Questions tagged [linux-terminal]
The Linux Terminal (also called console) is a wrapper program which sends user input to the shell and outputs the result after the command have been processed.
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How to get out of git in the bash terminal's command line
My terminal's logline (is that the right term?) says I'm in git. How do I exit git?:
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How to open chrome:// pages from Linux Terminal
No problem in opening URLs from command line:
google-chrome --new-window 'https://www.google.com/'
But these ones, (as of May 2023) don't work:
google-chrome --new-window 'chrome://settings'
google-...
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tar: samtools-1.9.tar: cannot open: no such file or directory
I am trying to run the command to install samtools on ubuntu but I am facing a problem here whenever I try to use tar.
Input : /c/Users/Hamza Bilal$ tar -xvf samtools-1.9.tar.bz2
The Output I get ...
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Can't open a terminal in Ubuntu 22.04, running in VirtualBox 7.0 on a Windows 11 host machine
I just installed VirtualBox 7.0 and made a new virtual Ubuntu 22.04.1 machine on my Windows 11 PC. I can run programs like libreoffice, etc, but I cannot open a terminal.
I've tried to activate the &...
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Include header in multiple .csv file with cat linux
I need to include a .csv header in multiple .csv files at once by switching the name to:
originalname1c.csv, originalname2c.csv, originalname3c.csv
Currently, the procedure is done as follows:
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Getting “scp: Target is not a directory” when trying to upload files from desktop to a remote Unix directory
I’m trying to upload a file from my desktop to directory2/ on my university's Unix server. I tried doing this:
scp /Macintosh HD/Users/myname/Desktop/filename.c [email protected]:/directory1/...
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Working on Linux command line
How to create domain users,10 users in one domain,15 users in other domain in one linux machine using terminal.I thought of creating sub domains , but how to add users to that domain?
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Wake on LAN in Windows Susbsystem for Linux
How can I wake my Linux machine from WSL?
My Windows machine has no issue using WOL to wake my Linux machine when using a platform-dedicated software, but when I try doing that from WSL2 (Ubuntu 22.04)...
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How to disable or enable touchpad by linux terminal on ubuntu or debian based OS?
Any idea of how to enable or disable touchpad using the linux terminal ?
I'm using ubuntu 18.04
thanks in advance
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Rocky Linux/Centos 8: Why are we unable to switch to a virtual terminal if in X?
We are unable to switch from X to a virtual terminal on Rocky Linux. xmodmap -pke and dumpkeys results are the same as CentOS 7. Ctrl+Alt+F6 on Rocky (below) has no effect. chvt works. Switching ...
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how to copy text from a mac terminal?
I am new to mac. I am trying to copy text from a mac terminal. I tried the usual way of trying to drag the cursor over the text, this is working consistently when I select text from a texteditor or ...
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Set Linux terminal foreground color prior to login
I'm wanting to set the foreground color of a Linux terminal (outside of any GUI). I'm using Gallium with its multi-user target, which opens straight to the terminal rather than the GUI.
I've tried a ...
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KDE Console/Yakuake uses the clipboard improperly
I'm using KDE Plasma and Yakuake Version 19.12.2.
As I frequently copy and paste from the terminal I use the "Copy on Select" which works.
If I select something from the Console and ...
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How to extract a multi-part rar file on the shell on Ubuntu?
I have a very long list of multi-splitted archives like
force.part01.rar
force.part02.rar
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energy.part01.rar
energy.part02.rar
..
dynamic.part1.rar
dynamic.part2.rar
dynamic.part3.rar
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How to go to the next found result when using the less command on a log file in Linux?
I have a log file where I can use less on the file where I know how to go to the bottom of the log file with a shift+G and then use ? to query in the text file.
What I don't know how to do is when I ...
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Which terminal is that?
While watching Introduction tutorial to Qt / QML I noticed Jesper Pedersen from KDAB seems to be using a Windows terminal which is not that old (classic) DOS command prompt I'm used to. Seems to be ...
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How to stop SSH pipe from dying due to inactivity in Konsole
I have a super efficient Konsole profile setup just the way I like it with my prefered shortcuts.
Lately I have been spending a lot of time in the terminal connected to a remote server through SSH. I ...
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How to checksum files from filename on Linux
I have many files tagged with a CRC checksum on their filename on a Windows machine. Example:
filename_[000000].extension
I know there are a lot of options for Linux based systems to check/calculate ...
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How to centered output data across "|" in everything column in terminal?
I want to align output in terminal by the following command:
xlscat -C 1,2,9,12 file.xls
I get output like this:
string 1 | 1000 | 1 | text
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string 100 | 61 | 109 | number
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Meaning of D, H, R, A in smbclient file listings
I connect to a Samba drive in terminal (Linux) via smbclient. When I list the directory via command ls, I get for every entry (file or folder) some letters: such as D, H, R, S, A in different ...
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How can I customize the virtualenv info in zsh theme?
I use the bureau theme (little customized) with oh-my-zsh.
.zshrc file
zsh-theme file
p0tt3r@wand ~ [21:19:10] ()
>🔮$ ...
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concatening a variable to a file using cat
I wanted to do a bash function that given a text variable, it would concatenate it to a file. i.e
function print() {
cat << 'EOF' >> file
This $1 is a variable
EOF
}
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How to run Applications from the terminal by only typing their name in macOS?
I want to run Applications in macOS as simple as it is on Linux: just type the app's name in the terminal. What is the best way to do this?
Example: I just installed Atom Nightly and would like to run ...
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How to make neofetch run instantly?
I decided to make Neofetch run whenever I open a terminal window by editing ~/.bashrc to execute it. However, there is a delay while printing out the system information and it takes a little bit of ...
