The command-line interface (CLI) is a way of interacting with the system and software by typing text commands into a terminal.
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DNS doesn't seem to work in terminal on Ubuntu 12.04?
Fairly new to Ubuntu so please tell me if I'm doing something silly. Anyway.
I've been having issues with URLs not being correctly resolved in the terminal.
The problem I'm currently having is trying ...
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How to backup and restore Firefox bookmarks from command line?
Is there an easy way to backup Firefox bookmarks to a file with command line. Running a find command, I managed to find this file: ...
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Can't seem to get script/cron job to work?
ive written a ffmpeg script to mass convert mkv into mp4. when i run the script as my user, and enter my password for sudo privileges it works very well from the command line. the script is:
#! ...
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How to point grub to usable EFI vmlinuz files.?
On trying to install Ubuntu 12.10 Desktop amd64 to a desktop pc using a ga a75 ud4h motherboard (which is using an AMD 3870k APU with a new 1TB HDD) following the advice in the motherboard manual and ...
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how can i install gnu make 3.81 in ubuntu 10,04?
I downloaded gnu make 3,81 from http://gnu.org but i need to install it in my system 10,04 i used those commend make and make install but they are not working.
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Coloured view in vim editor not working in ubuntu 12.04
My Vim editor version VIM - Vi IMproved 7.3 (2010 Aug 15, compiled May 4 2012 04:19:52)
When I open a file(shell script, etc) with it, all the text are on same color. It's not user friendly. How can ...
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Xubuntu Terminal ignores login shell
I tried to switch to zsh but Terminal app still loads bash when started. Fiddling with "run as login shell" didn't help. Here's excerpt from /etc/passwd
$ grep synapse /etc/passwd
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How to pass text file contents as argument to console application?
What is the command line to run a console application with input argument fed from text file?
text_file:
This is a simple text file with characters and other
symbols including tabs and new lines
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Why can't I suppress this enumeration error?
I just installed Ubuntu Server 13.04, haven't done any updates nor installed any software, and I'm getting this error:
hub 2-0:1.0: unable to enumerate USB device on port 6
And this keeps popping up ...
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Copy files from a directory to a sub-directory (excluding the sub-directory itself)
I have created a folder(directory) named 'Parent' which contains several files(namely 'file1', 'file2'...'file100') and a sub-directory named 'Child1'which itself may contain files and folders .
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Why won't environment variables added to .profile show up in screen
I'm running Ubuntu 12.04
I added
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/home/dspies/workspace/hdf5-1.8.11-linux-shared/lib
to .profile
but when I log in and open terminal and put echo $LD_LIBRARY_PATH there's ...
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What is sed and what is it used for?
I've been seeing a lot of sed lately, and I find it to be a rather confusing command.
The manpages weren't particularly helpful, but I do know that it can be used for parsing the output of other ...
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Problem with update from terminal [duplicate]
I am trying to get some update from my terminal but I get a bug:
ubuntu@ubuntu-Inspiron-N5010:~$ sudo apt-get update
[sudo] password for ubuntu:
E: Could not get lock /var/lib/apt/lists/lock - open ...
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Can't download Gnome 3 for Ubuntu 12.10
How can I install Gnome 3 on Ubuntu 12.10? I tried to apt-get install gnome-panel, but it errors out because of unmet dependencies, even if I pass -f:
kanha@kanha-Aspire-5580:~$ sudo apt-get -f ...
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What's the command to install the build-essential package?
What's the command on 32-bit Ubuntu 12.04 for installing the build-essential package and linux headers generic package?
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How can I run a software package I installed called 'openscam'?
I installed a software called 'openscam' but I cannot find its launcher.
It's installer is a .deb file, after I clicked in it, Ubuntu Software Center installed the software, and finished it, but I ...
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How to solve “Error:Missing Dependency” when installing java on uxterm? [closed]
when I login to root and type this yum "localinstall jdk-7u21-linux-x64.rpm" a many messages pop up on my uxterm saying "Error:Missing Depency".What should I do? Please help .
Thank You
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App like DOS navigator for Ubuntu? [duplicate]
Dos Navigator was a very popular file manager for DOS / old Win. Something like Like Norton Commander, but waaay better in terms of feature support, and especially usability/UI.
I was wondering if ...
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Automatically cd into directories?
In the terminal You use cd ../../........ to get to wherever you want,
But I am lazy, I am wondering if it is possible to automatically cd into the directories if the command is simply the directory.
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How do I change the location in the terminal with a custom string?
If I have a really long path to a folder, and I just want the string 'longlocation' to replace it in the terminal, I know I can edit the .bashrc file and add this command:
alias changelc='export ...
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Command fails to execute in upstart session job
This command:
mongod --fork --dbpath ../data --smallfiles --logpath ../data/mongo.log
runs perfectly from terminal, while in directory /mongo/bin/
But, when I use same command and directory for ...
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Ubuntu two users logged with same name
I have a server and a ssh session, but it seems like I've pressed something and it was a shortcut so currently, when I do w it shows my other session (which I don't know how I opened). I closed my ssh ...
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Create folders in remote server after ssh login using commands
I need to create folders on the remote server, i try to ssh to the server and then create folders.
The logs display that the ssh is successful but it stops after that and the screen stays at the home ...
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Open Text Summarizer in Java
I am using Open Text Summarizer on Ubuntu, and it works fine from my terminal... To use it I have to run the following command in terminal:
ots -r 5 /home/arslan/tempEclipse.txt
Now I want to ...
