Questions tagged [terminal]
A terminal is an environment for text input/output. Inside the terminal, one runs command-line and text mode programs (including shells).
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Where can I find a long form lecture (or series) on terminal commands between versions and flavors of Linux?
Does anyone have a suggested long form video / manual of the different terminal commands between distros (window server, app manager, etc)?
It's really hard to take the plunge to open source as a ...
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Visible content of 2 variables in bash is the same, but the length is different
These 2 variables will have the same visible content
x_sign1="aabbccdd_and_somthing_else"
var1="...."
[........]
x_sign2=$(echo -n "${var1}${var2}${var3}" | shasum -a 256)
echo $x_sign2
...
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Local keys don't work in graphical shell in Debian 9.6
I installed Debian 9.6 with english as the language, and locale settings (incl. keyboard) as finnish. All works fine in desktop apps e.g. Chromium, but the keys "ä", "ö" and "å" don't work in Konsole, ...
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mate-terminal - is it possible to toggle menu/tab/scroll bars when switching between full screen and window mode?
I use MATE 1.16.2 on Debian (Stretch) 9.0.0 and I've been customizing my command line of choice: mate-terminal (version 1.16.3).
I've made a distinctive $PS1 prompt and further personalized my ....
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Can't tar files: Refusing to read archive contents from terminal
I have host without dpkg so I need to install it.
I followed the instructions from here and here.
On both of these answers they wrote that I need to download the file:
wget http://security....
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Transparent LXTerminal on LXDE
I've been trying to set transparent terminal background in lxterminal on Arch Linux but with no luck. Setting transparent background in preferences does nothing, so does setting transparent to 1 in ...
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command to see no of wifi clients/Mac address of clients connected to near by access points(SSIDs)
apart from airodump command can we use any other command to see how many wi-fi clients are associated to access points
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Bash prompt getting garbled when I browse history?
I have MacOS and .bash_profile content:
export PS1="\[\e[0;31m$\]\[\e[m\] \[\e[0;32m\w\e[m\] : \]"
as a result I have pwd printed in terminal like this:
but when I press up and down arrows to use ...
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Capture output of a command, process it and ONLY then output to terminal
I would like to capture the stdout (as sent to a terminal), and perform some processing after it is output on the terminal (for the user).
I want to know how to grab the output, process and make ...
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Thunar's “Open Terminal here” bug
I'm using Thunar 1.8.2 on Debian Testing and the "Open Terminal here" function seems buggy.
I've set up the custom action xfce4-terminal --working-directory=%f with the keyboard shortcut F4.
Oddly ...
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`screen` not creating log file when run inside tmux/byobu?
When we use screen command with -L option, it creates log files of the session with names like screelog.0, screenlog.1 and so on. These log files are created inside the directory in which the screen ...
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Is there a way to get ls to listen for changes and update output similar to tail -f?
I have a process that creates many files in a known directory, and the only way to tell how far along it is is to type ls manually. Is there a way to make the output of ls update automatically as new ...
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Software for serial communications without speed limit
I have a serial to USB device which supports speeds of 8Mbaud and 12Mbaud (based on FT232H IC). I have tested it under Windows using HTerm, works just fine, but I had to resort to HTerm with hacked ...
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How to grep only the channel number
From :
sudo iwlist wlan0 scan | grep Frequency
I get
Frequency:2.412 GHz (Channel 1)
Frequency:2.412 GHz (Channel 1)
Frequency:2.462 GHz (Channel 11)
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xdotool type and stty occasionally cut off first letter of input
I defined a simple function prepend (below) that should automatically place a repeated term of a bash command in the following input prompts. For example, by typing prepend git in the terminal, all ...
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Newsboat / Newsbeuter — how to config to load more articles
Recently I've installed newsboat and wondered if there is a possibility to load more (e.g.) then 15 articles (instances) per video channel. Inside the config I've already tried to set max-items 100, ...
