A terminal is a hardware device used for entering data into and displaying information from a computer. Terminals were frequently used in the days of mainframe computers. Today, most operating systems offer text-based "terminal emulators", which replicate the functionality of a classical terminal, ...
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How to disable EMACS - Prelude colors? (terminal)
I've used PRELUDE to work better in terminal, but I'd love to work with my default Terminal theme(colors).
Zenburn-theme comes default with Prelude but It just work great the first time i run emacs ...
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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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How to use Terminal to navigate into a desktop shortcut or folder in applications?
I'm on a Mac and watching a tutorial on setting up Git.
I'm in the terminal and currently on the Desktop. I can us ls to list all the items on my desktop, and cd into any of the folders on my ...
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How to exit VIM and get back to 'normal' terminal?
I did find this answer here:
Vim Stuck In Insert Mode
However none of the commands listed worked for me. Exit, cntrl + [, cntrl + q
I'm a totally terminal newb, trying to learn how to setup git ...
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How to save module configuration in Linux Terminal
I'm following a tutorial to boot Linux from usb3.0.
I stumbled across this tutorial:
http://evilshit.wordpress.com/2012/06/29/how-to-install-ubuntu-server-on-a-usb-3-0-stick-and-boot-that-stick/
In ...
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How to find device node on Mac OS X
I'm trying to get a Roland iModela to work on my Mac. Even if stated otherwise by the manufacturer this machine is able to be run by other OS than Windows. I already got it working on a Linux with cat ...
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Is it possible to run software as a different user under OS X Mountain Lion?
I've been trying to run apps as a different user.
Attempt 1
sudo -u otheruser open /Applications/TextEdit.app launches the app but it uses the current user, not otheruser.
Attempt 2
login username ...
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How can I change my (Linux) terminal's appearance when I SSH in to a remote machine?
I sometimes find myself with several terminals open, some of which are ssh-ed in to other (production) machines. If I run a command like "drop all tables in the database" on one of those ssh-ed ...
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Prevent users from being able to pipe output to another users terminal?
So currently on this server if two people are logged into the same server, you can do something like:
-bash-4.1$ cat /dev/urandom | write username
It will print a bunch of junk to their terminal. I ...
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Shell command doesn't work with # in it
This is my shell command:
sudo sh -c "echo "#" > /file"
But it doensn't work but this does work:
sudo sh -c "echo "hi" > /file"
How can I fix this, because the # needs to be in it.
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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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How can I get the terminal in full resolution when running Ubuntu CLI in VirtualBox?
I've installed Ubuntu (latest version) with CLI only, inside VirtualBox running in Windows 7 x64. Switching to fullscreen (CTRL + F in my setup) works, but of course the terminal windows has a low ...
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How can you reverse the direction of alt-period in Bash?
In Bash, you can press Alt-. to insert the last argument of the previous command. If you press it multiple times, it cycles through the last arguments of all of the commands in your history. However, ...
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Alert Terminal window when EKG2 receives message
When using EKG2 with the ncurses ui, the terminal window does not receive an alert when I recieve a message. Is it possible to configure EKG2 so it does this?
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Certain actions in Terminal.app in OS X cause noise in audio/video streaming
If I'm listening to something in Pandora or YouTube, and I'm in Terminal.app in OS X 10.7.5, if I use the up arrow to scroll through bash command history, then that works fine with no noises. But, if ...
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How do I remotely execute scripts on multiple servers, mix output
Hi I'm looking for a piece of software or some sort of technique that would enable me to do following in one terminal window:
Take as input a list of ssh-enabled machines with login, password and ...
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How do I get Homebrew to recognize my Git install?
I've installed Homebrew and fixed all of the errors that brew doctor reports, except this one:
martinjames$ brew doctor
Warning: An outdated version of Git was detected in your PATH.
Git 1.7.10 or ...
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How can I display/print the raw bytes of a file? [closed]
Have a way on terminal of print bytes of an archive?
for example:
$printBytes file.txt
$01010001 01000100 01010001 01000100 01010001 01000100 01010001 01000100 01010001 01000100
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Terminal not listing Applications folder
The problem that I am running into is that when I cd into my Applications folder and try to ls to see all my folders it doesn't show anything. This is the only directory that does this as I am able to ...
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Connecting ssh from ubuntu
I want to connect to ssh from ubuntu terminal but I don't know how. I have searched it on google but I don't understand. I have an ip adress, username and password. If someone can explain to me how ...
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How to use axel or aria2 for apt-get?
I have a beauty debian :P and 6Mb p/s Internet. But when I will download install a package from repo download speed is very slow (40kb p/s).
And when I will download a package from web page I ...
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Can't run 'rails' inside Tmux session in Terminal
I just tried rails inside a tmux session in iTerm2 and it returns as
-bash: /usr/bin/rails: /usr/bin/ruby: bad interpreter: No such file or directory
I can run rails outside of tmux . I am using ...
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Adding highlight to ubuntu terminal
My current terminal looks like this:
I know that I can change the font colour and the background colour, but I wanted to know if I can make the words be highlighted according to what they are ...
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Do all the scripts that are run in “rc.local” display results on the terminal or do they just run in the background?
Do all the scripts that are run in rc.local display results on the terminal or do they just run in the background?
What if I want the scripts to run before the startup and wait for the user input to ...
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How to link autoconf in mountain lion?
I'm trying to install autoconf view homebrew on mountain lion, I did this $ brew install autoconf and I got
Warning: Could not link autoconf. Unlinking...
Error: The brew link step did not complete ...
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How do I use tar to transfer through ssh on a non standard port?
