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GNOME Terminal (often titled only "Terminal") is the default terminal emulator included in Ubuntu.

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Resetting Default Shortcut Keys in Ubuntu Terminal

I have installed Ubuntu 22.04 LTS on my VirtualBox VM and accidently messed up my terminal's shortcut key binds and now I wanted to reset it to the default settings. I found no visible option to do ...
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Terminal and other apps suddenly won't open

Ubuntu 22.04.01 LTS Gnome Version 42.5 Terminal won't open either via the GUI or by the keyboard shortcut. When I click the GUI icon a circle merely spins. Keyboard shortcuts tried: ctrl + alt + del ...
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how to running script bash with time and date time?

i want to run script.sh with detail time. for example i want to run script.sh at 15:20 with date 05-01-2023 , how is the command ? please help, I am confused with this problem
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How can I enable firacode ligature on gnome-terminal?

I have installed firacode from sudo apt install fonts-firacode as instructed here(https://github.com/tonsky/FiraCode/wiki/Linux-instructions#installing-with-a-package-manager) and selected in the ...
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How to fix j key not working terminal 22.04.1

So I reinstalled ubuntu for reasons not worth mentioning and now the 'j' key does not working in terminal at all. The only way to get the key to function is to do one of the following: Left Shift + j ...
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Create gnome terminal profile from current terminal settings

Many of the settings in the gnome terminal profile are numeric, such as the size in rows/columns, but these are configurable by simply resizing the window or setting the zoom level with shortcut keys. ...
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Can't open terminal in ubuntu

I have installed ubuntu on the virtual box, and I can't open the terminal in my virtual box. I have tried enabling the terminal using the prompt that is opened by ctrl+alt+f4 keys, but I couldn't do ...
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How to hide/remove GNOME terminal title bar?

How can I hide the GNOME terminal titlebar? I have tried extensions like "unite" and it does not always hide the titlebar. It is only hidden when maximized. Distributor ID: Ubuntu ...
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Terminal Opens But does not respond to any input. ubuntu 22.04

I was mucking about in some neovim configuration. I decided to restart my machine and now when I open a terminal it opens but ignores all inputs. I can type whatever I want, but it doesn't show the ...
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declare -x lines appear in terminal after installing Firefox developer edition

After I installed Firefox developer edition, this showed up in the terminal how do i remove them?
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How to remove bottom black bar or spacing in gnome terminal

I have this strange space/black bar between the bottom bar/dock and my terminal. I believe it's part of the gnome terminal as it scales (less noticeable when the terminal is small). What is it and how ...
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Ubuntu 22.04 terminal stopped opening when launched from the desktop

I'm running Ubuntu 22.04.1 on AMD64 PC with 2 SSDs. The terminal worked just fine until I removed one of the SSDs (backup). Trying to launch Terminal by clicking on an icon in Favorites or by ...
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Restore old terminal

I have modified my terminal via wget -O https://teejeetech.com/scripts/jammy/install_nala | bash. Now, I want to restore my terminal. Can you help me change it?
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Emacs from activities overview behaving differently than emacs from terminal - how to find our what command is run

DISCLAIMER: With "activities overview" I mean whatever is invoked when pressing the Super key / Windows key. I'm using Ubuntu 22.04.1 and depending how I start emacs (v27.1, installed using ...
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Running GRUB From Terminal After Successfully Logging In

Can I run GNU Grub and go to Grub Prompt after logging in into Desktop ? I mean from Terminal . Using Grub2 By the Way . Sample Picture of Unix Terminal after Logging In OS : lUbuntu 18.04 x64 (64-Bit)...
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Complete procedure for changing the background color to a different color for each different host

I am looking for a clear explanation on how to change the background color on a terminal depending on the host that is being ssh'ed into. Preferable requiring only local changes (but I will take a ...
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When im trying to open terminal the terminal is totally blank there is nit even a durectory or $ appearing while opening the terminal?

