For some reason I cannot type a pipe(|) symbol with US keyboard in Ubuntu while I can do it in Windows 7 which also uses US keyboard. Normally I use left-shift with the button next to it to type a pipe symbol, but in Ubuntu it creates < and > with shift (like "shift+," and "shift+." are already doing).
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I fixed this for my Dell keyboard by running
sudo dpkg-reconfigure keyboard-configuration
and selecting the most similar keyboard (SK-7100, I think - my actual keyboard is a SK-8165) and guessing sensible options for the other questions (in my case, UK layout, extended-winkeys, no compose).
This was for Ubuntu Server 12.04 LTS 64-bit on VMWare 4.04, host: Windows 7 64-bit.
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This also worked for me – slightly hard to believe that you still need to do this in Ubuntu in 2014! Thank you. Jul 17, 2014 at 9:41
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@AndrewFielden Thanks, that's a shame but useful to know! Might be possible to automate it - see stackoverflow.com/questions/8671308/…– DNAOct 10, 2014 at 10:01
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This also solved my problem of not being able to type ~ (tilde) and | (pipe) on a German keyboard in Ubuntu 12.04.– SuzanaApr 24, 2015 at 10:16
Try this
- Hold down the ALT key
- Enter 1,2,4 on the numeric keyboard (you might need to activate it via the Num Locktoggle key)
- Release the ALT key
Hope this helps
If you can’t type pipe (|) then change keyboard layout
command is : setxkbmap us
It's work for me
try "shift" + "some key next to enter". I have on my us keyboard two pipe keys - one next to left shift and one right above the enter key.
if you are using UK keyboard try Yaast -> System -> Language Primary Language -> English UK check adapt kyboard and timezone to UK .
This worked for me.