I am trying to transfer all files from within a directory through tar as follows:
tar cz * | ssh -p 57310 root@example.com tar xzv -C /home/site/www
and the error that is returned is
stdin: is not ...
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In Bash (Mac/Linux terminal shell), can the up and down arrow keys be made to function as they do in text editors?
In text editors, if I press the up and down arrow keys, it moves the cursor between lines of text.
In Bash, if I’m typing a long command that spans multiple lines and I press the up and down arrow ...
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Execute a command every time Terminal is open
I'm on Ubuntu 13.04 and I'd like to configure my terminal, so that every time a new tab/window is open, it executes the following command automatically and right away.
/bin/bash --login
How could ...
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Setting GNU Screen to send escape codes to outer terminal on TI
I’m using GNU Screen inside mintty. To get the scroll wheel to work, I had to switch the mintty scroll wheel mode with an escape code (^[[?7787h). This has the effect that the scroll wheel does not ...
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How can I restore the permissions of my “/usr” folder?
I accidentally set the permission of my hidden 'usr' to 'no access' (meant read only). Now no applications can open (they just bounce).
When trying to sudo cd or ls in terminal, I simply get:
...
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Understanding the terminal and shell interaction
For a long while my understanding about a terminal in unix-like systems has been that it launches the shell process and provides a user interface to it by communicating with it over it's stdin, stdout ...
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“Open in PuTTY” command of WinSCP: Can I scp files from Linux back to Windows from terminal in opened PuTTY instance?
I use the command "Open in PuTTY" in WinSCP. A PuTTY window pops up, but I cannot find a way to scp files from Linux back to Windows using terminal command line in PuTTY. Do you guys think this is ...
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How do I find my user ID and group in Mac OS X?
Trying to run this compand in terminal:
sudo chown -R yourid:yourgroup local
However, I have no idea what my ID and my group are, or where to find them. Any ideas?
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Font characters change to gibberish sporadically in vim
I use vim on a Mac in iTerm2 (ie - not MacVIM) and within a tmux session. I have powerline installed, so that's something to keep in mind.
Sometimes, when I'm typing in a particular file, for some ...
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Arrows don't work in Ubuntu
I'm using Ubuntu 12.xx When I'm in a shell (xterm or gnome terminal) and I press the UP arrow, the terminal prints "^]]A" instead of fetching the last used command like it normally does.
How can I ...
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Basic DOS terminal browser partition manager?
Last time I met some problems with my hard drive. I found the Repair your computer mode, you know, when you press F8 and you have admin rights, you can enter terminal with SYSTEM rights. So I can copy ...
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How to selectively navigate through Bash command history on a Linux terminal [duplicate]
Everyone knows (or should know!) that on a terminal the up and down arrow keys are used to navigate through the history of used commands.
When you use the terminal on a daily basis, your command ...
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Selecting in more than one terminal
First, thank you for your help.
I've been using *nix for 5 years now, and this has always bothered me:
I cannot select text in two terminals, without clearing the first selection as soon as I select ...
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Terminal font looks different (I think some application changed it)
The Terminal font on my computer (Windows 8) is messed up. I think some application I had from earlier changed it to look different.
Looks fine in the CMD:
Everywhere else, ugly:
So, how do I ...
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Enabling number on iterm2 tabs
How does one achieve the following effects in iTerm2. Displaying the number on each tab of the terminal. This was seen in Michael Hartl's ROR tutorial and was wondering how I could replicate that on ...
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^S in terminal does not get sent to Vim
I'd like to overload both Ctrl+S and Cmd+S to save a file if I happen to be editing something in Vim.
After some head-scratching I think I've discovered that ^S in a terminal is perhaps being caught ...
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Recursive, multi-connection FTP program to use in terminal
I want to download a big quantity of files from other host directly in my VPS via SSH.
Reason: The VPS bandwidth is so much faster than my home connection, and I won't download files from the host to ...
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Misplaced letter in terminal [closed]
I have installed centos and GNOME inside a Virtual Box but the letter position is misplaced which look like following picture.
How could it resolved?
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Any way to wipe out everything I have installed via Command Line?
So I have borked my system.
Running OS X 10.8.3, I have installed a mess of stuff; Ruby, RVM, Git, Node, Brew etc... As well as playing with dotfiles (http://dotfiles.github.io/) Which I really ...
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X-Terminals don't show UTF-8 character correctly when using Likewise-Open authentification
I have this really weird problem with X terminal emulators. I want to use UTF-8 and it works everywhere else in my system, but not in graphical terminals. When I start e.g. Urxvt and press öäå-keys it ...
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How can I disable the default behavior of right click in urxvt?
When I right click in urxvt, it causes a selection to be made from the last place I clicked to the place I right clicked. I don't like this. How can I make it stop?
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LXTerminal shortcuts work but also output to console
I installed a netinst of Debian 6, xorg, lxde and lxterminal.
When I press Ctrl+Shift+T in the terminal, I get a new tab as expected, but the new tab also displays ^T before the prompt. The same for ...
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On ec2 how do I use navigation shortcut keys?
Whenever I ssh to ec2 I notice that ctr+a (beginning of line), ctrl+e, and other navigation keys do not work in terminal.
Is there a way to set up my ec2 terminal so that I can use these navigation ...
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Access Win Partition in Terminal Mac OS X
Is it possible to access (mount?) a partition in Mac OS X through the Terminal? Located at /Volumes/Windows HD/...
I have VMWare fusion, but is it possible to access files through the Terminal?
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'nice' does not work, even when using 'sudo'. “Permission Denied”
I am attempting to set the priority on an application to be higher, but I keep getting 'permission denied' when attempting to do som even as the superuser.
From the Terminal:
Alexandsteins-Macbook:~ ...
