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open bash terminal in a specific directory
How can I config bash - I'm using Gnome Terminal - to open the shell into a specific directory?
I know I can insert a cd /directory into .bashrc, but that isn't good enough because if I use Open ...
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How do I open screen with many tabs to execute some commands within each one
How to open screen with many tabs?
How can I execute some commands within each tab, plus giving the main screen window a name to call it again later to execute other commands?
For example, I have a ...
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How to execute some commands while background task of bash script is about to be killed
In case i run a script in terminal and it contains a background job , in case the user close the terminal as i guess the script with his all back ground tasks will be dead , i want something like an ...
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Automatically load cdc-acm at boot
Hi I am trying to figure out how I can load the cdc-acm module at boot. I tried this command:
sudo bash -c echo hoi >> /etc/modules
but I get this:
bash: /etc/modules: Permission denied
...
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special character and parsing BUG - Bashscript
Failed to parse arguments: Argument to "--command/-e" is not a valid command: Text ended before matching quote was found for ". (The text was '"cpulimit')
this is what i get when i run the following ...
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How to open many-tabbed Gnome terminal as one windown instead of many independent windows
aa=$( ps -e | grep "chrome" | awk '{print $1;}')
for i in $aa
do
gnome-terminal --tab -e" sudo cpulimit -p $i -l 35 "
done
i want to open one gnome window before the execution of the ...
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Bash - How to execute a Terminal command without opening the Terminal GUI
I am trying to execute a Terminal command in bash, but I don't want the Terminal GUI to open.
Here is my code:
#!/bin/bash
gnome-terminal -e "java ABC"
Any suggestions? Thanks!
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running gnome-terminal with no window border on startup in xubuntu 12.10
I created a script to launch a session of gnome-terminal when I log into xubuntu. I specifically wanted it in a specific position on the window, and with no window borders (surprisingly, there's no ...
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Open file with terminal and close terminal afterwards
I want to open a file using the terminal on ubuntu.
To have it independent from the terminal, I use gnome-open:
gnome-open text.pdf
And since I'm lazy, I also have this alias in my .bashrc:
alias ...
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How to use ' and " (quotes) as an argument
Intro
In a script I want to run a command in a separate window so that output of the command will show in a new window (which is an output stream like top) and they do not interfere each other. For ...
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Switch terminal output language from native language to english
How can I switch the terminal output language from my native language to English, so I can post my Ask Ubuntu question with English terminal output (error messages)?
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How to save terminal history manually?
It's my understanding that the history file is updated when the terminal exits. But sometimes my computer crashes out, and the terminal doesn't exit cleanly, and then I lose those commands from my ...
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Unable to login to bash after editing .bash_profile
I've fiddled around with my .profile and .bash_profile to speed up some stuff:
PATH=$PATH:/home/yoshi/android-sdk-linux/platform-tools
First I appended the line to my .profile and perfect. Then I've ...
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How can I test if a variable matches another value and move to another function?
I am writing a script where I store a predetermined line of text into a string (we will call abc). I am storing the results from grep -iqs $USER file (we will call def) into another string.
How can ...
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how to remove environment variables set for QSTK?
I am new to Ubuntu, and I'm having trouble with the terminal application. Every time I open it this message appears:
"bash: /home/xxxxx/.bashrc: line 1: syntax error near unexpected token `('
bash: ...
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How to Get Output of sh Script run by gnome-scheduler [closed]
Currently i'm scheduling some tasks using a sh script and crontab (obviously)
It seems like i can only get the script to execute if i choose it to run as an X Application.
I've checked up a little on ...
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2answers
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How to reset bash keyboard shortcuts?
How can I reset the bash shell's Ctrl + C keyboard shortcut? I changed it a few months ago and can't seem to recover it.
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Adding new commands
I have added some new commands to ~/.bash_profile but every time I start a new terminal session, it seems to forget these commands and I have to do . ~/.bash_profile again. Is there a way to avoid ...
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How to write Bash script What is the command to open a terminal with two different tabed terminals and execute some commands separately tabs?
How to write Bash script to open a terminal with two tabs, and execute commands in both tabs?
for instance:
tab 1 opens skype
tab 2 opens chromium-browser
In the end, I want one more thing: write a ...
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How to save GNOME Terminal contents with ANSI escape codes?
VT100 terminals have a relatively simple way to save terminal contents with escape codes to a file using Meta-p:
XTerm.VT100.printAttributes: 2
XTerm.VT100.printerCommand: cat - > file
...
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1answer
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Graphical terminal misinterpreting input
I've been having this weird problem with typing commands into gnome-terminal. If the command takes up multiple screen lines and I use any backspaces and the stars are in proper alignment the command ...
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How do I cut and paste terminal I/O without using the mouse?
I want to search and cut text from command output in a terminal so I can use it in subsequent command line invocations or just in an editor session.
