Questions tagged [command-line]
This tag is for questions that are about using the command-line interface (CLI), including the use of standard command-line tools and shell commands. However, for questions that are specific to each shell (like Bash, ZSH etc.), use the tag of that particular shell as well.
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gtk-launch .desktop is not using custom icon
I copied my .desktop shorcut to user_home+"/.local/share/applications/" then going to terminal and typing in gtk-launch nameOfMyDesktopFile it launchs it, but it doesn't take the custom icon. I'm ...
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How to start lxsession from command line with proper user priviliges
I'm trying to achieve two things that I can not get to work because I don't know how to correctly start an lxsession in Lubuntu 14.04.2.
I boot to the command line with the following line ...
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Running Python script in Abaqus in Ubuntu
I am running a python script through the scripting interface in Abaqus. It's a basic script that writes a value from each element from the abaqus simulation into a a text file. The text file is then ...
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How to know if a file in a CIFS network drive is locked from Ubuntu
I've mounted the following network drive in Ubuntu:
//192.168.1.11/shared /media/shared cifs credentials=/home/guest/.smbcredentials,iocharset=utf8,gid=1000,uid=1000,file_mode=0777,dir_mode=0777 0 0
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Connnecting to WPA Through Terminal Edimax ew-7811un error ioctl[SIOCSIWENCODEEXT]: Invalid argument
I've been trying to learn how to connect to my WPA secured wireless router for a while and no matter how much I research I can not find the fix for this error. I get the error(ioctl[SIOCSIWENCODEEXT]: ...
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Commands in terminal and Nautilus hang without explanation after update 14.04 (02/14/2015)
after my update yesterday suddenly Nautilus has become completely unresponsive and almost every command (ssh, apt-get, mc) in terminal (but also wrapped like clicking on "reload" in Synaptic) hangs ...
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Using seahorse generated password files from command-line
Seahorse (aka Passwords and Keys) is a pretty cool application for general password management. It stores the keys in ~/.local/share/keyrings/.
Is there some way for me to easily read/modify this ...
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Ubuntu Touch - how to create Unity .desktop launcher to make UT terminal to open and execute a command?
I have latest Ubuntu Touch installed on Nexus 7.
I just apt-get installed there 'emacs' package. Currently I open Terminal application in Ubuntu Touch and key in "emacs" to get it launched.
I want ...
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How to get my webcam working on Skype?
My HP webcam doesn't work on Skype. I have Ubuntu version 14.01 and I don't really want to buy an external webcam. Can anybody please help?
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Which package for console toggle bug?
I want to file a bug report on Launchpad about a problem with me not being able to switch to console view from the GUI loading screen on start up. When I try to toggle, the console view has been ...
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How do I run my GUI application created using Quickly via command line?
I have created an application using Quickly, packaged it and then installed it on my machine. How do I run it using the command line? Is there a one-word command for my application as in the command '...
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How to prevent kernel or any broadcast messages from flooding the TTYs?
Is there a way to stop the ttys from being flooded by the kernel messages? The display shows a continuous stream of messages (which are also logged in the /var/log directory). Every text I key in ...
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How do I configure internet connection for Terminal on Ubuntu 14.04?
I've installed on Ubuntu 14.04 and with I've Broadband connection setup, Browser connection is OK, but Terminal not connection via internet, when command type "sudo apt-get update" by terminal then ...
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Resume cp that was interrupted
I was doing a huge cp command, copying 1TB and I had disconnected computer from network after 700GB. Files are still there but I can't anyhow to resume copying. I tried
sudo rsync rsync --ignore-...
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How do I can configure Firefox and Terminal via internet Ubuntu 14.04?
I've installed Ubuntu 14.04 and with I've broadband connection setup but it's only some application via internet , But I can't access Firefox and Terminal via internet see screenshot , when Firefox ...
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gnome--terminal -e option not executing?
I want to open my terminal with some commnads executed in it on bootup. So I wrote a script with following line in it:
gnome-terminal --tab -t "MyPC" -e "sh -c 'firefox &;exec bash'" --tab -t ...
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Burning a DVD for standalone player in linux
I would like to burn DVD+R for standalone player in Linux from command line
Please some one help me in this.
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command line interface (TTY) disapears after 2 seconds
When ever I press Ctrl+Alt+F1 to get into the TTY it fades out. For about 2 seconds you see the text all normal then it starts fading out and black screen appears.
I can hit Ctrl+Alt+F7 to start the ...
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Extract icons from EPS file
I've got a grid of icons, stored in EPS file.
There is something like 80 icons in there.
I need to extract them from the file. Is it possible using imagemagick or something like that, without ...
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Are there NLP tools for text analysis?
Are there any tools on Ubuntu that can be used for Natural Language Processing? I am not necessarily looking for R, python or java scripts (thought they could be valuable), but for command line tools. ...
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Terminal bug? Mixed up characters
I am using Ubuntu 14.04 and I am having a character problem with my terminal.
This is my terminal when I write a short command and this is my terminal when I write a command with more than the ...
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how to encode a shell script so others can run it but they can not read it
I want to encode a script, so others can run that script to get relevant result but when they run command cat it should throw output in encoded format.
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Byobu doesn't pick up my default shell
With the update to 14.10 my byobu setup broke. Apparently now I cannot exec during my simple shell configuration script, and I have instead to invoke the exec in the "login shell configuration" (I'm ...
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Whatever I type in the terminal I get prompted to install grub?
Ok, whatever I type in the terminal I get the message from the SS after 3sec, and it just goes in a loop, my grub is working fine and I have no idea why this is coming up.
I installed Ubuntu 14.04.1 ...
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Entering an encrytion phrase through a serial port connection
I am building an Ubuntu 14.04 stand alone server, text install. I have rerouted the console through serial port /dev/ttyS0. During boot I am getting the full boot up display through the serial port. ...
