Questions tagged [command-line]
This tag is for questions that are about using the command-line interface (CLI), including the use of standard command-line tools and shell commands. However, for questions that are specific to each shell (like Bash, ZSH etc.), use the tag of that particular shell as well.
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How to make ports listening with the ncat command in a script since i always times out?
This is the script opening multiple ports. However without me doing a single thing it times out after a while. How can i make the scripts stay open indefinitely or atleast for a long time. Would ...
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I cannot open anaconda navigator in Ubuntu
Can anyone give me a suggestion to solve this problem? I installed Anaconda in Ubuntu and ran anaconda-navigator but it doesn't work and shows this error:
Thanks so much for your help.
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What's wrong with my use of the netcat command?
I can run this netcat command to listen to ports only when I'm listing a single port, for example:
sudo ncat -lp 80 -w 10
However when I attempt to enter multiple port numbers it says the port number ...
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Can I enable Wayland sharing from the command line?
Is there any way to enable Wayland sharing from the command line? When I try to access Ubuntu 22.04 LTS with Teamviewer it's blocked because of this popup on the target:
Note that removing a monitor ...
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virt-manager Error connecting to graphical console
I've had this problem now for several months and haven't been able to find a suitable solution. When searching I find a lot of very old posts about the problem but none seem to related. Mostly talk ...
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gio set command don't work for root user
On Ubuntu 23.10.8. I'm trying to do the same as right-clicking on the file and clicking 'Allow Launching' pragmatically in my bash script. And command:
gio set /home/myUser/Desktop/"$app_name&...
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How to add indic lauage like hindi bengali on ubuntu 22.04
I have already installed wine, .NET SDK & .NET Runtime on Ubuntu. But Indic Hindi.exe file not running on terminal. I also want to run .exe file for Bengali language.
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Fixing title of xterm even during editing a file inside it
To write a document I need to put a picture that I can capture from the screen. The picture is supposed to have an xterm which displayout uart output during rtl simulation. But I didn't capture it ...
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How do I call an executable as root without the need of using sudo?
I've created an app that also uses TPM for signing/encryption/decryption (with the tss2-fapi library)... But I am a newbie when it comes to Linux (Ubuntu) permissions. Now, when I am running the app I ...
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Adding ++ctrl+enter++ key combination in bash (to allow for nvim enter key combinations)
I'm trying to make the ++ctrl+enter+ key work in nvim to be able to create a new line above in incert mode without leaving <ESC>oi similar to vscode but the following don't work:
keymap("i&...
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What is the signal sent when the charger is unplugged/plugged
I would like to know which signal is sent to the kernel when I unplug my laptop. I need this information to make a program to switch my power mode automatically.
I am currently on Ubuntu 23.10.
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Installing Java
I am trying to install Java. but I am getting following Issue: -
I downloaded jdk-8u201-linux-i586.tar.gz from oracle web site.
Then I created directories as sudo mkdir /usr/local/java
After that i ...
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I have a problem with the Java path on my computer not being compatible with the bucket dependencies for Gradle Android Studio
Unsupported Java
Your build is currently configured to use Java 20.0.1 and Gradle 8.0
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Cannot access the serial port of YDLIDAR SDM15 in Ubuntu [closed]
I'm not able to access the serial port for the tool of YDLIDAR SDM15 lidar sensor in Ubuntu.
I also tried running the Wine code in root mode in the terminal.
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Remove docx metadata with Linux command line? [duplicate]
How to delete hidden information (metadata) from a Microsoft Word document (.docx) on a Linux system using terminal commands.
Can any suggest me some good tools for that as exiftool not supported docx ...
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My terminal prompt is "PC%" - How can I fix this? [duplicate]
My terminal prompt looks like this:
PC%
How can I fix this?
Here is picture of my terminal.
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How do I find files of a certain extension(s) except in paths that contain certain strings and then print the result to a file?
