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The use of control systems to reduce the need for human work. Related to automatic systems.

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here file does not fill token

I use a certain command quite frequently, but the command prompts a few things so I wanted to auto-fill it with here file, but it seems that for some reason it can't provide last value to the prompt. ...
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File removal on power off

I'm using Ubuntu 22.04LTS. I would like to create a folder "temp" where during my session I save the files that are, as the name suggest, temporary. How can I define a scritp that at ...
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AWK issue on Bash script

I need to shortlist the logs between the particular timestamps. I can achieve it by using the below command. awk '$a>="Feb 5 10:44:*" && $a<="Feb 5 10:54*"' /var/...
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How to automate the compression of the contents of each subfolder in a directory?

I'm looking to automate the compression of the contents of each subfolder (excluding the subfolder itself) in a directory, with each .zip of said contents corresponding to each subfolder. Is there a ...
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Automation/script of Bash separating, closing itself from an executable binary

How is script of Bash separating, closing itself from a launching of executable binary in fork, ie. form eg. $ sed & exit at the very beginning of Bash launched itself on a terminal launcher (eg. ...
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The "-y" flag in apt-get command [duplicate]

Running apt-get with the -y flag helps runninng the command without waiting for user input. This is good when trying to run an automated script. However add-apt-repository ppa:vbernat/haproxy-2.8 ...
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Running an APP / Script automatically with Lock / Unlock of Screen | KDE

So far i have been half successfull with the native notifications menu: https://i.imgur.com/bUgrxsY.png I have manage to turn off the screens and close Linphone (Voip APP). /bin/sleep 1 ; /usr/bin/...
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Automating Creation of VM through python-libvirt and Providing SSH access

For a Project I am trying to automate the Process of generating Virtual Machines through libvirt using python-libvirt. Using the following dump.xml I create a VM. dump.xml <domain type="kvm&...
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How to automate opening files one by one and then prompt to delete?

Full disclosure I am a total noob, I started using ubuntu 3 months ago, loving it so far. Here is the problem I have a folder containing over 800+ images, I want to go through each one of them one by ...
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how to enable root user by default in autoinstall user data

in my product, i need to enable root user by default in autoinstall user-data file Expectation: root user login by default post installation i followed the below, version: 1 user-data: ...
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Mount specific removable media with mount options by default

I run Ubuntu Mate 22.04 and I have a USB mass storage device (aka USB-Stick) that is formatted with btrfs. I know it's partition UUID and label and I want it specifically to be mounted with specific ...
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Auto copy from any USB Stick to another directory

with the following instruction I have unfortunately my problems: How can I automatically copy the content of a usb (flash) drive to another directory? I want that any USB stick/USB hard disk, which is ...
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Specifyig executable name in sudoers in order pass password

Why has put an executable name in /etc/sudoers, but run it still get asked password? This is what I have inserted in the file /etc/sudoers by the command $ sudo visudo /etc/sudoers (user name ...
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How to start using Test Evolve - Automated testing tool?

I'm currently exploring new software testing tools, and one of the tools that caught my attention is Test Evolve. I'm curious to know if anyone here has experience using it for automated software ...
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How to setup secure boot on customized Ubuntu Server ISO?

I have an Ubuntu Server 20.04 but I want it to support secure boot automatically just like how the official Ubuntu Desktop does.
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Automate menu actions within a GUI app?

I'm currently programming an ESP8266 chip through the Arduino IDE. However, I have two versions of the IDE running at once, because I need an older version to upload files to the chip, and the newer ...
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How to find whether a package is documentation?

As part of my work, I recursively find the dependencies of a package. While doing that, I like to skip the packages which are documentation. I can see most documentation packages have the suffix .*-...
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how to programatically find a lower version of a given package version?

I'm finding the dependency (with version) programmatically by reading the control file of the Debian packages. I noticed that some dependencies need a strictly lesser version (<< ). How to idea ...
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Converting WebVTT (.vtt) to VobSub (.idx / .sub)

There are a lot of questions about subtitle conversion, but I can't find anything for my particular use case. I have a bunch of movies which I have previously converted to .mp4 with .vtt subtitles; ...
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Is it possible to make an auto updating website [closed]

I am making a website and I want it to automatically upload and update the code in the server when I make changes on my computer. I am using the latest ubuntu server I also have the vscode if there ...
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My cron doesn't find a file

I have written a Python script that I would like to run by crontab! I have run the Python script individually and it works fine! The problem is that when I run it by Crontab, I receive an error ...
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Proxmox ubuntu template created with Packer disables default user account

This is my Packer config for template creation in Proxmox ubuntu-server-jellyfish-docker.pkr.hcl # Ubuntu Server Jellyfish Docker # --- # Packer Template to create an Ubuntu Server (Jellyfish) with ...
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Available command for get coordinates from desktop, dash to dock and top bar buttons and icons

I have a doubt about if there is any command available to get x,y coordinates from positions where desktop icons are located, as well as dash to dock icons and buttons like Activities, navigators, ...
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Is there any tool/application which I can user to install multiple applications directly in Linux?

I want to develop an application that lets users select from a list of applications they want to install. Then, I want to generate a script and, upon running it, all the selected applications should ...
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Server 22.04.1 subiquity autoinstall - system-install command fails after changing NIC name using netplan

Issue: I'm trying to use packer to create an Ubuntu Server 22.04 image and I'm running into issues when it comes to renaming the NIC using a valid netplan config and then also installing one package. ...
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make custom iso of ubuntu

The one thing I want to do is customize Ubuntu to make my own ISO file installation, and one of the things I want to do is enable eno1 (my 1G interface) after installation! Do you know if this is ...
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Is it possible to autoinstall ubuntu desktop just like the server version?

