GNOME Terminal (often titled only "Terminal") is the default terminal emulator included in Ubuntu.
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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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Using Terminal to open a file within a jar file?
How can I open and see within a file within a jar file from within Terminal?
I can use less to print out all the files within the jar file, but how can I open these files?
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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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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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Gnome3 Terminal restores previous window size on focus loss
Sometimes when I resize a window in gnome 3 and then switch tasks, the window snaps back to it's previous size. How can I make it retain the size that I change it to?
For instance, if I drag at the ...
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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 make dash smaller in 12.04
Unity is a bit big at the moment. I want see what I am doing while in dash. So I want to resize dash. I've been reading some things about clicking the maximise/minimise but the don't work. It just ...
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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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Gnome-Terminal reports $TERM to be `xterm`
On a clean install of Ubuntu 12.10, the default gnome-terminal is reporting $TERM to be xterm where it should really be reporting xterm-256color. What is the best way of changing this? I'm avoiding ...
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Start Up Terminal With Command; Then Go To Bash Shell
Via a desktop shortcut, an admin will launch a shell as another user. The user should go into the shell with no elevated privileges, but execute the first command with elevated privileges. In the ...
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How re-map the shortcut key in terminal
According to the Gnome-Termianl Usage, I found that ctrl+shift+up/down can scroll up/down a line in the terminal.
Now, I want to re-map the shortcut key, just like: shift+j/k to up/down a line, ...
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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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Mouse not working when starting Ubuntu
I started ubuntu and my mouse isn't working. Even in log in screen. If I shake my mouse all the time while booting then my mouse will work.
I think the mouse peripheral hasn't been detected and ...
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Gnome-terminal, shift+enter interpreted as shift+enter
I use the GUI emacs and Shift+Enter evaluates the current line in R (ess-mode).
I've recently started using emacs -nw in gnome-terminal and Shift+Enter gets interpreted as Enter
i.e C-h-k for ...
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12.04 Terminal Tab Color under gnome classic
The tab color for gnome-terminal is different (light color) from the system Ambiance theme. What can I modify in /usr/share/themes/Ambiance/gtk-3.0/gtk-widgets.css in order to get a consistent look ...
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How to change gedit embedded terminal to be “run command as login shell”?
My main reason for doing so was due to latest update to RVM.
https://rvm.io/integration/gnome-terminal/
My normal terminal works fine now. But the embeded one inside gedit is a problem.
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Multiple terminals don't always restore
I generally keep half a dozen terminal windows open. On reboot, usually they are restored to their previous size and position, even if I have closed them all before rebooting.
However, sometimes they ...
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Terminal not working does not open at all
Hi everybody i dont know if this topic has been already adressed.
since i have installed the ubuntu 12.10 terminal is not opening,i tried uninstalling it and installing it again but it does not help.
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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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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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Remove ugly fat bazel from gnome-terminal with multiple-tabs
When I start gnome-terminal it looks quite pleasant but when I open another tab it's borders turns ugly:
How can I preserve thin bezel while using multiple tabs?
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Terminal: binding hotkeys to textual commands
Is there a way to bind hotkeys to textual commands in the terminal? For example:
ctrl+b == git branch <ret>
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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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Run command in new gnome-terminal and .bashrc
I'm trying to launch one command in a new gnome-terminal window from a shell script, and it seems that my .bashrc file doesn't get sourced when calling gnome-terminal and executing a command:
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How can I find out what is locking my home directory?
I've run into an issue lately where my home directory somehow gets read-locked. Any processes trying to read from it, whether it's Nautilus or the terminal become unresponsive for 1-2 minutes, then ...
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How can I create a “built-in” color scheme for GNOME Terminal?
GNOME Terminal has a few built-in color schemes:
How can I add more to this list?
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terminal line height for nice “tree” ascii art display
Applications like tree use some special characters to display ascii art. Unfortunately, gnome-terminal has a line height higher than the characters, giving spaces between the lines. See the ...
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How do I update DrRacket?
I installed DrRacket with the Software Center, but it only installs the verion 5.2.1. I downloaded the installer from the website http://racket-lang.org/download/
I just started using ubuntu... and ...
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unable to add/remove program in Ubuntu 12.04 LTS?
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my problem is as following:
unable to add/remove any program using either update-manager or Synaptic Package Manager or terminal
update-manager is asking for partial upgrade and while updating
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Garbled text in terminal, titles and other places after upgrade to 12.10
After upgrading to Ubuntu 12.10 I am getting sporadic garbled text in the terminal, but it is also appearing in titles and occasionally the URL bar of chrome. Amazingly I was able to catch a ...
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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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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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Unintentionally moving multiple windows between workspaces in 12.10
I have an issue when using the Workspace Switcher to move windows between workspaces. When I click and drag one window to another workspace, others will (sometimes) come with it! So far, I've only ...
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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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“Buffer I/O error on device fd0, logical block 0” error
I am using Ubuntu 12.10, today update notification popped up and I updated the system, then it asked for restart, I was doing some stuff so I restarted after ~30 minutes, after restart, Ubuntu GUI was ...
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how to execute for loop with sed in terminal
I want to execute the for loop with sed command, and is getting an error for the same
for i in <comma-separated server name list>;do "command";echo $i;done
where command=sed '/^$/d' ...
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How to install a wireless driver on my dell mini 9 running ubuntu 12.10 off a usb?
Not sure how to install a driver and which driver to use - or whether I could do something in terminal. I'm pretty sure there's no driver there already but I might be wrong. I'm running a dell mini ...
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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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A terminal which provides select-to-copy and right-click-to-paste
In putty/cygwin my config is:
select in console -> copies to clipboard
right click -> pastes from clipboard.
Was after a terminal in Linux which might provide me with both of these features? I ...
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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 ...
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Preventing applications from being closed on terminal exit [duplicate]
When I close a terminal it closes all programs opened from it. In other Linux packages such as scientific linux using an ampersand prevents this, e.g., emacs file.txt &
However, this is not the ...
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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 use Fixedsys in the Gnome Terminal, or wherever monospaced fonts are required
I think that the Fixedsys font is one of the most legible monospaced fonts for programming. It has zero antialiasing, with vertical lines mostly 2 pixels wide. Close to ideal for current monitor dot ...
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Manually edit terminal command history
My terminal history has hundreds of command, but I just want to keep a few of them
Is there a way to manually edit the list of command executed in the terminal?
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Can I set my computer to say ' Shut down ' when I shut it down rather than show GNOME Lines?
I'm running Ubuntu 11.04 and the first time I shut it down it started showing GNOME lines. I didn't change any settings before and it goes on for a reasonable amount of time. I don't want to use ...
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Keyboard shortcut for Terminal doesn't work since updating to 12.10
I have Ctrl+Alt+T assigned as my keyboard shortcut to launch a Terminal window, but it stopped working after upgrading to 12.10.
I have verified that it is still set in the Keyboard Shortcuts ...
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gnome-terminal scrollback disappearing
When I enter a newline in the commandline, or a command emits a newline, it makes a line of text at the top disappear, almost as though I had a 30 line scrollback. However, I have an unlimited ...
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Gnome-terminal + Vim and CTRL-Shift mappings
Is it possible to map sequence with CTRL-Shift in gnome-terminal?
I'm trying to add mappings:
map <C-S-[> gT
map <C-S-]> gt
And it's not working. How to do that?
Somehow I mapped ...
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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 ...
