcard. It seems like this would be a common thing to do; is my whole approach wrong?
The command is
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Unix-type "locate" on Windows?
Using the Windows CLI (cmd), how does one locate a file that he knows part of the name of? For instance, every single Windows workstation installs javac in a different location, how would one find it ...
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How can I widen the Windows 7 Command Prompt window?
How can I widen the Windows 7 command prompt window?
It's fixed at 80 columns in width and dragging the window edges won't let me make it any bigger than that.
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A command before every bash command
Does anyone know a mean of putting a 'time' command before every command in a bash session?
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Converting a PDF to black & white with ghostscript
Similarly to this question:
Convert a PDF to greyscale on the command line in FLOSS?
I have a PDF-document and want to convert it to pure black and white. So I want to discard halftones. To ...
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