I have a ubuntu desktop that I also use as a CI/CD server on my home. I always break stuff so I wanted to have a USB stick that auto installs everything. https://ubuntu.com/server/docs/install/...
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Is there's a way to switch between linux and windows by commands [duplicate]

I want to automate switching between Linux and windows, as the default, the approach is to restart the pc then select the windows from the bois I want to write a command to do this instead
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ubuntu 22.04 autoinstall storage section , "autoinstall config did not create needed bootloader partition"

I try to customize storage layout in user-data for autoinstall here is part of my user-data storage: #layout: # name: direct config: - type: disk match: size: ...
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How to fix subquity crash with autoinstall ubuntu-22.04-live-server-amd64.iso using seed.iso

I'm trying to install Ubuntu server automatically in Hyper-V from this iso: ubuntu-22.04-live-server-amd64.iso I use the VOLUME method to pass the cloud-init cfg so I have created a seed.iso loaded in ...
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how to auto reboot with a interactive section?

the auto installation runs perfectly with customize user-data, but it won't auto reboot when install complete. I find no documents about reboot in https://ubuntu.com/server/docs/install/autoinstall-...
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How to run same script on multiples servers

I have some scripts that run some commands and send results to my email. I want to run the same script on multiple servers. How can I do that? I know there is an option "ssh". But I'm not ...
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How Best to Install a Configuration File Archive?

What tools exist for installing a configuration file archive in one go? That is, having first booted a fresh Ubuntu installation, being faced with its set of default configuration files, and having an ...
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How to fix debconf: unable to initialize frontend: Dialog error w/Packer?

I am using the Packer vsphere-iso builder to build an Ubuntu-18.04 VM on vSphere with a shell provisioner, and when I run either of the following two commands: sudo apt-get install software-properties-...
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How to find a button's XY coordinates on screen and click at it?

I need to find a button's XY coordinates on screen using this button's image and then click at it. I can do this task on windows using AutoHotKey Image search. And I found out that ubuntu AutoHotKey ...
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How can I trick my OS/browser into beliving that my mouse click is locked/clicked continuesly?

Ubuntu 20.04. I'm trying to play a single player browser game where I have to move the cursor around in order to quickly move the object. But it requires me to keep a hold on the mouse button in order ...
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Libreoffice Calc add dupliacte entries

I have a generated csv of items sold with quantity sold, on transaction per line. There are many transactions of the same items and I would like to automate adding the numbers of the same items. I ...
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Trigger the Wi-Fi Hotspot every Time I start up my os

every time I want to open the wifi hotspot to my mobile device I go to settings -> wifi -> Turn on Wifi hotspot, but this start to be boring for me especially when I'm doing this a lot, what I ...
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Is there a way to toggle the Do Not Disturb Button extension based off a Gnome Calendar description?

The Do Not Disturb Button extension is set to toggle on a keyboard shortcut (super+q). Is there any way to toggle it based on if I have "mute" in the event description in Gnome Calendar? I ...
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Plex and Folding at Home

I had Plex and F@H on my old Win7 server but am going to be upgrading and hoping to switch to a Linux environment (Ubuntu). On my old Win system, I used a program called Automate6 to do macro stuff. ...
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Is there anyway to pull multiple pictures from an excel sheet at once on my ubuntu

I have this task which will take me forever to finish, about 1000 rows in an excel sheet of pictures names and links in different two columns (1st &3rd columns). i was thinking if i could use curl ...
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How to register a command to confirm the option when installing programs?

When installing SageMath through the terminal on Ubuntu 18.04 on command sudo apt-get install sagemath I get a notification: Postfix Configuration --------------------- Please select the mail server ...
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Automate move new files after a set period of time

I receive files though a service at odd intervals and need to have them available in one folder for 72 hours before being archived in a different folder. I would like to automate this process. ...
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Where does the double-clickable app live on Windows? [closed]

I'm running WSL2 with Ubuntu. I want to be able to open Ubuntu via a voice command. To do this I run Alexa Connect on my PC to write tasks that automate some PC functionality. All I need to do is link ...
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What is the quickest way to convert a GeoTIFF file to PNG and crop the output?

I need to automate for a project converting tons of GeoTIFF files to PNG and being able to resize them in 4 equally sized squares. What would be a program I could use for this?
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Automating installing Ubuntu Core, without serial port and without signing into account

I am currently busy with a project for standardizing the processes surrounding an embedded device we export as a product. On this device we wish to use Ubuntu Core (UC). However, part of this ...
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Gnome shell: automating windows and placement

First off, sorry if this isn't the best formed question. I've tried to research the best part of the stack to focus on, but I'm still not 100% sure I've got it. So, I'll explain the outcome I'm after: ...
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How to launch application on startup

I'm pretty new to Ubuntu and recently ran into an interesting issue. I installed Keep Presence (https://github.com/carrot69/keep-presence) to prevent my Intel Compute Stick from idling. What I would ...
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assign ip to ubuntu 20.04 during installation (packer/cloud-init context)

I am trying to provision Ubuntu 20.04 through packer and I am trying to use packer's http server to provide the cloud-init configuration. On Ubuntu 18.04 I could do that by preseeding the ip using d-i ...
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Ansible playbook on ubuntu 20

How to write Ansible Playbook to install different applications on different hosts on Ubuntu 20.04 Conditions When running a playbook it should ask for the host name (we must give the specific host ...
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