Questions tagged [console]
A combination of display monitor and keyboard (or other device that allows input) for system monitoring and administration.
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What is the difference between shell, console, and terminal?
I'm confused with the terminology. What is the difference between shell, console, and terminal?
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Change default code page of Windows console to UTF-8
Currently I'm running Windows 7 x64 and usually I want all console tools to work with UTF-8 rather than with default code page 850.
Running chcp 65001 in the command prompt prior to use of any tools ...
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Automatically executing commands when a command-prompt is opened
I am looking for a way to execute some console commands automatically when a command-prompt is opened in Windows, specifically to set some command aliases.
For example, when a command-prompt is ...
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Temporarily Changing Console Properties in Windows 7
In Windows XP, when you make a change to the console settings (not just for the command-prompt, but all console apps), eg dimensions, colors, fonts, etc., it asks if you want to make the changes ...
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How to stop kernel messages from flooding my console?
I'm using Centos 6, rsyslog logging. Console is flooded with kernel messages.
Klogd is not running (I'm using rsyslog)
Rsyslog config does not direct anything to the console
Even tried stopping ...
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How to change the Windows XP console font?
I have been using Cleartype and Vista fonts on Windows XP for quite a while now. I love the Consolas font for working with source code. I would love to have it as the font of my Windows console (...
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Run cURL commands from Windows console
Is there a way to install cURL in windows in order to run cURL commands from the command prompt?
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How to force GPG to use console-mode pinentry to prompt for passwords?
Using gpg from a console-based environment such as ssh sessions fails because the GTK pinentry dialog cannot be shown in a SSH session.
I tried unset DISPLAY but it did not help. The GPG command line ...
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Windows console with ANSI colors handling
Is there any console emulator for Windows that interprets ANSI coloring?
We use rspec and a part of our team use Windows and the special string for coloring are not very useful for them ;).
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How to change console keymap in Linux?
I'd like to exchange Esc and CapsLock in console (not in X, and use xev), how can I do it?
My OS is Ubuntu.
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What is the 'conhost.exe' process that shows up in Task Manager?
The process conhost.exe started showing up on Windows 7, and searching Google doesn't reveal an explanation of what this process is and why it shows up.
What is the conhost.exe process?
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How can I restore a remote desktop session to the local console?
After I am finished with a remote desktop connection, I'd like to be able to restore the remote desktop to the local console so that the user doesn't have to re-enter the password and log back in.
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What are the Requirements for Fullscreen Consoles in Windows 7?
When you try to switch a console to fullscreen in Windows 7, it gives the error This system does not support fullscreen mode. Of note is the part about “this system”, intimating that some systems do ...
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Weird characters appearing in the console
I was using a Linux console and suddenly the format of the letters changed:
I probably pressed on the wrong keys. Any idea how to fix this?
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replacing the default console emulator under Windows XP
How can I replace the default program providing console windows under Windows XP?
I know of alternative programs, and I have a shortcut to start cmd.exe in Console2. But now I want console ...
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Mouse in screen(1) on the Linux console?
How can I use the mouse in GNU screen on the Linux console? I would expect this to have to go via gpm, but that doesn't seem to happen by default, even if the curses library does link to libgpm. (This ...
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Is it possible to make consoles full screen?
Is it possible on to switch a console to full-screen in Windows XP on a single monitor? Meaning on a dual monitor that only the left (or right) screen displays the console while the other one remains ...
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SIGTERM with a keyboard shortcut
I know that inside a terminal, Ctrl+C keyboard shortcut will send a SIGINT signal to the current foreground process. Is there a way to setup a keyboard shortcut for sending SIGTERM or even SIGKILL to ...
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How to open a terminal quickly from a file explorer at a folder in Windows 7?
This can be done easily in Ubuntu, just right click and open Terminal. It is very inconvenient to open cmd.exe then cd to the folder.
So, how do I open a terminal quickly from a file explorer at a ...
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Git Bash Here in Console2?
MSysGit installs a context menu item that opens a Git Bash prompt at the currently selected folder; however, this opens a cmd.exe window and I would like it to open in Console2 instead.
What ...
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Is there a windows console emulator? [closed]
Is there any way to make Windows console less ugly? I imagine there might be some 32 bit application that provides a nicer UI, but delegates all calls to cmd under the hood. Is there such an app?
For ...
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How to hide or minimize X11 window from console?
Window is full-screen and grabs everything.
New windows are appearing behind it.
I cannot just kill that application.
I'm logged in as root remotely through the SSH.
Expecting something like that:
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Duplicate session in ConEmu
Is there way to "duplicate" session in ConEmu.
I know it's not possible for every kind of terminal (cmd.exe, powershell, etc),
but I'm most interested in following situation:
I'm in cmd.exe console ...
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Restore console session after remote desktop disconnects?
Is it possible (through group policy, etc) to automatically restore the console session to a Windows 8.1 PC after a remote desktop session disconnects?
I'm aware that you can run the command "tscon 1 ...
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How can I change console shell's resolution in ubuntu 9.10
How can I change console shell's resolution?
By this I mean the shell when you Ctrl+Alt+F1.
I'm running Ubuntu 9.10, I thought this could be done by changing grub's menu.lst file by with grub2 I ...
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How to change Windows 10 console screen buffer beyond 9999?
