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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 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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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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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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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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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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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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Bash script - find directory, and do something in it. Or find a file, and do something with it
This is what I have so far:
for f in 'svn ls repository_dir';
do
svn checkout repository_dir/$f/trunk/dir1/dir2/dir3/dir4/needed_dir
done
This works great for the projects (100's of them) that ...
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Logging into multiple servers
We have a service which is a distributed system running across about 16 machines, each doing different things.
When an operational issue is reported, I would ideally like our dev/ops team to be able ...
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wget and axel could not download link with have any parenthesis
if download links having any parenthesis wget and axel could not download it. for example this link:
alachiq@alachiq:~$ wget ...
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VIM UI language issue
I am using VIM for a while, but never faces such a problem.
When i connect to my desktop Ubuntu PC via ssh from a tablet (Asus tf Prime) using terminal emulator (screen-256-colors) I got my vim in ...
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Ubuntu Custom ls Listings With Strings
I am trying to add certain strings to file types in the bash "ls" command.
For example, "ls"-ing a directory with an .exe inside, would appear as
<file name>*
E.g.
helloworld*
Instead of
...
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unable to ping google or smb personal server
I am unable to ping google or my personal server. I suspect this is also why I have issues connecting to my server using smb. Here is the output:
[~]$ ping http://google.com
ping: cannot ...
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Terminal colours on ssh connection
I connect to an Ubuntu installation I have on AWS via iTerm and the colours are not practical. For example the "blue on black" colouring of folders on list view is almost impossible to read.
How can ...
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gksudo nautilus doesn't work. Ubuntu Terminal
I'm trying to open my /etc/apache2 folder through terminal. I tried running gksudo nautilus and gksu nautilus. Both doesn't show anything and do not show any errors in terminal. But nautilus works ...
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Change my terminal's character set in Ubuntu
I would like to process with perl some files in Greek in which the character encoding is Greek (ISO-8859-7) but my terminal doesn't support such an encoding. Can I add it somehow?
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Console disable Vim color scheme (ctrl+alt+F1…)
I don't know exactly how is named all the ctrl+alt+F1, ctrl+alt+F2, ctrl+alt+F3 etc... terminals but when I'm going to use it all my Vim scheme is ignored...
I made it following this website:
...
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Terminal window broken, but everything else works fine in Ubuntu
Currently running GNOME Classic on Ubuntu 12.10 and I've encountered a really strange error, which is that I started up a terminal, ran firefox &, Firefox came up just fine and continues to, but ...
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How can I run a command from the terminal without blocking it?
I run a lot of programs in Ubuntu from the terminal, but I would like to be able to continue using the terminal after I have a program open. How can I put the programs in the background so that I ...
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Add color palette for Sakura terminal
How can add my own color palette in Sakura terminal?
I use Ubuntu 12.04, and in options menu, I see only tango, Linux, xterm and rxvt palettes available.
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Shift+Alt key combination blocks input in terminal (Ubuntu 10.04)
I have a weird problem with polish accents on Ubuntu 10.04 in terminal (no X server).
When I try to type big letter Ł, it works when it is typed by pressing right Alt+Shift+L. BUT when you press Shift ...
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How to Connect internet through wifi from terminal in Ubuntu 12.04?
I had recently installed ubuntu sever 12.04 on my Lenovo laptop. As a first task i was tying to connect to wifi through it. Since there is no GUI the task is to be done through terminal. I was ...
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Can files deleted with rm -rf be recovered?
When I delete folders or files in through osx terminal using the rm -rf, where do they go? I heard that some say they are deleted directly, but some also say it only "remove the link to the file ...
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Ubuntu purple terminal colors to iTerm2
I've been looking for a iTerm2 theme that resembles the default purple Ubuntu terminal but have had no success so far.
Does a theme for the standard Ubuntu terminal exist for iTerm2 or will I have to ...
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Xubuntu 12.04: Slow Login
I'm running Xubuntu 12.04, and after I ran the update, my login started slowing down big time. I've dabbled a little bit with the programs in Settings -> Settings Manager -> Session and Startup, and ...
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Ubuntu 12.04 - Terminal - Huge/Large text on each command line [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Is it possible to change my terminal window prompt text?
I have been using "Ubuntu 12.04" for few days now (no previous Linux experiences at all) and I have noticed that ...
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New line when editing text files in ubuntu terminal?
I know that to symbolize a new line, I would do echo -e "line 1 \nline 2" > text.txt.
I find that using \n repeatedly can be annoying, and I would to know if there a way to actually go down a line in ...
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Terminal based file browser, à la mocp [closed]
I'm looking for a file browser from the terminal. Ideally, a program that looks and feels like mocp (music on console player) dedicated to file browsing. Repeatedly typing in 'cd' and 'ls' in the ...
