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Text typically refers to a string of human-readable characters.

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Can I give filenames an opaque background on the desktop? They are hard to read against a busy wallpaper pattern

In Ubuntu 20.10, it's hard to read the names of items on my desktop when I use a busy wallpaper background image. Can I change a setting or something to make the text blocks have an opaque background?
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How to add a new file in any directory by right-click add a new ...file (text, doc etc.) easily?

I want to add a new file to any directory by just one or two clicks. There is a way like using the terminal and touch command, but I want it to be easier so that it can be done by anybody. Is there a ...
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How to take input from user until a specific character appears

How can I read from standard input until a specific character appears like in the example: while [[ input is not $ ]]; do read -p ... for ... done
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How to take the text form a file within <> (regex)

How can i take the text from a file that is between < > and the one that is not: file: hello<world> within <>: world without <>: hello
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How to delete one specific characters from a word within a file based on a condition

How can I delete one or more specific characters of some words within a file that respect one condition like in the example: The condition here its that the script will delete all the a characters of ...
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SVG textpath doesn't work on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS

Attempting to place text along a path. Example from web but fails on my box: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?> <svg xmlns="http://www....
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How can I double every character in a file excepting newlines?

Ηow can I double every character in a file except newlines? Ιt should look something like this: File content before: echo hello world File content after: eecchhoo hheelllloo wwoorrlldd
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What programs convert German audio to text (Ubuntu 18.04)?

Is there any tool in Ubuntu 18.04 I can use to convert German audio to text? I searched a lot but all applications use English.
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Enable Large Text through Terminal

I need to know how to enable and disable Large Text accessibility feature through the Ubuntu 20.04 Terminal. My desktop is constantly in large text mode (even though the accessibility settings don't ...
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Bug of tiny text interface when computer starts [duplicate]

All of a sudden, when the computer started, the log in screen was strange and the text almost unreadable so small it was. I typed the password and all the system text remained very tiny and unreadable....
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How to view and manage large data in terminal?

How do I manage huge terminal outputs and data to view and analyze it all? For example when I am trying to look at the kernel with ls -lR it will output so much data that it will take me a year just ...
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my username turns into dots on the login screen

This error suddenly appeared with no reason, my username in the login screen is written like "ez..." instead of "ezzat" like if the text is overflown. Also, there is a slide bar on ...
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Display Text Too large on startup - possible GUI driver issues

So, I had a few issues installing a fresh Ubuntu 20.04 with respect to the GPU driver. I was having issues with screen size, that were eventually fixed. Now, with a recent update, I have an initial ...
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How to stop text editor selecting paragraph instead of to the end of the line when I hit shift-end?

How can I stop my text editor from selecting the paragraph instead of to the end of the line when I hit shift-end? For my use, the best lightweight text editors are the ones geared towards programmers ...
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Why are fonts not rendering in GIMP? [duplicate]

After updates, some text is not rendering. I think it is in the form of binary. Here's a screenshot of the issue in GIMP.
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How do I fix the color shift on the text?

I just installed Ubuntu 20.04 so I'm still very new to Ubuntu. I like it and have gotten a few things done already like overclocking my monitor and customizing everything. Though, there's this 1 small ...
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Ubuntu claims "executable text file" (e.g. .txt,.csv,.sh but not .xls) despite absence of `x` permission

When clicking on a file in my Ubuntu's file explorer Nautilus, for most types it asks me each time whether I want to run or view it. E.g. .csv, .txt, .sh, but not e.g. .xls (which readily opens with ...
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Vim: How to enter a normal editor command in shell before literally oppening

There is a command option when you run vim to open a file with command-line that i found when i was searching. here it is: vim "+ normal G" textfile When you use the command + normal G vim ...
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How to remove text from a folder name after a certain word

Need assistance trying to write a script/command that will clear text on a directory after a certain word, in this example download. Thought about using a for i statement but have had no luck. Example ...
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Italics display issue on Firefox and Ubuntu

I am running Ubuntu 18.04 and use LivePatch. I don't restart my computer that often, but this week after I did, I noticed that all italics text is messed up and not rendering properly in Firefox. I ...
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Text not loading properly in Ubuntu 18.04

On my Ubuntu 18.04 system, the menu texts are not highlighted as they used to be earlier. I don't know what happened- any change in a file, etc. that this problem has occurred. The following images ...
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How to append text in the beginning of each line using sed

<AppendNhere> A H W C <AppendNhere> A H W C <AppendNhere> A H W C Sed '/^/ i N' filename I tried appending N using this, but it's appending N to the beginning of new ...
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Only some Chinese characters properly displayed in my Xubuntu 18.04 system

I'm working on a CangJie5 typing tutor program in python, and I want to make the system able to display any character that can be typed using the CangJie5 input method. After making a list of the ...
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Poor text visibility after ugrading to ubuntu 20.04

Here is screenshot of menu in status bar And also in calendar and Notofication panel I tried changing the theme from ubuntu's Yaru dark to Yaru light and also to Ant-Dracula (https://github....
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Help, I tried to change the login screen background in 18.04 and now i cant get to the login screen to input password

I tried to change login screen background from standard to a picture I downloaded and now I am stuck, I cant get to the login screen. All is a list and lots of 'ok' after it and then the screen goes ...
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Font problem, just squares in some app [duplicate]