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Terminal rendering and application performance
I'm running Mint 19 with cinnamon, but i think its a general question for any linux desktop environment. I have a python CLI application which has a lot of terminal output, so much, that the print ...
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How to enable process completion notification in yakuake?
I want to make it so that every time a process is complete (e.g. when apt update is complete) a notification would notify me.
I don't want to have to add a command after every commands. The default ...
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Coreutils timeout(1) plays badly with man/less
I want to set a timeout to the less(1) command on our company's production server. Everyday we produce large log files on it, and despite the nightly batch job to archive/remove them, we sometimes get ...
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Linux terminal: Keyword highlighting similar to MobaXTerm without piping
When I SSH into a Linux machine from Windows using MobaXTerm, I get the benefit of syntax highlighting (https://mobaxterm.mobatek.net/features.html --> see Syntax highlighting in terminal). It ...
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Output in terminal after quitting program
I'm using Kubuntu with i3, and I've recently migrated from Manjaro because things. My terminal emulator is urxvt but, when I use programs such as vim, less or nano in the terminal remains the part of ...
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How can i check for errors of the nemo file manager?
Are there any terminal commands one can use to check if the nemo file manager (linux mint 19.1 cinnamon) is working properly?
Asking, since i tend to get some error messages every now and then, ...
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Get/Set environment variables in a different tty
I'm using a tool (Autokey) that spawns in a new shell. Cool tool, but I want to pull info from my current shell.
Say I'm on pts/0 and I have a variable set: VAR1=yes. In another shell, I want to be ...
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trouble changing font with URxvt [closed]
I'm trying to change fonts in URxvt.
$ fc-match "FuraCode Nerd Font Mono"
Fura_Code_Regular_Nerd_Font_Complete_Mono.otf: "FuraCode Nerd Font Mono" "Regular"
But when changing ~/.Xresources like this ...
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Tabbed terminal emulator that has “Save state” functionality
Is there a terminal emulator that will have tabs and once closed and reopened (maybe with some identifier specified on the command line interface) will:
open the same amount of tabs
name each tab ...
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Bash: shell script create variables? [duplicate]
I'm trying to have a bash script create a variable and have the variable persist in the terminal until the terminal closes (not permanently). I thought export was what I needed but it didn't work.
#!/...
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How do I open multiple terminals, so I can have multiple shells open?
I have been slowly learning Gnu/Linux commands, and I'm using it to get more serious about my python programming. While reading about python on Gnu/Linux its uses and integrated shell, plus using the ...
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First character of each line on terminal window not showing
I have just installed Debian 8.11 on my G4 PowerPC, codename jessie. For some strange reason, each line on the terminal screen (aka 'the' screen) has its first character missing. I tried the ...
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Linux mint files color changed in terminal
I am using Linux Minter 19.0 on two machines.
I have a src and destination folder.
My src folder is on my local machine, and the dest folder is on a remote machine.
I ran rsync to move files from ...
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Meta key issue when using Emacs terminal on Lubuntu LXQT
While pressing Alt key on the keyboard the control is transferred to the terminal menu.
There is an option in ubuntu terminal (Edit -> Preferences) to disable this Enable mnemonics (such as alt + ...
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Zsh: remove # - comment when pasting to terminal?
I use clipmenu to choose something to paste into terminal that running zsh as shell.
Problem is that zsh will echo error when for example I paste a shell function that contains some # for comments ...
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Lock Virtual Terminals when resuming
Many screen lockers (mine is i3lock) do not block access to other Virtual Terminals. This means that, if I leave a session opened in some VT, then even when the desktop is locked (for example when ...
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How can I use a mac to scroll and copy-paste text on the tmux via ssh?
I always use macos Terminal.app to control my ubuntu servers via ssh, and I need to use tmux to keep my program running in background.
Now, I know how to configure the tmux (on my ubuntu servers) to ...