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sublime text 2 via gnome-Terminal GLib-CRITICAL
Whenever I run sublime text 2 from the command line (via the 'subl' shortcut command) I receive the following error
(sublime_text:4679): GLib-CRITICAL **: Source ID 15745 was not found when ...
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Terminal screen will not be refreshed after suspending program: is this a bug or a default configuration problem?
Sometimes after suspending emacs(CTRL+Z) terminal screen refreshes incorrectly:
Never experienced this problem in Ubuntu 12.04 (my current version is 14.04 with gnome-shell 3.6.2)
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How to remove "dpkg -l" line with "in" for unwanted i386 package on amd64 system?
I will really appreciate your help with this.
When I run dpkg -l bash, I get this:
Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
| Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/...
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Problem starting Gnome-Shell after login
I am using Gnome-Ubuntu desktop 14.04. I have a Intel i7 processor, 6g ram, and over 2.5t of disk space. I am loading the Gnome-Shell by DVD. I am current using Windows XP because I cannot launch ...
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How to login to the GUI from commandline
When I boot up, I sometimes go into tty, execute a few commands and then have to restart the GUI (gmd) with
sudo service restart gdm
I then go to the GUI (Alt+F7) and have to login.
Occasionally, ...
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problem with remote printing using rsh
This is really a unix/linux problem than an ubuntuproblem, so perhaps this is the wrong forum, but I'll post it anyway.
when I type the commandline command
rsh -l <myName> <IPADDRESS> /...
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Give file permissions back to root
I accidentally typed out this command, not knowing exactly what it did:
sudo chown -R user:user /
Now when I type ls -la /, it shows that user has permission to all directories (before it showed ...
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WiFi Repeater Creation
I need to make my pc act as wifi repeater. It is possible in windows using netsh commands or connectify software
http://www.wikihow.com/Create-a-WiFi-Hotspot-Using-the-Command-Prompt
Is there any ...
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Cannot chown or chmod using sudo anymore
I was trying to make an adjustment to the /etc/sudoers file, and I accidentally corrupted it.
I restored it via the grub and using the Ubuntu 14.04 default.
But now it seems I can change ownership ...
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How does a keylogger respond when the user switches profiles
I'm wanting to log keystrokes on this ubuntu computer and I was wondering how a keylogger program responds when the user goes from a default user account and then logs in as root or vice versa.
For ...
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Can I change actions upon inactivity and timeout for that from command line?
How do I set the policy about what action should be taken if the computer is inactive for some time. This can be easily done from GUI, via Power Manager.
I am trying to do this from command line. I ...
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Setting proxy in Ubuntu terminal - proxy having special characters
I am trying to set proxy for a ubuntu server 12.04. Our proxy user name contains in the format:
CompanyName\UserName
and Password like:
$test
I tried to set proxy like this:
export http_proxy='...
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switching applications window is behind open programs
I know pressing alt+Tab a window of open apps pops up.
If I have an application open the pop up window is behind the open app so I can't see it making it essentially useless.
Is there any way where I ...
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How open folders from USB devices in Terminal and find the size
I am very new in Ubuntu. I just plugged my mobile in Ubuntu and the two memory cards appears to me. But I was interested to find out the total free space and how much used for each folder. I guess ...
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Ubuntu 12.04: C++ Program -> Broken Pipe -> Cannot get past Tty1
While I was running a C++ program (it involved SDL), the computer completely froze up; control C didn't work, and escape didn't work (I had it programmed that escape would close the program). So, ...
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Application (or code) to download full size images from a gallery with thumbnails
For example, this site has thumbnails, and clicking on them loads the full sized image.
Now, the full size images are also embedded in a site that ends with .aspx.
So I need an app or code to first ...
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App not opening from terminal after installation
I'm trying to install Leksah IDE. I followed the instructions on the leksah website and it said it installed correctly, but now it won't open.
After installing, I entered:
jase@Jase-PC:~$ leksah
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Problem with `sudo airmon-ng start wlan0`
I have Ubuntu 14.04 on Macbook Pro. I've tried to run:
sudo airmon-ng start wlan0
then the result was:
Found 5 processes that could cause trouble.
If airodump-ng, aireplay-ng or airtun-ng stops ...
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Weird problem: can not connect network until a terminal is opened in Live system
Live system based on ubuntu server 12.04.2 with manual installed X and openbox.
startx is in a shell script which is called in /etc/rc.local with su -l root -c /scriptsFolder/script.sh
A program is ...
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Dead ASUS laptop - Can I boot Windows from within Ubuntu terminal?
I have an ASUS laptop (model u56e, windows 7 64-bit) that is baffling me right now. I was recently on a trip, laptop working fine, though partitioned SATA HDD a bit overloaded with vacay pics. On way ...
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Configure privacy settings via the command line
I am trying to compile a script to run upon booting a network attached computer (which has no hard drive and therefore is a new computer upon every reboot) to configure all settings. Because it will ...
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Error occured when updating system
I have a problem during updating my Ubuntu system using terminal.
Recently, there was two warning message appears on my terminal which like below:
W: Failed to fetch http://archive.getdeb.net/...
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Thunar, open in terminal does not work in sftp or ftp
Thunar has "Open terminal here" option just like nautilus when you install "nautilus-open-terminal" package. My problem is it does not work when I connect to sftp. I need this very often. How do I ...
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hciconfig Features hex codes
I can't seem to find anywhere what the hex codes listed under hciconfig Features stand for. Does anyone know where I can find a list to show which feature corresponds to which hex code?
Output:
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scrolling inside the screen command
I am trying to use screen command in Ubuntu. While the basic functionality works fine, I am having trouble while scrolling when I use split window functionality.
Here is the scr file I created.
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