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How to add commands to terminal
how do I teach a new command to the terminal? I'm a long time Windows user and how I usually do this in Windows is to edit the environment path and add the file path to the command that I want to use. ...
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nmon and netstat
I'm currently using netstat -patc or even netstat -vpatc. However, watch is also useful to monitor which programs are using which bandwidth.
I like the output of nmon as well, but wasn't able to get ...
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How to run a command with one click, preferably from unity's launcher
I'd like to run this command without having to open up terminal every time.
sudo openvpn --config /home/ubuntu/Documents/vpnbook/vpnbook-euro2-udp25000.ovpn --auth-user-pass ...
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connect to internet through 3g dongle in ubuntu server
As the title says, can i connect to internet through 3g dongle in ubuntu server fresh installation Any terminal / manual way? My purpose is to get connection using dongle in ubuntu server minimal ...
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make terminal show up when called in a shell script
I am writing a shell script that will execute some application for a specific mime type, and it does it correctly, but when I have echo in my shell script, I dont see any terminal with the echoes ...
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'root' user does not exist?
When I run the su command, the terminal returns: user 'su' does not exist.How do I add the root user? Can anyone answer this? I tried sudo adduser su, but after this, I get the same problem.
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bzcat to delete compressed file
By default, bzcat (or, equivalently, bzip2 -dc or bunzip2 -c) will keep the source (compressed file) and not delete it. Is there a flag or other means (besides thereafter manually rming the file) to ...
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Crontab not running a script
I have set my crontab to run 2 script.
the first script is not running.
I set up on the crontab -e not sudo crontab -e
The error i have is this
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Copy file to External Hard Disk
My UBUNTU (desktop part) do not boot completely because of low disk;
When I log-in to terminal by username and password, try to copy some file from /home/UserName/Desktop to my external hard disk by ...
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Unity progress bar for gnome-terminal?
One of my favorite features of unity is the progress bar the launcher overlays on the icons for various programs like the file manager, or firefox. Gnome-terminal does not have a progress bar. What do ...
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Using QQ: How can I make Byobu the default terminal [duplicate]
I really like the Byobu terminal better than the default Gnome terminal that is installed with Ubuntu.
How can I make Byobu the default terminal - for example, when I hit control/alt-t I'd like to ...
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How to copy folders thru terminal [duplicate]
I want to copy all my hard disk on /dev/sda1 to my external hard disk on /dev/sdb1
but thru terminal because when i'm using Nautilus the computer freezes donno why
i read this article but it explains ...
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I cannot acces terminal in chrome os to reinstall Ubuntu?
I installed Ubuntu & upgrade after to 13.04 , but after restart went again in chrome os.
After that I discovered that both was o the same partition. What I did :
1. I restart again, and try in ...
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How to install Ubuntu 12.04 from terminal/tty1?
I'm not very familiar with Ubuntu, hope to not bother you too much.
I had Ubuntu 12.04 LTS on my HP Pavillion dv7-2005eg, after not being able to fix the Intel/AMD hybrid graphics disaster in 12.10.
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Is there any way to repair Terminal? [closed]
My terminal in Ubuntu 11.04 LTS does not recognize any locations(even copy and pasted) and cannot open any file(even copy and pasted commands). Can anyone help me find a way to repair this?
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Guake no longer showing desktop when opening
It used to show the desktop as a background when I open it, but for some reason it's just overlying (so the top most window is now the background). Is there a setting somewhere to prevent this?
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How to create multi users account?
I want to create multi users with generate password and print out as text file, how can I write in shell script? (Ex: Create 5 users, password 10 length)
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How can I enable history completion by program in terminator as guake has it?
In guake I can type ls UP-ARROW and it will show ls /home/blah for example. In terminator using up arrow after typing ls just brings me to the command I entered prior. Is there any way to enable this ...
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How to revoke partly executed commands?
After two weeks of no-problemo ubuntuing, my sound was gone. I looked for help and found this answer.
I entered the huge wall of code and hit "enter" and "y" a few times. While the terminal was doing ...
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How is robust terminal emulation achieved in Ubuntu?
My question is using only Ubuntu and/or open source components, how is full terminal emulation with keyboard mapping, logging, and printing achieved in Ubuntu without purchasing a product? By using ...
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Sublime Text console call not returning until it's closed
The problem is that whenever I call subl from the console, the command line won't return until I've closed Sublime out completely. If I do subl -h for help, it says that subl -w will wait for the ...
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Close current tab firefox using terminal
I have firefox already running on my system, and now in minimised state. What I want is to close the current tab running in firefox. How can I do this by simply using commands in terminal?
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Configuring gmusicbrowser to copy now playing to X clipboard
I'm trying to get gmusicbrowser to copy song information to my X.org clipboard with the Now Playing plugin. For on song change, in the plugin's configuration, I have
echo "%a - %t (from %l, %y)" | ...
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How did I do this? - File content removed!
first of all, thank you for your contribute to this forum! I switched to ubuntu a few months ago for working reasons and these pages are a great help!
Now, getting to the point:
I was trying to count ...
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How can I customize the terminal window (in ccsm maybe) of this particular “filename.desktop” file
This filename.desktop does nothing else but to run a python script in a terminal window (this connects to the Internet - keep alive thread).
Since this is a quite commonly used window, I'd like its ...
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How can I get back to a login screen after a freeze?
I have to manually shut down and to enter my SDA crypt pass and my user pass over again.
How do I force the poweroff without having to hit the power button, or get back to a login screen. Nobody has ...