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pipe into a curses program
The library ncurses provides an interactive user interface. However, I was wondering what would happen if you pipe something into the program. So i tried like this:
# echo foo | my_curses_prog
It ...
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Is there a way to set coloring for “cd tab” complete on macOS?
I have turned on coloring, set colored-stats on in my ~/.inputrc but still not working,
here is a screenshot, first one, cd tab & second is ls tab
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SSHFS symbolic link does not show up
So this issue is actually occurring between OSX and CentOS. I created an ssh mount using osxfuse:
sshfs [ssh config name]:/remote/location/dir.ec.tory ~/client/location/dir.ec.tory -o ...
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open a new terminal, let it stay, and switch back to original terminal, run command [duplicate]
I want implement like this
at terminal A, open a new terminal B, run command in B, leave B runing, and back to terminal A, run other command.
I have following script, but not what I expected
#!/bin/...
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Linux's command line behaviour (Ubunto/Deb) in running an executable file [duplicate]
@user-123:~$ Downloads/execfile-3.4/execfile
@user-123:~$
@user-123:~$ cd Downloads/execfileparentdir-3.4/
@user-123:~/Downloads/execfileparentdir-3.4$ execfile
execfile: command not found
@user-123:~...
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Detect terminal font
I am running Debian live XFCE, and I cannot seem to determine the font used by
the Terminal.
I went to Edit, Preferences, Appearance and it just says "Monospace Regular".
Then I did cat /etc/default/...
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Replace a variable with stdin?
I want to loop over some values and I know I can simply use a for loop but is there any other way that I can replace a variable value in a command at the end of the command?
Somewhat like
echo 11"$...
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Linux switches to mysterious Kernel Buffer view everytime a new dmesg arrives
There is a mysterious tty that only reacts to sysrq, not to any other keyboard input.
It started after I engaged SysRQ+F and SysRq+i.
Every 30 seconds or so, Linux switches away from the current tty ...
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What is wrong with my terminal? Backspace won't delete everything on the terminal line [duplicate]
In my Centos linux terminal, if I press up on the arrow keys to bring up a previous command, specifically a long one, and then try to delete it using backspace, it won't delete the entire command. I ...
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how I can print psk only?
I want to print psk & it's value (i.e. password)
I tries this:sudo cat /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections/My SSID | grep psk | cut -f2 -d =
but I got this : wpa-psk mypassword
I want to print :...
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Can't highlight words in terminal
I have been using the gnome Terminal for 3 months already, but today I can't highlight the words on the terminal suddenly. I can't do so on nedit as well. When I use the 'find' function in nedit to ...
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Some commands not persisting between terminal sessions [closed]
I am running Ubuntu with a zsh shell, and for some, primarily non apt-get installed cli utilities, I get a command not found error in the cli, when trying to open that application in a new terminal ...
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How to view the current keyboard layout on arch linux
I am not using any Desktop Environment (GNOME, KDE...)
I am using i3wm and I mapped the alt-shift key to toggle fr,ara keyboard layouts
I want to view (from terminal) the current layout to use it in ...
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How Not To Bash Auto Complete File Name From the Beginning Letter?
Say I'm in a directory and have a file called 01_test.py and if there are too many files in the folder and I forget the beginning of the file name and only remember there is a test in the file name, ...
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Conditional emoji on terminal success and failure
I am using a Mac and I want to be able to show emoji X for every successful command that I type in and emoji Y for every command that results in failure.
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How can I filter just one particular nick messages in weechat (IRC)
Consider have a buffer/channel opened in your weechat. I want to temporarily see all the messages of one user/nick. Is this possible? This means only the filtered nick messages will be shown (just for ...
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Gain Root Access to remote Server with sudo, su, and pkexec not working
I'm running CentOS7 on an old dell box that I repurposed as a home server. I also ssh into it from a remote location to make sure everything is running smoothly, and to do things like rsync my laptop. ...