When im trying to open terminal the terminal is totally blank there is nit even a durectory or $ appearing while opening the terminal? What should i do now? Please guide me step by step
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Gnome-terminal padding only when fullscreen?

I'd like to add padding to the left and right of my terminal when in full screen so that the terminal itself doesn't actually take up the whole screen. I can get the exact effect I want by editing ~/....
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Can't View what inside directory but can view file inside of that directory

I have directory and file in it $HOME/tmp/file.txt I want to make it so that I can't visualize contents inside of tmp but I can visualize contexts inside file.txt So I make this part cd $HOME cd tmp ...
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superuser can't open gnome-terminal (Can't open display error)

Recently I've been using ubuntu on my old laptop to host a web server (I'm using ubuntu desktop 22.10). The problem is when I insert the command gnome-terminal -- sh /home/user/server.sh to start the ...
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"Custom command" seems to have no effect in gnome-terminal profile

Per this answer I added a custom command in my gnome-terminal profile specifying an rc file as explained in that answer. Specifically, my custom command is /bin/bash --rcfile "/home/dqbydt/....
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Monospace font is not recognized as a monospace font

I'm using Ubuntu 20.04.5 LTS and installed a monospace font called mononoki which is defined as a monospace font on the website. http://madmalik.github.io/mononoki/ I can see the font is installed and ...
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Ubuntu 22.04 terminal window gets progressively smaller

I've noticed that when I have a terminal window open, and then double-click its title bar to maximize it, and then double-click it again to bring it back to its regular state, that the size of the ...
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Shortcut to specific profile mate-terminal

As you can see, I have in the upper bar a shortcut to open mate terminal: Here you can see the shortcut properties: I have some profiles which I use frequently, and would like to have shortcuts for ...
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Different history for different terminals

I would like to have something like "history environment", so for different consoles I can access different histories. I have different terminals defined, I would like to have for each ...
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Opening a new terminal from python script and running commands

I've included my code below. I would like to be able to launch a bash script as part of this python script below which launches a new terminal at a specific directory. The command I'd like to run is '...
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How to Launching context menu from Nautilus (open terminal has moved?)

Prior to Ubuntu 22.10 you could open the context menu for the current directory by "right-clicking" on the directory in the toolbar. That no longer works. Now you must "left-click"...
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Terminal doesen't respond

**I can't use the Ubuntu terminal. I try to open it, he is loading and after a little time he just auto-close itself. Do someone know what's the problem and how to solve it? I will be grateful... **
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How to launch terminator from the terminal and then close the terminal without closing terminator

I'm using Ubuntu 20.04 and I want to run the GNOME terminator from the terminal in a specific folder path and then close the terminal, can you tell me how can I do that please? thanks in advance. ...
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How to run Midnight Commander as a separate app, not a terminal instance?

Midnight Commander has a file which makes it available as a gnome app /usr/share/applications/mc.desktop [Desktop Entry] Name=Midnight Commander ... Exec=mc Icon=MidnightCommander Terminal=true Type=...
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"Command not found" errors from terminal, even though the software is installed

I know ubuntu comes with a gnome-terminal. A few days ago, I started to face a new issue that I can't describe. I use the vscode code editor in my daily life. Many commands, like npm,pnpm, yarn, rust -...
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Redo keyboard shortcut in Ubuntu shell (Bash)?

There is a question about the undo keyboard shortcut in Ubuntu: Ctrl+_ or Ctrl+/ can do this. Is there a redo keyboard shortcut?
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Ubuntu 20.04 terminal has no prompt after setting up node for setting up Angular environment

When I open terminal, I see no prompt. Pressing any button does not help. I have seen this question, but no solution works as I can't enter commands at all. Terminal is just there, doing nothing. I ...
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Error when opening Texstudio from terminal: Ubuntu 22.04

I'm a new user of Ubuntu 22.04 on a Dell XPS 13 plus laptop. When I open Texstudio with the terminal, with the command texstudio file.tex everything works fine except that this message is displayed ...
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Ubuntu 22.04. keyboard shortcut not working in terminal

Hello Ubuntu Community, i recently upgraded my Ubuntu to 22.04 and now I have a very weird problem. I am using copyq as a clipboard manager and my shortcut to activate it is [CTRL]+[<]. I am using ...
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gnome-terminal: how do you set working-directory?

