Questions tagged [cmder]
Cmder is a portable console emulator for Windows. It is based on ConEmu with major config overhaul and spiced up with the Monokai color scheme!
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Weird foreground color issue with Cmder + PowerShell Core
Out of the box, running PowerShell with Cmder sets the foreground color to white:
Today I installed PowerShell Core and created a new Cmder task exactly like the default 'PowerShell as Admin task', ...
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cmder using clink does not show git branch
When I tick "Use Clink in Cmder" in cmder settings, git branch names are not shown in cmder if I "Open in Terminal" the folder. If I untick it, it is shown, and the output is more colorful, as well.
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Configure accents for vim in cmder
I'm having problems to get accents work in vim under cmder. I open vim and try to write an accented letter like "á" or "ñ" and it does not render anything, but non-accented characters are written. My ....
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Different startup directory for every Cmder shortcut?
Say I have 2 Cmder.exe in my desktop
Cmder.exe - Shortcut 1
Cmder.exe - Shortcut 2
How can I make shortcut 1 to start Cmder in directory C:\sample1\ and shortcut 2 start in C:\sample2\?
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cmder: How to add time taken since last command
as discussed already here on SU there is a way to output the current date and time in cmder.
In some videos on Youtube i saw some people installing something or get node.js ready or any other command ...
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cmder ssh connect in new console not run default bash
I am trying to ssh connect using cygwin bash in cmder. I set cygwin bash as default bash under Settings>Startup>Specified named task - I put here Cygwin bash.
When I open cmder - cygwin bash is ...
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How can I run a batch file on startup in Windows 10 using the cmder console emulator?
I use a batch file to connect to proxy servers, which I have set to run on startup in Windows 10.
The batch file that runs on startup triggers three further batch files (in order to run three ...
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What choices do I have about where to install software on Windows 10?
I am brand new to Windows (been a Unix user all my life), and the first thing I want to do is set up cmder. Following the obvious path has lead to download the mini package from cmder.net. But from ...
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Cmder Guest Windows 10, VirtualBox, See Available Drives is not working
I want to use cmder in my VirtualBox Guest, Windows 10 Enterprise version.
First I used clink, And was working properly, but using cmder, is not showing the drives like clink.
Here the output:
How ...
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ConEmu error when trying to git commit a merge after conflict
I'm using ConEmu version 180206 preview to have some decent terminal on Windows with tabs support. Works very good on most part of the time.
But I'm having an error that occurs almost every time I ...
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cmder can not run Contig with parameters
I want to replace default cmd with cmder but cmder can't run Contig to defrag my frequently use folders on the hdd. The command is Contig.exe -v -s E:\WarThunder which run fine on cmd but it just pops ...
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How do I modify Cmder to show my Git change summary on the prompt? (+A/~C/-D)
I can see the output of the branch name no problem (although, in version 1.3.4+ it also strangely outputs "master -> origin" when it didn't use to), but I can't figure out why it has never ...
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Cmder new cmd console
I use [email protected]. I want to split a window with new tabs. I found how to do this here. So as I understood I type cmd -new_console:s and I get a new pane. Fine, it works. But I get this. I get standard ...
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Running vcbuildtools.bat in PowerShell on startup in cmder
Usage of the command prompt is disabled here, so when I want to use the Visual C++ Build Tools (i.e. enable the usage of cl), I have to use PowerShell. I use the following line, which works fine:
cmd....
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Vagrant ruby path issues with cmder
I recently installed cmder, a terminal that is more customizable / visually easier than windows command prompt.
When I run a command like vagrant ssh in cmder, I get this error:
Exec error: exec: "...
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How to upgrade Git through Chocolatey that I got when installing Cmder
I installed Cmder by running the following in an Administrative PowerShell:
choco install cmder
This also installed Git for me. But it installed an older version of Git, not the latest that is ...
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How do I update Cmder to use PowerShell Core?
With PowerShell Core 6.0.0 released I'd like to start using it instead of Windows 10's default PowerShell.
