The shell is unix's command-line interface. You can type commands in a shell interactively, or write scripts to automate tasks.
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TAB autocomplete on sudo sh
When I say sudo sh, TAB stops working as autocomplete signal on my Debian.
How can I enable TAB key autocomplete after I say sudo sh ?
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ls command: what does the first line mean?
I haven't been able to find this through internet, when I do ls -l I get this:
calico@A000505:~/Documentos$ ls -l
total 2020
-rwxr-xr-x 1 calico calico 8559 2010-11-16 11:12 a.out
-rwxrw-rw- 1 smt ...
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Passing globbing expressions to functions/scripts
The following script is supposed to concatenate multiple csv files in a path specified in the first argument into a single csv file specified in the second argument
#!/bin/zsh
set -x
set -v
...
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unexpected bash behaviour after console login (openSUSE)
I'm trying to install a Linux OS on the computer I use as a home server, because I liked "Raspbian" so much on my Raspberry Pi. I created a custom linux using openSUSE Studio, that's just text based ...
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Getting “zsh: command not found: time” when running `time` in subshell
I installed ZSH (and Oh-My-ZSH) on a Ubuntu 12.10 64 bit machine a few days ago. I just tried to do:
time (time ls)
and got this error:
zsh: command not found: time
( time ls; ) 0.00s user 0.00s ...
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Linux listing files between two date without touch command
I need a command which will list the files between given date and time (YYYYMMDDHHMMSS - format) in to a text file.
I don want to use touch command as its creating permission issue.
I am new to this ...
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Converting update-rc.d redis_6379 defaults to chkconfig command
I'm trying to run the commmand below to Centos and of course I get command not found. How do I then convert it to chkconfig ?
update-rc.d redis_6379 defaults
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Concatenating thousands of files: > vs >>
I found two seemingly contradictory answers on StackOverflow to the following questions:
Concatenating Thousands of Text Files Across Hundreds of Directories (while keeping some structure)
How do I ...
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Can't indent heredoc to match nesting's indent
If there's a "First World Problems" for scripting, this would be it. Mainly asking because I feel like I should know how to get around it if I need to.
I have the following code in a script I'm ...
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How do you set up the environment for es?
I've been playing with es the last couple of days, and it (like rc) has the quirk/feature that it only runs its startup script (.esrc) on login. The usual way to run code in each interactive session ...
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Why do I have to re-set env vars in tmux when I re-attach?
I mainly work on a mac and ssh/tmux attach to a Linux machine to do my work. I have ssh-agent running on the Linux machine. I have
set -g update-environment "SSH_AUTH_SOCK SSH_ASKPASS WINDOWID ...
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How to know which is the default script shell in Centos?
I'm using Centos 6 and after reading about different shells and dash implementasion as sh replacement in Debian, Ubuntu and Fedora, made up my mind to replace sh with dash as the script shell in ...
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Command line: <<< instead of <<
Why is the command md5sum <<< 'ddd'
(output: d6d88f2e50080b9602da53dac1102762 -)
right, and md5sum << 'ddd' not?
What does <<< mean?
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What does ` (backquote/backtick) mean in bash?
I came across the following command
sudo chown `id -u` /somedir
And I wonder what is the meaning of the ` symbol. I noticed for instance that while the command above works well the one below does ...
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Number of files containing a given string
How can I count the number of files (in a directory) containing a given string as input in bash/sh?
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Send email if specified files do not exist
I am new to unix scripting. I have to do something like :
In a folder /x everyday 10Pm and next day 3 AM, 2 files are placed. I have to write a script which will check the folder /x and confirm if ...
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How to make `cd dir/filename` take me to dir/?
I would find it very convenient to be able to use cd with a file argument.
cd myDirectory/anyname.anyExtension
would be equivalent to
cd myDirectory/
What would be the best alias or function to ...
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What is the exact difference between a 'terminal', a 'shell', a 'tty' and a 'console'?
I think these terms almost refer to the same thing, when used loosely:
terminal
shell
tty
console
What exactly do each of these terms refer to?
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What is Linux for OpenVMS DCL Ctrl/T?
From OpenVMS DCL Dictionary:
The Ctrl/T function displays a single line of statistical information
about the current process. When you press Ctrl/T during an interactive
terminal session, it ...
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How to open all the files in a directory, using terminal, in emacs?
I've 4 java files in a directory, which I want to work with in emacs. How do I open them all together? Thanks
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Get exit status of process that's piped to another
I have two processes foo and bar, connected with a pipe:
$ foo | bar
bar always exits 0; I'm interested in the exit code of foo. Is there any way to get at it?
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In what situations would a user not let the shell record his command into history?
If I add export HISTCONTROL=ignorespace in .bashrc, bash won't record any commands which have whitespace before them into history. But I do not understand under what situations it will be useful. ...
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Log in with specific shell at terminal login
If I log in to a system over ssh, I can use the default shell with a simple ssh user@host, or specify something like ssh user@host 'bash --norc --noprofile' or ssh user@host ksh.
Is it possible to ...
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What does the tilde (~) mean at the end of a filename? [duplicate]
What is the file with the ~ at the end of the filename for?
$ ls # aliased to add flags
-rwxrwxr-x 1 durrantm 2741 May 16 09:28 strip_out_rspec_prep_cmds.sh~*
drwxrwxr-x 13 durrantm 4096 May 16 ...