This has been bugging me for years. The terminal starts up in~/Desktop (up to 20.04, anyway), which is completely useless. How do I fix this? What I know so far: It doesn't start in the current ...
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Ubuntu 22.04: Terminal stopped working after upgrading to Ubuntu 22.04

Recently I upgraded to Ubuntu 22.04. after upgrading my terminal stopped working. Terminal is installed and I can see it in my favourites also in the application section, but when I try to open it ...
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Place Cursor at Mouse Position on Terminal with an Option+Click in terminal doesn't work

In Ubuntu terminal I can see placing Cursor at Mouse Position on Terminal with an Option+Click works. The same works in other linux terminal from Mac. For example reference : https://www.bollyinside....
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gdk_seat_get_keyboard: assertion 'GDK_IS_SEAT (seat)' failed

In WSL version: 0.68.2.0 Kernel version: 5.15.62.1 WSLg version: 1.0.44 MSRDC version: 1.2.3401 Direct3D version: 1.606.4 DXCore version: 10.0.25131.1002-220531-1700.rs-onecore-base2-hyp Windows ...
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How to edit terminal word boundary characters?

Highlighted text in the default gnome terminal incorrectly includes word boundary characters which should be ignored for example when I double click on &freq_domain_magnitude_buffer_a2i it ...
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How to install Gnome for Ubuntu 22.04 on WSL2? [duplicate]

I am not an advanced user when it comes to Linux; I am a beginner so please be understanding. Namely, I installed the latest version of Ubuntu 22.04 under WSL2, but now I would like to be able to ...
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How to install Pantheon Files (Elementary OS File Manager) in Ubuntu OS with ‘Open in Terminal’ in Context menu?

I've installed Pantheon File manager in Ubuntu OS. But ‘Open in Terminal’ is not available in Context menu. How to add it to Context menu?
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Can't find terminal and other apps in ubuntu [duplicate]

I have ubuntu 22 and it was working properly. today I opened it and found that the terminal was not found and also the dock of ubuntu was not in its proper position. I found it down and its shape is ...
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Bash Script to check in terminal if URLS are up or down?

excuse my bad english: This is the situation; I make my own IPTV lists taking the URLs of free sites and passing them to the smart tv, I would like to know which urls work and which ones don't to ...
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sudo fdisk -l show lots of loops as partitions [duplicate]

Ubuntu 22.04.01 LTS sudo fdisk -l Bring up lots of partitions called loops. I've never seen them there before. Disk /dev/loop0: 4 KiB, 4096 bytes, 8 sectors Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes ...
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How to see the running time of a python program using terminal command

I want to know whether there is a terminal command that displays the execution time for a python program ? For example using time ./proram_name to display the execution time for C++ program. For ...
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20.04 LTS terminal not accepting input

I have been trying to input into the terminal with the keyboard, however, it only shows a blinking white cursor. I have tried CTRL+ALT+F3 to go into tty. Again, I cannot input any characters into this ...
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How to change mouse pointer in gnome-terminal

Due to screen size and screen resolution, I can hardly see the default mouse cursor on my laptop, therefore I have used the tweak tool to change the mouse cursor scheme to red glass. This works nicely,...
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Change prompt using export PS1=

I want to change my terminal prompt. I ran this in a terminal. export PS1="\u@\h \w> " My .bashrc. # ~/.bashrc: executed by bash(1) for non-login shells. # see /usr/share/doc/bash/...
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Fixing increased line height/padding in terminal

I upgraded to Ubuntu 22.04 from Ubuntu 20.04. I noticed in the terminal that it is now taller because there seems to be more padding within the character cells, or some slight rendering difference in ...
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