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Is it possible to call the “exit” command every time I exit terminal?
How can I tell terminal to call the "exit" command automatically when I exit the terminal?
I am running Ubuntu Unity and using the default terminal program. I want to call "exit" before exiting ...
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Lost permission to use sudo commands
I changed /etc folder permission to 711.
After doing that, I lost the permission to use sudo commands. Any way to change the folder permissions back?
What I have tried so far:
1) use su -, ...
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How to connect bluetooth headset via command line on ubuntu 12.04
I want to connect my computer to bluetooth headset. My computer has ubuntu 12.04 64 bits server operating system with no gui. So I must connect my computer via command line. But at internet ...
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I made a USB bootable of backtrack5 using unetbootin. but, no ui appears for installation
I made a USB bootable of backtrack5 using unetbootin. but, no ui appears for installation. first UI screen appears for selection for the type of install.In all types of installation selection after ...
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How to find the username in Bash?
I'm starting out on some Linux bash scripting and I'm trying to get the username so I can cd to that user's Desktop:
cd /home/$(user I'm currently using)/Desktop
The code should be similar to the ...
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Access permission /opt/ in Ubuntu
I want to access my /opt/ folder I have found following commands for giving access permission.
But not sure what is the purpose of this commands which one is the better to use it to maintain ...
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Ubuntu 12.04 terminal has no internet proxy server
Okay so my problem is that i got internet in browser but terminal has no internet access.
Maybe i lack of configuration of terminal. I'm using proxy that is auto configure in company network.
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Pretty print folder structure using linux terminal?
How can you pretty print a directory structure with all subdirectories to the deepest level in the linux terminal(ubuntu)?
This is an example of such a pretty print output for a mysite folder:
mysite
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clean up hard drive Ubuntu 12.04
Hi i am wondering how do I clean up and remove old files that are taking up space? In Ubuntu 12.04.
I have only ssh interface (terminal interface).
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Change hostname and prompt in OS X terminal
On a Mac the hostname and prompt is:
workstation:~ thomas$
On Ubuntu Linux it would be:
thomas@workstation:~$
How can I make the OS X prompt look like the Ubuntu one?
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Ubuntu keeps terminal blank on VMWare, how to fix it?
The terminal of my Ubuntu keeps blank after I modify /etc/default/grub(the line GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="" is changed to GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="vga=0x319"). I restore the file /etc/default/grub and execute ...
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Remember current working directory when opening new tab in linux terminal Tilda
I think my question is pretty clear when I try to open a new tab in my terminal(tilda) it doesn't remember the last working directory.
For example:
Current Tab:
ranveer@ranveer:/etc$
After ...
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How to recover Ubuntu in VMWare when terminal is invisible?
I want to change the terminal size of my Ubuntu in VMWare, and find information hereHow do I change the console resolution of Ubuntu 9.10 Server running on VMWare?. I follow the answer and modify the ...
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Terminal error in Ubuntu
I have a small problem with my terminal in Ubuntu 10.04. Normally when I push Ctrl+Alt+F1 it will change to full screen terminal mode. But, in my case it doesn't work and the screen just goes black.
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Linux terminal, my program only resumes after scrolling the printout
I am using Ubuntu 12.04, unity. I have a program running in terminal. It is supposed to run for ~10 hours. But it halted after I came back after a few hours. The CPU usage shows that the program is ...
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Set default terminal in Ubuntu 12.04
I've set the default terminal using sudo update-alternatives --config x-terminal-emulator but every time I press Control + Alt + T, it still opens up gnome-terminal.
I would like to change it to ...
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How I can run init scripts as non-root user?
I put this file in /etc/init/proxyserver.conf that execute this script at startup (Ubuntu 11.10):
description "Run code for ProxyServer"
start on runlevel [23]
script
cd ...
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File Creator Program linux
I need to view via terminal in what program the file was created.
Something like :
$ "command" /Volumes/USB1/IMG_0231.jpg
Creator = "Adobe Photoshop Elements 3.0 Macintosh".
Any thoughts?
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Gtalk for Terminal in Ubuntu
Is there a way to log onto to gtalk and have multiple chats open using the terminal?
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How can I use Emacs in terminal mode and use Alt + ? shortcuts?
I want to use emacs in terminal mode, but in Ubuntu 11.10 the bash terminal already has many Alt started shortcuts, how can I handle with that ?
Bye.
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Minimum system requirements for a thin-client PC?
How much RAM, CPU, Disk does a thin-client need in order for it to work on a terminal server like Ubuntu or Windows XP? (Network Boot).
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“bin/sh: can't access tty; job control turned off” error when running shellcode”
I'm writing shellcode to exploit a buffer overflow vulnerability on a server. To do so I have port binding shellcode that I send to the server and then I run (from a linux terminal) the command telnet ...
