GNOME Terminal (often titled only "Terminal") is the default terminal emulator included in Ubuntu.
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How to make an interrupt assignment in the terminal stick
I followed the instructions from enzotib's answer on Making Ctrl+C copy text in gnome-terminal? to make the ctrl-c and ctrl-v keys act consistent in the terminal and then re-assign ctrl-j to be the ...
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Colored text doesn't show in terminal
Colored text in terminal doesn't show even after un-commenting force_color_prompt=yes in .bashrc. I have to reload .bashrc by issuing . ~/.bashrc command before it takes effect.
.bashrc
# ~/.bashrc: ...
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Backspace, Tab, Del and arrow keys not working in terminal (using ssh)
When I ssh into another Ubuntu machine with my account (with sudo permissions), my backspace key generates some awkward symbols on pressing. Also Tab, Del and Arrow keys don't work.
On the other ...
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Which lightweight Terminal Emulators supports Transparency?
I know that gnome-terminal and the kde terminal both support transparency, but I'm looking for something lighter on resources than those. What other xterminal emulators support transparency?
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How to make the terminal export a specific environment variable at every load?
I would like to run the script
PS1="āā[\u@\h:]\nāā> "
In the terminal every time it's opened, but I can't figure out how to.
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How to input to the gnome-terminal through my own program?
I want my own program to input some commands to an open gnome-terminal window.
My program is implemented as an Expect script. But in that script all commands are performed in order. How can I input ...
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How can I customize fonts and backgrounds for gnome-terminal?
Mac has background-color -theme adjusting. During summer, I realize why it would be so super-cool: it is hard to see anything with standard settings when there are so much sun-light. So how can I ...
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How to launch Terminal without using Dash?
I just ran the newest Ubuntu from an USB stick. Now Dash is empty and knows nothing about the contents of the computer.
I found a fix here but to make it work I should be able to open Terminal.
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Remember gnome-terminal position across multiple desktop after reboot [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Is it possible to pin programs to specific workspaces, without CCSM?
I work with several virtual desktop (Gnome desktop) and several terminal with several tab in each ...
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How to have colored manual pages in gnome-terminal
When I switched to tty I noticed manpages look different by using some color scheme. How to make it to gnome-terminal?
Update: Here is a solution, I found at Unix stackExchange site.
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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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How can I programmically set the gnome-terminal title?
How can I programmically set the gnome-terminal title?
I've tried gnome-terminal --title="bla"
But this opens a new terminal window while outputting
$ gnome-terminal --title=bla
Xlib: extension ...
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How to execute an arbitrary command when open a new gnome profile terminal?
I want to create a profile terminal that executes this command rvm use 1.9.2 and leave me in the prompt after choosing my ruby version.
user@user-desktop:~/Sites/RailsApp$ rvm use 1.9.2
Using ...
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Copying commands from ubuntu 10.04 terminal
Can anyone tell me the way to copy commands from the Ubuntu terminal? I tried Ctrl+C, Shift+Ins, right click option but none of these works.
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Where is 'open in terminal'?
I'm trying to figure out where is 'open in terminal' when right clicking inside a folder?
Last time I used it was in Ubuntu 10.10 and since upgrading have no luck with it.
I gave up on Unity and ...
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Gedit Embedded Terminal Uses Incorrect Palette
I've followed the advice to turn off "use-theme-colors" and also set a custom background color in my embedded gedit terminal. But somehow, the palette setting is ignored and colors show as only black ...
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Start terminal-based application from Main Menu?
I am using Ubuntu 12.04 x86_64.
I have downloaded and extracted Ancient Domains of Mystery (ADOM) v1.1.1. I want to add a shortcut to it in my Games folder in the Main Menu. I tried adding the ...
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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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Terminal command autocomplete
I'm currently trying to switch from OpenSUSE to Ubuntu as my main OS. While most of opensuse features is there in ubuntu, there is one feature that doesn't. In Opensuse, I can always use Ctrl+Up to ...
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Gnome terminal requires root to open?
In Dash Home of 12.04, I searched for "terminal", and it came up with "root terminal". To open it, I have to provide the password for root. It is actually gnome terminal. I wonder if the gnome ...
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What does “use keystrokes to scroll on alternate screen” mean?
"use keystrokes to scroll on alternate screen" is an option in gnome-terminal profile preferences.
It seems that the person who wrote the help doesn't know either because he skipped that option in ...
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I accidentally made my terminal open another terminal when it starts. How can I fix it?
I wanted to have it so that when I open a terminal, it is opened maximized. However I set the Default profile to open a terminal fullscreen when I open a terminal and... recursion.
The terminals open ...
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How can I run an application in gnome-terminal automatically when booting?
I need to run an application automatically when Ubuntu starts. I've got this app running without opening the terminal. However, this application displays some information in a terminal window and, ...
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How to get ALT+B and ALT+L to work in the terminal?
I'm used to the terminal hot-keys Alt+B to move forward one word and Alt+L to move back one word. However, in the new Unity of Ubuntu 12.04, this doesn't seem to work as holding Alt and pressing B ...
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What is the difference between virtual terminals and Gnome terminals?
I'm confused...there are 3 kinds of terminals I have seen in Ubuntu
xTerm,
Terminal (Gnome Terminal), started with Ctrl+Alt+T and
Virtual Terminals, started with Ctrl+Alt+F1-F6
Why are there many ...