I currently use Cmder for this, which is based upon ConEmu. There are already two PowerShell ...
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executable program is not recognized by cmder even though I have added its directory to system PATH
Recently I installed Pandoc and added its install directory to my system PATH. But I found that I can execute the program only in the system cmd, not in cmder.
I reinstalled the cmder program and ...
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How can I keep the working directory of the invoker (outer) batch file, for the invoked (nested/inner) batch file?
Let me explain what did I mean.
I run cmder.exe (via init.bat) inside a cmd.exe console window. See the attached GIF. For this purpose I wrote a little batch script cmr.bat shown below. It does work ...
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Cmder opens in Windows mode half the time and xterm mode the other half
I'm using Cmder with WSL and half the time, arrow keys don't work. I noticed that this is because Cmder tabs open in Windows mode half the time. Arrow keys work when it's in xterm mode, but not when ...
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Where can I find this cmd skin?
I was looking at the Heroku homepage and a video popped up with this commandline interface...
It looks way better than the default cmd look, I was hoping someone knew what preset/skin that was (and ...
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How do I fix this text not showing up in bash output in Cmder?
Before highlight:
After highlight:
$ bash --version
GNU bash, version 4.3.46(2)-release (i686-pc-msys)
Copyright (C) 2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
ConEmu 161022 [64] Stable
I've messed ...
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Use a batch script as ConEmu task
I frequently need to connect to various servers using SSH. I use the built-in SSH client from Cmder, like that :
cmd /c "%ConEmuDir%\..\git-for-windows\usr\bin\ssh.exe root@server1" -new_console:C:"C:...
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vagrant under cmder on Windows 10 does nothing; works under cmd.exe
I have a fresh Windows 10 64-bit install, which I'm attempting to set up for development.
I have
downloaded and installed cmder, then rebooted
downloaded and installed Vagrant, then rebooted
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SSH via Cmder doesn't look in the right folder?
I'm facing an issue and I can't figure out what's going on.
To be brief, I'm on Windows 10 and I use a fresh Cmder install.
When trying to connect to my VPS server through SSH, I have the following ...
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cmder/conEmu hotkeys how to set up for for directory movements
I would like to define the following keys in Cmder:
Alt+Up -> move to parent directory (Ctrl+Alt+U)
Alt+Left -> move to previous directory (the one I was in before the last cd)
Alt+Right -> move to ...
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How to create an alias for 2 commands in ConEmu?
I have two alias in user-aliases.cmd:
title=cmd /c RenameTab "$*"
ap5pro=ssh 170.63.170.72
When calling the first:
$ title "sometitle"
It works; the tab title changes to "sometitle"
AND when I ...
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How to snap Cmder to edge on startup (Windows 7)
I managed to create a task that creates a window with 4 terminals on top of each other.
Now I want it to start snapped to the right edge, which is where I want to use it. I thought it might work ...
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Cmder - How you can start in a specific directory
How can I execute cmder with a specific current folder from total-commander?
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Understanding cmder hotkeys config
I want to make Cmder's key bindings similar to tmux. So that I will be able to easily switch between them.
Every command in tmux starts with ctrl+b followed by another key. in example ctrl+b," will ...
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How to make byobu work on Windows, using "Bash for Windows", on the Cmder (ConEmu) terminal?
I am using a vanilla install of Cmder (mini). Windows 10 with WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux, Bash for Windows) installed. Using the following command to load bash in Cmder.
%windir%\system32\bash....
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Split Screen with Vim + GitBash in Cmder
Using Cmder 1.3.2 on Win7.
I'm trying to set up a task (or even better, a startup config) that gives me Vim on one side and a GitBash shell on the other.
GitBash is already specified as my named ...
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Is there a way to setup multiple users for cmder?
Does anyone know of a way to setup cmder so that each user has their own configuration data without having to replicate the whole cmder tree for each user?
It appears from my googling that the ...