Upon a little search, I came up with this command:
> find . -type f \( -name "*.exe" \) | egrep -v
> 'games_1|rei|games|tor|jogos|mods|text' > 1
What I wanted to do was find files ...
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Nmcli and nmtui can't read password for wifi network
Ubuntu 23.10 here. When using Network Manager in KDE, I can connect to the wifi network via the Network Manager applet. Connections are saved with passwords so I don't need to enter a password for ...
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Mail command line
I am using a application called Mail but i can't send to my own email-adresses?
But i can't send any emails what is wrong?
mail -s "Test Email" [email protected]
Cc:
Testing
jonathan@jonathan-...
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Shell script doesn't recognize Python even after setting its path [duplicate]
I'm having trouble calling Python code from a shell script on Ubuntu. First of all, I confirm that Python is installed:
username@Ubuntu22:~/Documents/Script$ python
Python 3.10.12 (main, Nov 20 2023, ...
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How to access this device in order to delete some files [duplicate]
I run a dedicated root server and its space got full.
I'm trying to access that device in order to clear up some files, but I don't know how to get in without cd.
I'm trying to cd into /dev/md2
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Bash terminal has become extremely slow. 22.04 [duplicate]
My bash terminal has become extremely slow, I until 22.04. I don't have any extensions installed but I think it might be related to some form of auto complete/search.
Additionally gnome-shell has high ...
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Error when trying to use the `sudo apt update` command [duplicate]
I am trying to use the sudo apt update command, but I keep getting the following error:
N: Updating from such a repository can't be done securely, and is therefore disabled by default.
N: See apt-...
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Regarding backup of Ubuntu account [duplicate]
I have deleted my Ubuntu account. But now I want to restore it. I have deleted it using the userdel command.
How can I get back my account?
I did not use any options like -r --remove.
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How do I create partitions on Ubuntu Server?
Does anybody know how I am supposed to create a partition? I've tried to create one on SDA, but nothing happens, It just errors out saying: Permission Denied
I am using a "Dell PowerEdge R610&...
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Why does xterm output regulartly freeze, and how to fix it?
I use xterm in Ubuntu desktop 22.04. For some reason, the output from xterm regularly freeze, and I have to press a key to unfreeze it. It is quite easy to reproduce by just running a simple command ...
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Where is the documentation that describes and explains the output of the ip link command?
Here is some fake/sample output of the ip link command.
2: enp3s0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc mq state UP mode DEFAULT group default qlen 1000
3: eno1: <NO-CARRIER,...
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i am getting this error in the terminal when i do (sudo apt-get update) [duplicate]
i am getting this error in terminal about the update about the package architecture
some recommeded to remove i386 but i don't want to since 32bit is important if there is any way to fix this please ...
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What Makes pgrep Utility Unique Despite ps | grep Availability? [closed]
Could someone please explain the purpose of the pgrep utility when it seems like its functionality can be replaced with ps | grep?
P.S. My teacher assigned me this question and asked me to explain why ...
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Why My WSL virtual disk ext4.vhdx comes into 0 KB? [closed]
My windows crashed. So I want to access my WSL2/Ubuntu 22.04 virtual disk to backup some .rc config files in it.
But I found the ext4.vhdx of it is 0kb.
Try to mount
I tried some commands to mount it ...
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Problem while compiling git repo
I'm trying to compile a git repository of a bioinformatics package (https://github.com/MBoemo/DNAscent) and I have been running into some problems and was hoping somebody could help with this. I'm ...
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How to replace a file path with whitespace using sed?
I have many different files with a string in them. I need to replace this string with a path, although the path contains whitespace. So far, I have this:
for a in files_[a-z][a-z]_all\.conf ; do
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CloudStack on Ubuntu [duplicate]
E: Failed to fetch http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/universe/n/ntp/ntp_4.2.8p15%2bdfsg-1ubuntu2_amd64.deb Temporary failure resolving 'in.archive.ubuntu.com'
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Ubuntu Docker containers not retaining the history (After stop and start command)
I have recently started playing with containers but I have noticed an issue that the history does not persist after I stop and start the container (Note:- not build it).