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Linux shell for Windows can't "see" files on a NAS
I have a NAS and I'm trying to open a Linux shell on a folder in this NAS, but when I right-click a folder (holding shift) and open the Linux shell it doesn't show the files there, It doesn't even ...
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Adduser command not working in Linux
When I type adduser -m *username*, I recieve this from the terminal:
bash: adduser: command not found
(in spanish orden no encontrada)
I tried installing adduser but it was already installed.
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How compatible between different terminal types ($TERM)?
For example, in putty I set TERM=xterm, then I login to a Linux server and in the command line I run export TERM=linux, and then I start gnu-screen with screen -T screen (means TERM=screen).
It's ...
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producing animation on terminal [closed]
telnet towel.blinkenlights.nl
Typing the above command in a terminal on Linux produces a Star Wars animation.
What baffles me is how the writers were able to produce an animation in a terminal in ...
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zsh: always buffer last command's output
Is there any way of buffering or saving into a variable the output of the last command? e.g.:
% long_running_command
<long output>
<long output>
<long output>
<long output>
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How to scroll much further back in Linux Server running Bash
I am running Bash on the default terminal of a Debian Server (no GUI). I use Shift + Fn + Up key combination to scroll back but cannot view past a certain point. How do I achieve extended (or ...
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How do you output a QR code to the linux cli terminal for scanning?
I want to be able to output a QR code to the ubuntu cli terminal where I can scan with my phone. I have a configuration file I want to convert to a QR code so I can scan it vs having to transfer it ...
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'rxvt' terminal emulator resets settings after logout
when ever i logout, rxvt resets to it's out of the box ugly look. Then I have to run the following command to get my settings back.
xrdb ~/.Xresourses
Do i need to do this every time after I logout.
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ColorDiff - change colors
Is there any way to change color scheme used for color diff ?
By default it uses red and blue
But i cant see blue on my LCD at all....
Id prefer eg yellow or green
I think I read about some cfg file ...
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Why does the Command prompt and PowerShell give different output results than the Terminal?
I have the following example code from a book:
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <unistd.h>
int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
printf("Hello World (pid:%d)\n", (int)...
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Configure dnsmasq to selectively resolve domains using two DNS providers
I want to use two different DNS providers, a.com and b.com.
I want a list of domains like google, youtube, superuser (and more) to be resolved with a.com.
And I want all other domains to be resolved ...
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Fix Alignment of Split Terminal Panes
Essentially, it seems that any kind of split within terminal becomes unaligned. I'm using tmux below to demonstrate the problem, but it also occurs when I make split panes using NERDTree with vim. ...
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installing packages using pip and pip3 throws an error
I need to install python library scp and setuptools for a script but when I try to download any package using pip or pip3 it throws this error.
ubuntu@ubuntu:~/testcommander/tests$ sudo pip3 install -...
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Doesn't have a 'Release file' when upade Ubuntu 18.04
E: The repository 'http://ppa.launchpad.net/chris-lea/node.js/ubuntu bionic
Release' does not have a Release file.
N: Updating from such a repository can't be done securely, and is therefore
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update-alternatives: error: no alternatives for x-terminal-emulator
I have openSUSE Tumbleweed. I want to change default terminal emulator from xterm to konsole, BUT when I get command
update-alternatives --config x-terminal-emulator
I have this:
update-...
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Trouble running Ubuntu terminal command on files on external hard drive
I'm having difficulty looping a command in the Ubuntu terminal over files held on an external hard drive. When I move a subset of the files onto my main disk and adjust the path accordingly it works ...
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Setting specific attributes for a linux terminal instance
I recently started to use linux for programming because it feels more comforable than programming in windows, but i miss from windows a particular feature.
I would like to have two different terminal ...
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How can I create, using one command, a GNU session with 4 windows, each running different command?
I'm trying to make screen start in background every time I boot. I need to have at least 4 windows, each running different command automatically. How can I do that?
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Adding margin to rasterized PDF using ghostscript
I'm cropping and rasterizing some PDFs using ImageMagick. In order to remove some text that I don't need, I want to crop to a smaller box than needed and then readjusting the page size adding some ...
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How do I properly re-send a process to background after fg in Linux
In my remote terminal I have put in background the following running Linux process
dd if=/dev/sda3 | gzip -1 - | pv | ssh [email protected] dd of=image.gzin
Ctrl+Z
bg
disown pid1 pid2 pid3 pid4 (4 ...
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Execute Command with xterm and close
Im trying to execute a program with xterm and then close xterm with program running but it seems this doesn't work like I would expect it.
In bash there is the option bash -c [command] is there ...
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How to interpret the results from calling top in terminal
After running $ top I've noticed that the white values are always significantly larger than the red, which seems strange, but while running no programs except for firefox quantum, the above image was ...
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How can I share a folder on VirtualBox?
I want to share a folder between Windows 10 and VirtualBox (CentOS OS).
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is there a quick way to change part of a file name in every file and folder in a collection of nested folders a few layers deep?
windows or linux, either works, it's on an external drive either can read
e.g. change "version2" to "version3" in every file and folder of a project?
Though in this case i want to change patient ...
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Pipe STDOUT to an image?
Recently, I wanted to run a terminal command like git show <hash> and save the output to an image, a PNG preferably.
I googled it quite a bit and found some neat tricks, with the import command ...
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How can I change the colorscheme through command line?
I'm using base16 theme
$ ls ~/.kde/apps/konsole/
base16-tomorrow.colorscheme base16-tomorrow-night.colorscheme
My scheme are correctly installed
But when I try to switch using konsoleprofile it's ...
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