The hard limit for the legacy Windows console was 9999. I'm surprised to see that, in the new console's dialog box, MS have still set a limit of 4 figures (therefore 9999) for the maximum screen ...
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Alternative terminal emulators for OS X
This might sound ridiculous, but my eyes are tired of looking at the crappy font rendering in OS X's Terminal.app, is there anything you guys recommend?
I know it's like one of those things that you ...
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How to disable/ set logging level /preferences PER Mac OS X application?
I find my Mac's syslogd "Cosole" logs become unusable when some badly written app (PathFinder.app in this case) incessantly spews into syslogd all day long.. I read somewhere that you could disable ...
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How to get the summarized sizes of directories and their subdirectories?
Let's say I want to get the size of each directory of a Linux file system. When I use ls -la I don't really get the summarized size of the folders.
If I use df I get the size of each mounted file ...
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How to copy text from Console2?
I just started using Console2 as an alternative to cmd.exe
I can't figure out how to copy text from the console to the clipboard -- dragging over it with the mouse won't mark anything, and there is ...
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How to close a tmux session
I am using tmux to manage multiple terminal windows. Currently I have 2 windows open with multiple panes.
I know that I have to use the prefix (for me it is ctrl+a) to enter commands.
How can I ...
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Chrome: Hide Extension Errors in JavaScript Console
Is there a way to prevent extensions from showing up in the console of the developer tools window? It's annoying to be looking for JavaScript errors and have to ignore errors that are always there. I ...
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How can I grep with color in Mac OS X's terminal?
I recently found that on Mac OS X I can set this up in my shell ~/.profile so that when I use grep it will print the matches in color (white one red).
alias grep='GREP_COLOR="1;37;41" LANG=C grep --...
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Change Linux console screen blanking behavior
How do I change the screen blanking behavior on Linux virtual terminals?
For example, if I switch to a VT from X, login, and leave the system alone for 5 minutes or so, the screen will blank like a ...
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How do I change Notepad++'s console font?
How do I configure a fixed-size font for Notepad++'s console output?
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Change the DEFAULT console window font in Windows 10
How do I change the default console font in Windows 10?
I have already made the change to "Cmd.exe", but the problem is I also execute a lot of other console applications by directly executing them (...
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SQLite with readline support on Ubuntu
I had the sqlite3 package installed on Ubuntu and there's no support for readline. That means there's no command history and those other nifty features readline gives you.
Is this a configuration or ...
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Colored copy of PuTTY window
I need to copy colored text from PuTTY window without losing color information. Console is in UTF-8 mode. What is the best method? Any parsable output will do.
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Is PowerShell a complete replacement for console/cmd?
Right now I'm using the Windows console (cmd.exe) for some easy tasks (as checking my ip configuration or running some applications). But now I heard that there is PowerShell which actually is way ...
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fine-grained sudoers configuration (allowed commandline arguments)
is there a straight-forward way to allow a user to run (for example)
/usr/bin/pacman -S -u
as root, without allowing him to run
/usr/bin/pacman -S -u some_package
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The line
user ALL=(root) ...
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Where are the keymaps in Debian? (Using loadkeys to change keymap.)
From the actual console (e.g. Ctrl-Alt-F3), I'd like to use sudo loadkeys dvorak as in ubuntu. While that automagically works in Ubuntu, Debian wants me to locate a keymap file. I don't have the /...
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How do I make Ubuntu start fbterm in the tty on startup?
When I was testing openSUSE about a week ago, I noticed that tty1 (yes, just tty1) had the openSUSE background. I want to do the same in Ubuntu.
I found a way using fbsplash. I'm not too keen on that ...
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What are the PowerShell consoles for Windows?
Linux is known for having lots of terminals and consoles that are built upon GTK, Qt, GNOME, KDE or X to run the shell (like bash). PowerShell on Windows runs with the Windows console (the same as ...
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Auto propagation of bash settings across many machines?
I need to console to many machines through SSH. Including Linux, Mac, mobile devices, virtual machines. Sometimes I need to login to more than 10 machines in one day.
I enjoy my personal .bashrc or ....
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Directly accessing Hyper-V console via RDP
I am wondering if there is a chance to directly connect to a VMs console via RDP. It seems the hyper-v manager is basicaly doing the same when connecting to a VMs console.
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Canoga-Perkins Password recovery (Brute-forcing via COM port)
I was recently given a (Canoga-Perkins 9145E-104) Media converter/NID.
The friend that gave it to me works for a local CLEC and gives me all kinds of working free gear from upgrades etc.
I had ...
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Advanced command line editing for Windows?
I'm developer who was "born and bred" on Linux and BSD systems, and I've become accustomed to having advanced tools for the console (posix shells like bash, for example). My career has taken a twist ...
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Get mac address of detected bluetooth devices
How can I find out the mac address of all bluetooth devices the adapter has detected (not necessarily already paired with)?
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How to add a font to the Cmd window choices in Windows 7 64-bit?
I tried following the procedure outlined in this previous answer and it doesn't work: https://superuser.com/a/5079/2366
Specifically I'm trying to add Lucida Sans Typewriter Regular to the choices of ...
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How to keep a remote task running after running it in an SSH console? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicates:
How to keep program running after ssh disconnection.
How can I use ssh to run a command on a remote Unix machine and exit before the command completes?
I am running a mongo ...
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