I`ve a problem with some apps. Every letter apears just like square. First I discovered it when I want to save or print somethink in Opera the window that apears after ctrl + s contains just squares. ...
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Ubuntu 20.04 Text Not Displaying Properly

I updated to Ubuntu 20.04 from 19.10. Text doesn't display properly for system elements. Examples are shown below. Is this a bug with 20.04? How can I fix this?
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How to i open terminal through a text file

I cant find info about this anywhere probably its not possible to do in Ubuntu but i would like to know how for example: I make a text file, put like echo "Hello" in that text file and save it on ...
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(K)ubuntu 19.10 can't print text files from console

I have trouble with printing system on my Kubuntu 19.10 I tried so many things that i can't track completely, but the following is the core of the problem. $ echo "test" | lp -d Boomaga request id ...
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How to split string in TSV file

I have TSV file like this: abc_1 def_2 ghi_3 jkl_4 mno_5 I want to split that in to the: abc def ghi jkl mno and 1 2 3 4 5 How I can get that?
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How to increase the global text size on a high DPI monitor?

I'm running a 4k monitor and all the text on web browsers and UI items looks really small. Is there any way that I can increase the text withoug having to use the ctrl + option? Thanks
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Kubuntu -- text snippets or clipboard manager with sticky (static) items

I am currently using the default clipboard manager of Kubuntu 19.10, I believe it is called Klipper. AFAIK it does not support sticky (static) items. I installed Clipit from the Software center but ...
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How to recover a .txt file from an image of a damaged external hard drive?

I have an old external hard drive that is recognized by Ubuntu but doesn't show the files (just one empty folder and I can't create anything on it) I went through this, and was able to create an ...
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different text styles in Ubuntu tty sessions

toggling between tty1 & tty2, I notice tty1 is bold, and tty2, and all other subsequent tty, are also not bold. Im just wondering why there is a difference, and if that difference is further ...
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Ways to terminal to replace all text from one document with another?

so grep gives us all these fancy ways of searching for text within documents, i want to know how you would take text from one document and put it in another document and/or replace the texts that was ...
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Bash script to split file by its content renaming the split files from an another file

So far I was only reading, but now I have to start with a complicated question. I was googling crazy but I can't find an answer and it must be in BASH. (Thank you for the ideas like Perl, not an ...
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Text on Desktop that can be copied but not modified

I have some code that I use all the time in the terminal, so I would like to have it on the Ubuntu 18.04.3 LTS desktop. I want to be able to copy it from the desktop but not be able to modify it from ...
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display some text at the end of a script

At the end of my scripts I use often put "konsole" bash command, to know that the script is completed. Now I'd like to add a text within the konsole (terminal), something such as "done!". How should I ...
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different content on the website and txt file

Good evening, while i'm trying to get SSL from Lets Encrypt i am choosing --manual type to make a file manually(not on the same machine). So, i am making a file via NANO editor, but when i try to ...
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Add specific text/tag after every few lines in bash

I have a text file where I have to add tags (in the form of normal text) to a .txt file. For example, suppose I have a text file like this: a b c d e f g h I want to add the tags <hello> and &...
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Ubuntu 19.04 word prediction / suggestion / autocomplete

I have moved to Ubuntu 19.04 from Windows 10 and I noticed that Ubuntu predicts the words I am about to type, based on my previously typed words. I liked it at first, but now, a few months later, I ...
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How to remove decimal date from a text file?

I have a text file where date many times appear in two formats e.g. 01.01.10 or 01.01.2010 Is there any command that will remove all the dates from a text file? Any help would be appreciated.
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How to delete lines form multiple text files at once in command line?

I've been trying to delete the second and third lines from about 50 text files. I need to keep the headers but delete lines "1" and "2", meaning I need to delete the second and third lines of each ...
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Variable doesn't parse as string

Problem I tried to extract the signal level for wifi in the following way, in a bash script (quotes seem to make no difference): string="$(iwconfig wlan0 | grep -I Signal)" If I echo $string, I get ...
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grep fails to find text in this file

I cloned with git the source code of a project, and I used grep to find a word in the entire project, SchemaHandler. grep failed to find the word in this strange code file: https://github.com/...
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Is there a way to change gedit encoding from UI?

I have a txt file that came to me from windows Gedit can't read it properly (cyrillic became garbage) So far I haven't found a way to make gedit read it by changing something from UI Gedit itself has ...
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Comparing two text files and save the missing

I have two text files: first text file: Hello Hi Hola Bonjour Second text file: Hi Bonjour How can I output the differences between them regardless the line number i.e. I want to save the ...
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Keyboard shortcut to transpose characters around cursor

In Emacs (and MacOS) typing control+t will transpose the characters around the cursor in any input field. For example if I type helol<c-t> hello results. Is there a way to do this in Ubuntu? ...
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Split into two files based on a pattern in file

I have a file with this content: xyz[0] xyz[1] xyz[2] xyz[3] abc[0] abc[1] abc[2] Each value is separated by a newline. I want to separate them into two different files based on whether the number ...
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Can't open *.ini files in Xubuntu 19.04

I don't know why, but I'm not being able to open *.ini text files. Every time I double click on them a working icon appears next to the pointer and then nothing happens. The last major change I did ...
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