Questions tagged [bash]
Bash (Bourne-Again SHell), is the shell used in Ubuntu's command-line interface by default.
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In thе fоldеr, сrеаtе а bаsh sсript thаt $CITY
In thе fоldеr, сrеаtе а bаsh sсript thаt:
cоllеcts аnd displаys infоrmаtiоn аbоut thе systеm (distributiоn vеrsiоn, kеrnеl vеrsiоn, numbеr оf prоcеssоr cоrеs, аmоunt оf RАМ);
writеs thе cоllеctеd ...
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Making two lists, matching and not-matching specific file types
I have a bash function where the arguments are files. Thus the following print statement gives
opts="$@"
echo "$fargs"
Result:
linge-cellar.rc linge-cellar.rc~ linge-checkn.rc ...
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How can I capitalise a word proceeding a specific word
Lets say I want to capitalise the first word following the word jumped. Example below
Original text:
the cow jumped over the moon
Amended text
the cow jumped OVER the moon
I have tried awk and sed ...
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How to get the average ping time?
Here's a real result of my ping 192.168.1.1 command:
64 bytes from 192.168.1.1: icmp_seq=964 ttl=64 time=1018 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.1.1: icmp_seq=965 ttl=64 time=921 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.1.1: ...
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bash script for grep with context
Am writing a bash script that uses grep to search phrases and prints them on terminal. I want the user to have the possibility of using the context options of grep (-C, -A, -B). I made an indexed ...
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Cannot run ./configure from source code
I downloaded the latest coreutils source code (coreutils-9.1.tar.xz) from https://mirrors.kernel.org/gnu/coreutils/ to slightly modify the output of the ls command to simply print Hello there you ...
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why there is two identical bash?
I have seen some bash scripts start with /user/bin/bash and others/bin/bash
I did a check-sum with cksum
2695035772 1392424 /usr/bin/bash
2695035772 1392424 /bin/bash
they look exactly the same, so ...
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About command line syntax in an .sh shell file [duplicate]
I confess, I have been using GUI interfaces for a few decades. I have gotten used to Microsoft Windows Operating Systems and I have not spent enough time navigating all of the command line commands......
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insert variables from 2 files based on 1 row
I have 3 source files.
1.txt - template.
<field name="COL1" label="COL2" data-source="COL1" classes="attribute" category="Attribute"/>
2.txt - ...
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Getting error while executing PowerShell cmdlet on ubuntu machine
I was currently running PowerShell on ubuntu machine with the help of VS code by importing packages. The commands which I used are:
sudo apt update;
sudo apt-get install libunwind8;
wget https://...
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Command lnd not found even after installing lnd
I tried installing lnd using the commands shown in the installation guide.
I used these commands:
git clone https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd
cd lnd
make install
but when I try running the lnd ...
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How to roll back or uninstall a script ran from wget piped to bash?
I piped the following script to bash using wget with the intention of installing a theme for bash.
wget -O - https://teejeetech.com/scripts/jammy/tweak_terminal | bash
Now I cannot find a way to roll ...
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Switch to zsh only for current user after ssh into remote server using sudo?
As title. I just sshed into my lab's server and it's Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. But I'm a macOS user and I have gotten used to zsh, but the shell of the Ubuntu 20.04 LTS server defaults to /bin/sh. My current ...
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bash variable substitution to remove the start [ and final ]
I am using substitution to remove the start [ and final ] from strings such as "[abc]" as follows.
braces="]["
letter="[abc]"
ltr="${letter//[$braces]/}"
But ...
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does case statement require a break command eventually
Does a case statement always need a break statement eventually? Otherwise it looks as if one ends up with an infinite loop.
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Check if process does or does not exist
I want to write script that accepts process name (I ask the user for process name each time followed by a prompt on the same line) if process exists it will print "EXISTS" or if it doesn't ...
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Why can't I paste multiple sudo commands in Ubuntu 22.04?
I just installed Ubuntu Server 22.04 and SSHed in. I'm not able to paste multiple sudo commands as I could with Ubuntu Server 20.04. This feels to me like a security feature that I don't want.
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Handling bad values when parsing function arguments in bash
I want to handle bad values when parsing function arguments in bash. What can I do?
Bad values for -v (not 1,2 or 3) makes the function go wrong when parsing arguments.
myfunc -v 1eo -g -W 3
Here is ...
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when I type "cd Desktop" in Kali Linux terminal, it shows "no such file or directory"; what should I do? [closed]
when I type cd Desktop it shows No such file or directory.
root@<username>:/home/kali# cd
root@<username>:~# cd Desktop/
bash: cd: Desktop/: No such file or directory
What to do now ?
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How to open command on second tab in bash terminal [duplicate]
So I am writing a script and I want to export a log but open the tail command in another tab.
So far this is what I have come up with in BASH.
./configure &> log.configure.txt && gnome-...
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Removing enclosing [ ] in bash strings
I have bash strings enclosed by [], e.g. [name], [surname]. And want to remove the starting [ and closing ]. What can I do?
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How to execute a command on a single file in a directory whilst looping though the directories recursively
I have the following structure
/ Cardio
/../ High
/../ High / download.txt
/../ Low
/../ Low / download.txt
/../ Medium
/../ Medium / download.txt
/ Warm
/ Warm / download.txt
/ Cool
/ Cool / download....
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Rename all files and directories wihtin a directory to uppercase
So, i have a game folder (for example, named: GAME1) which contains 250000+ files and directories. Everything inside needs to be renamed from lowercase to uppercase . I can open a single directory (A) ...
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Do you need to update VLC first before installation?
I am trying to use commands to update or install VLC on Linux. I am trying to use sudo apt install vlc or sudo apt update vlc but these commands seem like they are not working.
