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no internet for terminal- connect through a proxy
I'm using newly installed 13.04 on my lap. I've connected to wifi connection in our university and configured the proxy settings in network settings. I can access web and even software updater work ...
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Shutdown command history in terminal
The default terminal in Ubuntu (13.04) preserves previous commands in an iterable list, even from session to session. Same with Byobu terminal.
But for some reason sudo shutdown .... is never ...
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Trying to upgrade but get error message
This is what i get when i try to upgrade from the terminal.
SystemError: E:The package wine1.5-i386 needs to be reinstalled, but
I can't find an archive for it.
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Linux Basic Commands [duplicate]
I'm new here. I just want to learn the basics of Ubuntu Terminal !
I know the very basic commands like changing directory, renaming, creating & deleting files. I'm looking for commands like ...
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Call Ubuntu settings with command line
What command can I use in the terminal to open the settings options?
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How to save config change on chntpw and quit Terminal?
So, I used the chntpw to clear my Windows 8 Admin password, but it does not apply the change when I restart the computer.
I read in some places that the config needs to be saved before closing the ...
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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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Gnome Terminal hotkey change globally via cli
Gnome Terminal has an option to turn off F10 and menu access hotkeys. I've also found out that this option can also be adjusted at
/apps/gnome-terminal/global/use_menu_accelerators and ...
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How to open terminal inside a folder in Nautilus, so that the folder is the current location?
In Dolphin with Shift+F4 Terminal is opened from current location in Dolphin. Is there any similar functionality in Nautilus?
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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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The terminal window auto closes after a while
I've been experiencing some weird behavior with my gnome-terminal. When I open it, without executing any script, just from the unity dash it closes itself after about 10 minutes. Regardless if I did ...
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Better terminal for Ubuntu?
Suggest please a terminal application for Ubuntu desktop which meets next requirements:
1. Paste via Right Mouse Click (without showing the context menu)
2. Copy via Mouse selection.
3. Solarized ...
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How to use commands on files which have “-” at the start of their names?
This may be a simple question, but how do I use files starting with "-" with command line programs?
For example, I am trying to use pdfgrep on a file named -2013-01-01.pdf but it complains that ...
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Guake terminal appearance like a normal terminal?
I love how the normal terminal looks on Ubuntu.
I recently installed Guake and the Guake terminal is pretty simple (ugly): white on black with a simple font. Furthermore it's inconsistent with other ...
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No shell prompt in gnome terminal
I was a bit behind and spent yesterday and a lot of bandwidth with three upgrades from 10.10 to 12.04. Most things seem to work but when, I launch the terminal, a get a new window but there isn't a ...
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Launching php script through comman line - keeping terminal window open after execution
Oh, my girlfriend really likes it when I launch php scripts! There's something special about them, she says ...
Thus, I coded this script to run throught the CLI (Command Line Interface) - so it's ...
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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 can I create a new profile for Gnome terminal via command line?
As everybody knows you can create a new profile by the menu where you get asked which existing profile should be the parent for your new profile and so on.
But how should I create a new profile by the ...
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Which bash shortcuts/tips are available? [closed]
Depending on his type of usage, an Ubuntu user may spend a lot of time in front of a terminal. Knowing some keyboard shortcuts can make you save a lot of time (ex: copy/paste text, move between the ...
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How can I open the present working directory (pwd) in Nautilus from the terminal? [duplicate]
How can I open a directory which I am currently working on from terminal in nautilus file manager?
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How to issue organize desktop command from the shell
I usually interact with the shell, but I prefer to have the items on the desktop organized. Is there a command or a scripting interface to organize the desktop?
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How to make username in terminal smaller?
When you open a terminal it displays the username and the machine name. As an example mine shows: romeo@romeo-Satellite-C660D:~$. It's really annoying because it's kinda big. Can i make this smaller. ...
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Continue script in terminal after pkill fullscreen program
I'm running a fullscreen program and i'm using pkill to close it by a keyboard shortcut. Killing the program works but my kill script also contains some other code. The rest of the script isn't being ...
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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 open an application in terminal and detach it? [duplicate]
I opened Cairo-dock in my terminal with: open cairo-dock and that worked but if I close the terminal it goes with it. How can I keep it open regardless of the terminal?
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My Gnome terminal is not working properly
I'm new to ubuntu 12.04 LTS
The problem is described below.
My terminal comes with following sign only $ its not showing like kaushik-kaushik-pc -$.
Second problem is the when I try to become super ...
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get back command prompt after opening programs from terminal
When I launch any application from terminal, then the terminal gets locked until I close that application. What I want is just to use terminal for launching programs and then use the same terminal for ...
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How to automate execution of sequence of commands in ubuntu?