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How do I get the same CLI tools in a {{Powershell::Powershell as Admin}} tab as in a {{cmd::Cmder as Admin}} tab in Cmder?
I recently installed Cmder and I've been using the {{cmd::Cmder as Admin}} task for my tabs because it comes with a lot of nice bash-isms that I find missing in PowerShell. E.g. touch, du, ssh, head, ...
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How to start Cmder minimized on Windows startup?
I'd like to run Cmder minimized on Windows 10 startup? How can I do that (that may be AutoHotkey script).
I've tried the standard Windows-way of starting minimized application, i.e. Properties > ...
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Cmder Here always opens in default directory
I registered Cmder to be able to right click on my folders and do "Cmder here" but it's always opening in the default user directory, how can I fix this?
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How to change default path in cmder
I have Cmder for Windows it has default path c:\Users\ username and I want to change it to any other path I like or want. How do I change it ?
Also cmder can replace cmd.exe meaning is it possible ...
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Cmder - how to add Windows 10 start menu tile?
I'm running 64-bit Windows 10 Anniversary Edition on both my desktop and my laptop.
On the former, I can't seem to find a way to add a cmder start menu shortcut. Is it because cmder is just a ...
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Keeping ssh-agent running after closing the console
I'm using cmder (ConEmu) as my terminal. My default shell is zsh. I've tried the ssh-agent plugin for zsh, I've tried keychain and I've tried starting ssh-agent manually. No matter what I do, the ssh-...
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No git branching information in cmder
Recently set up Git for windows and Cmder on a fresh Win 10 install. All the other Unix and git bash commands all work fine. I just can't see what branch I'm on that normally displays after the path. ...
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How to create Cmder shortcut to start a task
I created a simple task that will start the Linux subsystem, execute zsh and run it on my desktop. However I would like to create a shortcut for this specific task on my taskbar.
Reason for this is ...
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Python virtualenv not activating in Windows 10 Cmder
I use Cmder on windows 10 with Python 3.5 and virtualenv on my laptop and work computer just fine.
Now I have a new computer running Windows 10, Python 3.5, virtualenv 15.0 and I am able to ...
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Create shortcut with arguments
I would like to create desktop shortcut to cmder with argument, for example SSH connect. I was trying:
"C:\Program Files\cmder\Cmder.exe" ssh root@localhost
But unfortunately I getting that response:...
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remove password using cmd if user name is of two words
I want to change password using cmd.exe but I can't do this. :(
Because the user name is of two words(e.g. Engr. Saud). It works only on One word. How I tell cmd.exe as both words are Single user name?...
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AHK won't start Vagrant/Cmder on boot/reload?
I have the following AHK script in my startup folder, there's also a few shortcuts before this, they work but this bit doesn't, any idea why I can't startup my dev environment on windows startup?
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ConEmu + ls -- 256 colors not working
I'm using ConEmu (specifically Cmder's version). Running 'cmd', it supports 256 colors (top).
However, I can't get other programs to run in 256 color mode. I've tried Perl (middle) and ls (bottom), ...
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Docker on Conemu
I am trying to make docker run on ConEmu by creating a task that open up Docker start.sh file usinggit bash.
Since normally docker Terminal is pointing to "C:\Program Files\Git\bin\bash.exe" --login ...
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ConEmu / cmder last line of shell getting hidden / scrolled beneath bottom
I don't know if I've described this well, but the bottom line of the console keeps getting scrolled beneath the bottom. I imagine some setting I've tweaked caused this, but I can't figure out which ...
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Run a .bat file with CMDER
I have a .bat file that I want to run in Cmder not CMD
echo off
:begin
echo Select a task:
echo =============
echo 1) P1
echo 2) P2
echo -
set /p op=Type option:
if "%op%"=="1" goto op1
if "%op%"=="2"...
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Cmder - Use <tab> to cycle through the auto completes candidates?
In the original cmd.exe in Windows, can be used to cycle through the auto completes candidates. But in cmder, this feature seems to be removed. Is there anyway to enable it?
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