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Adding language failure in terminal and system KDE (kubuntu)
I was trying to add Spanish as a secondary language for spellcheck reasons via GUI, there is a bug that doesn't allow me to actually download the language so I tried the following command:
sudo apt-...
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Unknown error in someone else's code
I am trying to install a program, and I keep getting this error message when trying to configure it:
/configure: 919: [: unexpected operator
I looked in the code, and this is what is located in that ...
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bash: mp3chaps command not found
i try to run mp3chaps command like
mp3chaps -i episode_42.mp3
but terminal return me this error
bash: mp3chaps command not found
I'm pretty sure I have mp3chaps installed, I tried use also this too
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Trying to uncomment unattended-upgrades lines with script, need help
I've recently started working as an IT person in a all Linux company, and noticed some of the tasks we do can be 'easily' automated. Today's task to automate is installing software and configuring /...
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How can I change all these settings from my Ubuntu Bash Terminal?
I have Ubuntu 20.04 system. My windowing system is X11. Here is my settings dialog box :
I have often noticed that I can't change all the settings from terminal alone. I have to use the mouse many ...
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Terminal Appearance Problem
linux noob here. I'm configuring the appearance my terminal via some commands like:
vi $HOME/.bashrc
then
add do this command export PS1="\e[0;32m[\u@\h \W]$ \e[m "
and now my terminal ...
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Removing a variable pattern from the title of my files
As I finally received data from NGS sequencing, for some days I used Ubuntu to analyse them. However, I lack the basics of shell coding, and I feel overwhelmed by this whole new language.
I managed to ...
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Linux (Ubuntu 18.04) ssh connection closed after login with -bash Input/Output errors
Currently running into an issue when SSH'ing into a remotely deployed edge computer.
When logging in via SSH after entering the password the connection is closed, output of the terminal below:
Welcome ...
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Init Script is failing?
I am using a init script for databricks cluster and the below is the script:
#!/bin/bash
apt-get -y update && apt-get install -y libudunits2-dev libgdal-dev libgeos-dev libproj-dev
This ...
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Matching colour format in bash [closed]
I have the following \033[21;41;32m and want to have a regex to matches.
if [[ $1 =~ \[ ([0-9]+\;){2}[0-9]+m ]]
I think the regex expression should match [0-9]+\;, then match the last number with [0-...
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Issue with Linux multi user creation using bash script
As per our requirement we provided our devloper group: devs:r-x to /var/log/httpd directory.
Now I'm creating a Linux function , which take the developer's first name and create a linux user in our ...
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Bash script to automate codec installation
I recently moved from Ubuntu 20.04 to 22.04. I don't keep any media files but when I visited youtube I discovered no audio was playing. After some time I came to (guided)conclusion that I need to ...
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lsb_release error: bash: /usr/bin/lsb_release: /usr/bin/python3: bad interpreter: No such file or directory
After upgrading to Ubuntu MATE 22.04 Jammy from Ubuntu MATE 21.10 Impish, when I run lsb_release I'm getting this error:
$ lsb_release
bash: /usr/bin/lsb_release: /usr/bin/python3: bad interpreter: ...
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Script to show free memory (Ram) column on `free` command in linux?
I want to write a script that shows available memory in my system every second with the updated value.
I have some clues like I can use the free command with the -m option to show in megabytes.
I have ...
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Is there a way to exit a while loop without Ctrl+C (bash)
I'm trying to run a simple loop that while the condition is true it sends some logs to the system.
example:
while sleep 1800; do
top -b > /path/to-file.txt
ping xx.xx.xx.xx > /path/to-file2....
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What is the first line of the output of `ldd bash` and why is not required when setting a new root directory to use with chroot?
I am following a tutorial about how to use chroot and set up a jailed dir. The process is to copy bash and the libraries it depends on into the 'jail' dir. To find the libraries bash depends on I ...
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Printing with colour codes
I want to write some text in colour from a bash script, but the string " -s, --with-sequence" is not getting printed.
local rc="\e[0m"
local bfcode="\033[0;49;33m"
local ...
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Validity of local variable declaration
Is these valid local variable declarations in a bash script?
local jf=$1 rc="\e[0m" iq=8 bfcode frmt
local jf=$1 rc="\e[0m" bfcode frmt iq=8
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Looping with number series
I have made a loop in a bash script
for kr in {0..9} ; do
I want to also get kr to include the number 20.
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printf statement with background and foreground colours
I know that a background colour code is \033[41m, whereas a foreground colour code is \033[32m. I am interested in making a code for changing the background and foreground in a console terminal ...
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How does PATH get its contents back after I restart the shell?
Exercise 2 from Missing Semester asks the following:
Run PATH= and try running the previous commands again, some work and some don’t, can you figure out why?
Setting PATH= removes all the contents ...
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Setting variables in bash
I am setting the value for iq in a bash script, but the value of iq is not being displayed.
local divisor=5 iq=$divisor
echo $divisor $iq
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Sourcing bash scripts with argument parsing
What happens when one sources a bash script that includes an argument parsing section? I would like to execute functions without having to source the file. But should I source the file, I do not ...
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Executing bash function from file
I have a bash file with a few functions in it. Is it possible to run a function from the file using the command line?
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Starting a simple sh script at reboot? Why is this to difficult? [duplicate]
I've tried everything, I've followed and undone every method I've come across on here but nothing works.
I want to run a simple start-up script for an executable upon reboot, and no other time, as a ...
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how to code this animated string in bash better and simpler?
clear
echo "loading"
sleep 0.6
clear
echo "Loading"
sleep 0.6
clear
echo "lOading"
sleep 0.6
clear
echo "loAding"
sleep 0.6
clear
echo "loaDing"
sleep ...