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Print process ID (PID) of a Matlab instance
To run my Matlab scripts, I've created a shell script to which I give two parameters - the path to the matlab file ($1) and to the log file ($2):
nohup time matlab -some_parameters -r "run $1;exit" ...
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List partitions in grub2 shell?
I've been doing some spring cleaning of my hard drive. This cleaning caused my grub configuration to get messed up ( no surprise there ). So when I boot I wind up in the grub2 shell. ( The shell with ...
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At init, run my own script instead of the shell
This is purely theoretical but suppose I would like to deploy a linux distribution on many servers. The only solution IÂ can think of would be to create an initramfs with a custom script to perform ...
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Weird behavior when sourcing .zshrc
I'm using zsh 5.0.2 (x86_64-apple-darwin12.3.0) on the latest MacOSX. If it makes any difference, I have also enabled oh-my-zsh.
The shell seems to be missing the .zshrc file when I want to source ...
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How to test what shell I am using in a terminal?
How to check what shell I am using in a terminal? What is the shell I am using in MacOS?
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sed - how to replace a single quote?
This works fine:
sed -i 's# @driver.find_element(:xpath, "//a\[contains(@href,##' temp_spec.rb
against a source of
@driver.find_element(:xpath, "//a[contains(@href,'change_district')]").click
...
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gunzip multiple compressed files to another directory without deleting the .gz files
I have multiple .gz file in a folder and I want to unzip it in other folder through gunzip without deleting parent file. Please help.
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Is there a general command to see what shell is running? [duplicate]
On some the shell can be read on in the command prompt, other can be seen when help is ran. But this are not covered by all the shells.
Is there a general command to see what shell is running?
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sed how to substitute when string has “http://” in it?
I have a file xx that has the following contents:
@base_url = "http://dmstaffing-stage.herokuapp.com/"
I want to use sed to eliminate this line (replace with nothing). I have used this sed ...
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Fork vs. thread system time [closed]
I got the following logs:
Program 1:
Taken from a program executed 64 fork calls:
real 0m0.023s
user 0m0.068s
sys 0m0.008s
Program 2:
Taken from a program executed 64 thread calls:
real 0m0.613s
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bash execute read command from file
After some manipulations, I got the file with commands that I would be glad to be able to execute.
Input file (name of file is inp2.txt):
"02 - Beautiful Emptiness.mp3"
"02 - Come. mp3"
"02 - Go ...
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How to split the terminal into more than one “view”?
From vi, if you issue the command :sp, the screen splits into two "views", allowing you to edit more than one file from the same terminal.
Along those same lines, is there a way to have multiple ...
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Ignore files for zsh's completion for SVN
I managed to configure zsh such that it does not suggest LaTeX temporary files when I use autocompletion for emacs by adding this line to my ~/.zshrc:
zstyle ':completion:*:*:emacs:*:*files' ...
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Why does my TCSH prompt change after cd?
My .cshrc file contains the following:
set prompt = "%{\033[0;32m%}%S%B\! <%~> :%b%s %{\033[0m%}"
Each time I cd out of my home directory, the prompt formatting resets to display:
33 ...
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How do I specify arguments to return all dot files, but not . and ..?
Normally dot files are not included for wildcard expansion:
% echo *
Applications Desktop Documents Downloads Library Movies Music Pictures Public bin
If I explicitly ask for dot files, I get them:
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shell script to read from multiple files in parallel
I need to write a script that runs parallel and looks for a string in multiple files. I tried a lot of options but they slow down the speed of my processor.
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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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How to do integer & float calculations, in bash or other languages?
Using echo "20+5" literally produces 20+5
What command can I use to get the actual sum, e.g. 25 in this case.
Also, what's the easiest way to do it just using bash for floating point, e.g.
echo ...
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How to move all files with a certain file extension from subdirectories to a single directory
I have a directory that contains many subdirectories. The subdirectories contain lots of types of files with different file extensions. I want to move (not copy) all the files of one type into a new ...
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How can I keep color codes with grep input?
It I grep something twice:
... | grep foo | grep bar
It seems foo is not highlighted.
Infact, it seems grep removes colorcodes from its input; Any way to prevent this?
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Reduce redundant logfile
I often have longer redundant log files, redundant in the sense that blocks of text repeat with minor changes. The length of the files makes it difficult to spot the actual information. I had the idea ...
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linux shell global linux memory in mem variable - from shell
Is there any way for me to set an env variable without editing files to be in memory and effect other shells as well, which will take effect on any new user who connects that machine and will take ...
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How to call a kuu from a shell script
I want to kuu to an account which requires a password, but I want to do this inside a shell script. How can I provide the password from the shell script?
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Script to monitor folder for new files?
How do I detect new files in a folder with a bash script? I would like to process the files as soon as they are created in the folder. Is this possible to do so or do I have to schedule a script with ...
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“internet connection checker one-liner”
With this I can check, that there is "internet connection". if there is no "internet connection" (succesfull pings to this 2 places), then it waits 600 sec, then it runs along:
ping -W 1 -c 4 ...
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Clone ownership and permissions from another file?
Is there a command or flag to clone the user/group ownership and permissions on a file from another file? To make the perms and ownership exactly "like" that of another file?