Is there any way to easily run a regular ...
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1answer
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Difference between launching an application from a keyboard shortcut vs the terminal?
What I have observed:
When I type emacs in gnome-terminal, it launches in the same environment, with variables set in .bashrc. If I use a keyboard shortcut to the command emacs, it opens in an ...
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Configure gnome-terminal to start bash as a login shell, doesn't read .bashrc
I'm trying to integrate RVM with gnome-terminal.
Per default, gnome-terminal does not start bash as a login shell. I enabled run command as a login shell as suggested in this answer about the same ...
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Why we can't run commands with gnome shortcuts?
When I make a custom shortcut with gnome (gnome-control-center keyboard) I can't set it to a command. Why?
Example: I can't set a shortcut for sudo apt-get update. Instead I must first invoke a ...
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Cancel Process with Ctrl + C will not work in Terminal
I have just got myself a Ubuntu server and for some reason the Ctrl + C will not kill the process I am running. I have run this command on two terminals Cygwin and putty and logged in using ssh.
I ...
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Command who question [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
What is tty7 in the commandline?
Why when I type the command who does it show
my_username tty7
my_username pts/0
Shouldn't it just show one? Why am I logged in ...
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2answers
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Can I create a separate bash history file for each terminal profile?
I use a bash script to start gnome-terminal with multiple tabs, each tab using a different profile, working directory, and in some cases executing a command within the tab.
In this situation, I'd ...
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6answers
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How can I grep through tab completion possibilities?
When I press tab in a console I get this output
Display all 2957 possibilities? (y or n)
Is there any way to use grep on these 2957 possibilities? I would like to search for all commands with ...
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1answer
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how to completely reformat a usb using fdisk?
I have a usb drive which I would like to put a linux distribution on but it already has some files on it on /dev/sdc1. Using fdisk, I deleted the first partition and wrote the changes. When I ...
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Is it preferred to avoid use of “exit” in bash scripts as much as possible?
I've been told in php it's preferred to avoid the use of the exit command as much as possible.
Is the same true for bash?
For example is the following
#!/bin/bash
if [ -z $1 ]; then
echo ...
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How to change directory using script
I have this script
#!/bin/bash
cd /home/user/somedir
pwd
it works as expected, but I would like this script to transport me to /home/user/somedir, but I stay in the same dir.
How to write script ...
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2answers
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gnome-terminal and logging
Is there any way to log every that was displayed in gnome-terminal?
for example I have a complex command
doSomethingThatPrintoutsAlot ; doSomethingThatPrintoutsAlot2 ; doSomethingThatPrintoutsAlot3
...
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Bash history handling with multiple terminals
I use mainly Terminator, and it's usually opened with 3 split terminal windows. I also use Gnome terminal for various reasons.
I'm wondering how is bash history handled in this case as I sometimes ...
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How do I disable global gnome shortcuts in gnome-terminal?
Bash has a myriad of useful shortcuts. For instance Alt+B, which moves the cursor back one word. Only I have assigned this particular combination and a few other shortcuts to do things in gnome. The ...
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Changing shell to zsh broke my terminal
I ran sudo chsh -s /bin/zsh to change my default shell to zsh. I then restarted my computer. When I turned it back on I get just $ as the prompt, so it doesn't look like I even get bash any more.
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How to open a file or folder from Terminal with mouse
I'd like to know if there is a way to open a file or a folder from terminal using the mouse?
When I wrote a URL LINK in terminal, it's allows me to open that link on my default browser. So I'd like ...
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Combine Two Commands In a Script
I want to put two commands together
I need the script to login:
ssh root@192.168.0.188
Then I need to the script to run (while logged in to root@192.168.0.188 via ssh ):
find ...
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Terminal error messages: bash: /dev/cgroup/cpu/user/2823/tasks: No such file or directory
This is what I get when I start up the terminal:
bash: /dev/cgroup/cpu/user/2823/tasks: No such file or directory
bash: /dev/cgroup/cpu/user/2823/notify_on_release: No such file or directory
bash: ...
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1answer
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Run simple bash script to start applications at login
I want to run a simple bash script automatically when I log in. For example
#!/bin/bash
echo "start spotify"
gnome-terminal -e spotify --title spotify
When I run this command, one gnome-terminal ...
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4answers
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Pipe results of locate into rm
I tried running
locate *.orig | xargs rm
but it said No such file or directory
I've seen ways to do it with find but locate returns the full path to the object so it should be possible
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3answers
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Gnome-terminal does not remember commands
It's well known that if you push «up» and «down» keys in gnome-terminal, you can move on used commands. It only works for the commands wich are introduced before closing the window. When I close it, ...
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How to start a terminal with certain text already input on the command-line?
Rather than rephrasing my question, let me describe to you the desired user-case:
I create a short shell-script to run command "gnome-terminal --someoptionflagname 'my text to be posted'", and ...