I also made a directory to ...
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Installing kwin window manager isn't working
When I run the command:
sudo apt install kwin-x11 --no-install-recommends
it says this:
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
libkf5newstuff5 : Depends on: libkf5newstuffcore5 (= 5.92.0-...
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How to solve the response of my terminal that works very slow and badly? [duplicate]
The problem is that my terminals not work great anymore.
The typing is very bad in terminal and each command response not if I press a key.
Sometimes the command runs but it ends not, but when I hit ...
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CLI alternative(s) to UbuntuStudio Controls? (20.04.3 LTS)
I run UbuntuStudio 20.04.3 on a somewhat old Macbook (2013), and was listening to some music through my external SuperDrive, which I doubt is as relevant as what I was using for sound output: ...
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How to deal with "one of the commands exit with non-zero exit code" [closed]
I've been confused about the error message: one of the commands exited with non-zero exit code; note that snakemake uses bash strict mode!
Snakefile parameters:
Shell command:
This is the definition ...
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Cannot install/uninstall tweak in sileo? [closed]
I have a problem in my Sileo. Now I cannot install or uninstall any tweak in Sileo.
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How to convert a folder with images with the extension .tmp (for some reason) to jpg, in Ubuntu 22.04? [duplicate]
I searched the web for a solution and I was greeted with the following errors in the Ubuntu terminal, when using the following commands:
convert *.tmp *.jpeg
convert-im6.q16: unable to open image `*....
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Multicraft Daemon not being found
I'm running Ubuntu 23.10 on my PI 5.
Here is the screenshot of the Multicraft Panel window:
Here is the Daemon Message:
quickmash@raspberrypi:~/multicraft/bin$ sudo ./multicraft start
Multicraft 2.5....
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Mark previous notification from list as read?
I am running a service that will notify as frequently as every 5 minutes on condition.
These notifications are important, but in addition to every popup, I only ever want to see the most recent ...
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input delay on Terminal Ubuntu 22.04.4
I have been using Ubuntu since Christmas, and just recently I have been receiving delayed input while using the Ubuntu terminal. It especially takes affect when using vim or man commands, which is ...
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Password doesn't work if type too fast [closed]
So basically when I type my user password I HAVE to type it pretty slow for it to register, e.g. ~sudo, it says "Sorry, try again" but when i type it slowly it accepts the password.
I think ...
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id3v2 reports "No ID3 tag" on MP3 file but VLC shows tags on same file
On my NAS I have a lot of MP3 files ripped from audio CDs I own and tagged with EasyTAG. The tags show just fine when playing the files in VLC. EasyTAG also shows them correctly when opening the files ...
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Every time I tried to install through terminal this pop-up comes up. English language is not there [closed]
Every time I try to install through terminal this pop-up appears. English language is not there.
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Ways to disconnect or connect power cable with a command without physically unplugging it in Ubuntu?
On ubuntu 20.04, I start looking for ways to automate the charging period of a laptop, this means that the power cable stays always plugged in, but the system must effectively internally disconnect or ...
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uninstalling angular globally doesn't work
How can I fully uninstall angular in Ubuntu 22.04?
(dimo-labeling) (dimo-labeling) mona@ada:~/dimo-labeling/frontend$ npm uninstall -g @angular/cli
up to date in 164ms
(dimo-labeling) (dimo-labeling) ...
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Can't open nautilus in home path
I'm unable to open Nautilus or Nemo in my home directory.
Behavior:
They crash immediately upon opening (when the default home path is opened).
However, I can use other paths. For example, nautilus ~/...
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Ubuntu boot errors
I'm a new Ubuntu user (I'm just starting out), and after spending hours and hours configuring my system, I noticed that my PC was taking much longer to shut down (not even 5 seconds at first, compared ...
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