I am new to LINUX operating system. I am using ROS (Robotic Operating System) where I type few commands in separate terminal windows for doing the setup.
ie Before I run my program, I have to ...
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Open any file using terminal window [duplicate]
I just want to know some commands so that I can open some files using terminal window.
for example: how to open pdf files using terminal?
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1answer
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Errors encountered while processing? [closed]
:~$ sudo dpkg -i /tmp/transmission_1.06-0ubuntu6.1_all.deb
(Reading database ... 211727 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace transmission 1.06-0ubuntu6.1 (using ...
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Change tab-behavior in terminal
I am using Ubuntu 12.04 LTS with the Unity interface.
If I type
ls $MYPATH/Do<tab>
it returns
ls \$MYPATH/Documents
with an extra space at the end. The space I think can be solved by a ...
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1answer
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Possible to customize Terminal context (right-click) menu?
I am making the transition to Ubuntu 10.0.04 from years of Windows. It would help if the terminal could have the right-click context menu display the copy command first in the command list, instead of ...
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Copy a files with defined transfer rate
I am using Linux via an external drive & as such it's not able to provide that transfer speed efficiency as is provided by internal SATA plus not every PC has USB3...
Thus when I transfer say a ...
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Error message stuck in terminal [closed]
I get this message every time I open the terminal:
bash: /home/username/.bashrc: line 115: unexpected EOF while looking for matching `"'
bash: /home/username/.bashrc: line 118: unexpected argument to ...
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Terminal Automatically Runs some commands
I've recently tried to run a command in ubuntu 12.10 terminal and it failed. Now each time I start the terminal, that command runs automatically and I get the failure message. Someone please please ...
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how to color each new command in terminal?
As I am running commands in the terminal, some times when the resulted log is larg, I get lost looking for the command line it self.
And some times when I need to distinguish between logs of the ...
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Bash and getcwd() fails in a nest directory with a dash in the command line [closed]
Open a terminal and run
mkdir a1
mkdir a1/a2
mkdir a1/a2/a3
mkdir a1/a2/a3/a4
mkdir a1/a2/a3/a4/foo-bar
cd a1/a2/a3/a4/foo-bar
emasc a.cpp &
Note that is emasc misspelled intentionally. ...
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Git gui here script
I want to open git gui in any folder using context menu. It something like
cd <path to folder>
git gui
in terminal.
How to add this functionality into context menu?
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1answer
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Piping multiple audio files to totem media player
My gf likes the Beatles so I placed a couple of tracks on my harddisk ...
Beatles - Here Comes The Sun.mp3
Beatles - If I Fell.mp3
Beatles - Tell me why.mp3
Beatles - Things we said today.mp3
... ...
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How to make a program start in terminal after some time
I want to make a shortcut that will run utorrent every time i click it without me doing all the commands in terminal every time...
I created a script the run cd my utorrent folder and then do the ...
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2answers
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Boots up in terminal and startx can't be found
ubuntu 12.04 newest kernel 3.7.1
Ok, I downloaded "Eclipse" in order to do some programming. then I wanted to reinstall it so i " sudo apt-get --purge remove [Ecplise] ".
Then I restarted my ...
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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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open terminal from nautilus by mouse click + ctrl
I have installed nautilus-open-terminal and it works but is rather clumsy. For better productivity I would like to use more intuitive shortcut in form of mouse click + ctrl to invoke gnome-terminal. ...
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incorrect work gnome terminal
I use at work Ubuntu Desktop 12.04. 80% of the time I spend in the terminal. After switching from the putty on gnome terminal, I was unpleasantly surprised to work with some devices (eg Extereme ...
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1answer
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Configure Terminal such that it Automatically Leaves a New line after Executing a Command
I would like to configure the terminal so that it would leave a line after running a command. Just to make stuff cleaner. There is no such setting in "profile preferences".
I'm running 12.10.
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How to access a directory with the cd command?
I'm new on Ubuntu and I'm having some troubles to access the directory /var/php5/.
I tried the command:
$ cd /var/php5
But it returns the following error:
No file found or invalid path
I'm sure ...
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1answer
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SSH Lost Terminal Colors
I have to computers with exactly the same configuration (same PS1 etc...).
When I ssh from A to B the terminal correctly displays PS1 and file type colors (i.e. blue directories, green executables ...
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sudo refuses my password
I've just installed Ubuntu 12.04 and now that I want to install a program through the terminal with a command starting with sudo, the terminal says Sorry, try again.
I just don't get it, this is my ...
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gnome-open window positioning
I've been using Ubuntu since 10.04, and seriously loving life. I'm on 12.04 and it's great.
As some super users would know:
gnome-open /home/username/somefile.txt
will open a window in gnome.
Is ...