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How do I maximize a gnome-terminal that has been minimized?
How do I maximize a gnome-terminal window that has been minimized? I don't see them in the Launcher on the left nor the task bar on the top?
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How can I programmatically get the PID of the active GNOME Terminal instance?
How can I get the PID of the GNOME Terminal instance I'm using from within a Bash script?
I can run xprop _NET_WM_PID and then manually click the terminal window, but I'd like to completely automate ...
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Gnome-terminal and solarized theme Coloring Issue
Hi i tried to apply solarized color theme to my gnome terminal, like explained Here
But its all greyed out and not that colorful as expected.
See here
Any Idea what i can do?
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Ubuntu 12.04 GNOME Terminal (3.4.1.1) Xorg 100% CPU
after upgrading Ubuntu 11.04 to 12.04 (x64 arch) maximizing or resizing GNOME Terminal (3.4.1.1) windows larger cause the Xorg (1.11.3) or X process to utilize 100% CPU. Resizing smaller, moving ...
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keyboard shortcut gnome-terminal (ctrl-tab) and (ctrl-shift-tab) in 12.04?
Keyboard shortcuts in gnome-terminal (Ctrl+Tab and Ctrl+Shift+Tab) in 12.04 don't seem to be working. Is there a setting that I dont know of?
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Add terminal session with network to login in screen
I want to add a terminal Xsession to the log in drop down screen. Can anyone let me know how to do this? No desktop, load only terminal with network support.
Booting in recovering from grub lets me ...
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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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Set terminal title to taskbar?
When I use vim to edit some file, I have the set title command in my .vimrc.
So it changes the title of the terminal.
But this changed/new title is not reflected on taskbar.
Is there any way to do ...
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Opening Another Instance of a Program?
I am testing out the use of Sakura instead of the Gnome Terminal. OS is Ubuntu 12.04 Precise. I often have multiple terminal windows open. How do you tell it to open a second window? Right clicking ...
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Gnome-terminal doesn't start
Gnome-terminal doesn't start when I click it from the dash. When I open x-term and try to start it from there, I get"floating point exception (core-dumped)". But I could start gnome-terminal as root. ...
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Make gnome-terminal show the command running as title
I want the name of command running , e.g unzip to be visible through the title bar of gnome-terminal , but it seems to be impossible , if the application running doesn't set a title explicitly , even ...
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How do I put a gnome-terminal's left border on the left side of screen, using a shell command?
I'm making a custom command that launches gnome-terminal as a sort of overlay window near the bottom of the screen, similar to the Tilda terminal. In order to do this, I'm using gnome-terminal's ...
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Execute command before starting terminal copy file
What Happens
I write this line to copy an image to my local home dir
cp .cache/wallpaper/0_4_1280* .image.jpg
and all is well ....so I think it would be great if terminal would do this on start.
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Failed to install Gnome-Shell-Extensions: Missing Separator
I'm trying to install gnome-shell-extensions in terminal using these instructions:
Download Gnome Shell extensions by running following command: git clone ...
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How to undo an operation done in terminal?
I had deleted an important file once
and later i had changed the permissions of a file
which i am not able to revert now. Is there any way through which i can undo delete or revert permissions on ...
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Why does gnome-terminal freeze when an SSH session gets disconnected?
This is a very simple problem. I use gnome-terminal to SSH to other machines every day. I do this on a laptop which I carry around the office, so I am constantly switching between wired and wireless ...
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Open a pair of tabbed terminal windows with titles
I am constantly opening up a pair of terminal windows which I like to have on separate tabs that I then use to SSH to the same pair of servers. I then set the titles of each tab to be that of the ...
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bash terminal/console strange overlapping behavior
I am using gnome-terminal in Ubuntu 11.10 and seem to get long lines overlapping
in the terminal window.
When I copy a long command line and paste it into the terminal, the text gets overlapped
to ...
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Why does this script not open parallel gnome-terminals on a server?
Why am I not able to have parallel gnome-terminals on my server while I can on my client.
Here is a test that illustrates the problem.
#!/bin/bash
# this is the parent script
gnome-terminal ...
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how can I have two scripted operations each have their own gnome-terminal?
I have two scripted operations that take hours and both print to the console. I would like to avoid having their output interleaved because that looks a bit of a mess.
How would I write a script ...
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What are the default layout settings in gnome-terminal?
I want to replace gnome-terminal fully by lxterminal. I've started by changing the default terminal emulator. So I ran sudo update-alternatives --config x-terminal-emulator, and chose lxterminal. ...
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Maximize terminal or save last state?
I have a question about the gnome-terminal. If I open firefox or my file explorer, if I close it while maximized, the next time I open it it's also maximized, but I can't do this with the terminal. Do ...
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increase padding in gnome terminal
I'd like to increase the padding in the gnome terminal, because the default has no padding and hurts my eyes.
(Padding as in: I want space between the window border and where the text input/output is ...
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Why does the “d” key minimizes and restores the terminal?
I have a remote system on which I defined two accounts - an administrator and a standard user. The machine was fallbacked from Unity to GNOME. I use vnc4server to remotely connect to the system, and ...
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Pain in the neck: Is there a way to reverse the vertical direction of gnome-terminal?
By reversing vertically, I mean that the prompt line is always on the first line in the terminal window, and the command output is printed below the current prompt. Something like this:
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