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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What command can mount an SSH share and launch a file?
I have a file on another Ubuntu machine. I want to access it from my machine on my LAN. I don't want to go into Nautilus to mount the share first and then browse to the file. I want a command that ...
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How to I will add jpg or gif or png (logo or emblem) in Terminal [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Is it possible to get the tux logo on the text based boot?
I want to add jpg logo in Terminal..but not ascii format
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Opening terminal takes longer while using Gnome Shell
In ubuntu 11.04, loading the terminal with a keyboard shortcut was really quick. When I started using ubuntu 11.10 (with unity) I noticed it took a little while. Then I remembered about the preload ...
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Unity desktop and mouse sensitivity [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Only show Unity laucher when left cmd/win key is pressed?
I keep accidentally moving the mouse too far to the left of the screen which brings up the unity "taskbar". Is there ...
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Nautilus "open in remote teminal" fails after login
I have installed open-in-erminal package and now I have "Open in Terminal" and "Open in Remote Terminal" in right click menu in Nautilus.
First one works perfect, but remote does not. It opens ...
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Suspending Ubuntu using terminal [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How can I suspend/hibernate from command line?
How can I suspend Ubuntu using the terminal? Can I schedule it to "wake up"?
Another thing that I wanted to know is whether ...
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I can't open program from remote computer, why? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to open a remote python program from terminal by ssh?
When I open a program from my local account using terminal, it works. For example, I type "firefox"...firefox pops up....
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Can't switch keyboard layout in terminal (Lubuntu 20.04)
I am using a bilingual version of Lubuntu 20.04.
In virtual console the primary layout should be English, but I can't switch language to English - it is always secondary one so virtual console is ...
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Help me to develop a .sh script to start a simple task
I want to connect to a server through AtlasVPN automatically.
@user: $ atlasvpn connect
1 - Standard
2 - Streaming
3 - SafeSwap
4 - MultiHop
*(IT IS NOT ANOTHER LINE)* Enter a number corresponding to ...
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How to Automatically run/stop a script at a certain time of the day
What I want to achieve:
8:00 AM:
Runs a sh script (this script does not stop running until the user presses ctrl+c)
8:00 PM:
stops the script by sending ctrl+c or other means
Repeat
I tried ...
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Run an application from a newly spawned Alacritty without the window closing after execution
I`m trying to open a program from Alacritty with a keybindf without closing the window afterward. (it uses the window to output errors ects)
My command is currently:
alacritty -t houdiniTerm -e sudo ...
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How to change the window size of the virtual terminal in termux
ccmake ../src
Window is too small. A size of at least 65 x 6 is required to run ccmake
How to resolve this
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dns probe finished nxdomain linux ubuntu 20.04
I'm having problems with my DNS in Ubuntu. The webpage won't show up. I've been trouble shooting for hours.
I have tried clearing the cache but none of the commands work.
I have tried it this way ...
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Copy all from a folder into the project root directory
I have a web project with the following structure:
application/
dumps/
nginx/
logs/
.git/
docker-compose.yml
Dockerfile
README.md
.gitignore
For several reasons, I would like to dissolve the ...
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Could not connect to in.archive.ubuntu.com [duplicate]
I am new with Ubuntu, so please give detailed answers.
I want to fix this error:
Could not connect to in.archive.ubuntu.com
Each time I try to update, it shows up.
I have included the following ...
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Ubuntu has locked , showings password is incorrect
I am using ubuntu 20.04 LTS. I tried to boot my pc via command line because it doesn’t boot up normally. I wrote this commands in terminal
“sudo systemctl set default-multiuser.target”
then I typed my ...
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How to connect the stderr in netcat?
Suppose i have two shells (A and B). And i execute command below for first shell:
nc -lvp 7777 -e /usr/bin/bash
And in the second shell i execute :
nc localhost 7777
After that, i type 'something' ...
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Bash Recursive Script Failure
I build the script that is mandatory for use in GUI interface (for a reason).
The script is designed to relaunch itself in gnome terminal in all conditions.
The basic stub of the script is looking ...
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can't find directory and file created with ubuntu
So I downloaded ubunto to start working with command line. It seems ubuntu created a directory that it named my username in my desktop (as discovered via pwd). I since created a file called colors.txt ...
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How to change rules for the hidraw0 device?
I am tying to connect Polar Flow with Ubuntu19. The Polar flow works with Wine. However, Ubuntu does not recognize the USB connection (my Polar m400).
I tried this and got to the point 11 with no ...
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Cannot install Wine on Ubuntu 18.04 lts [duplicate]
After installing per the installation instructions from Wine:
sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386
wget -nc https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/winehq.key
sudo apt-key add winehq.key
sudo apt-add-...
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Bash, get 3 last files detected by first 3 same characters, and move other files
Issue, I have many files in folder backup.
3tpt_20190810_061011816.csv
3tpt_20190811_060912007.csv
3tpt_20190812_060910510.csv
3tpt_20190813_060911075.csv
3tpt_20190814_060911689.csv
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Run a shell script from another script concurrently in a new terminal window
I'm trying to run a shell script from another and make them display each script's output in a separate terminal window but I cannot. When I run script1 it runs fine and then calls script2 using source ...
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Auto compile alias in .bashrc
How do I create an alias in my .bashrc file so that I can compile my C++ program without inputting this much longer command:
g++ -o filename filename.cpp
Here the file name is variable.
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Updated Ubuntu 16 to 18, doesn‘t boot properly - graphics troubles?
I updated and when it was done, there was this greyish screen. I used lots of tips from this site to get tis fixed but nothing worked. Finally I was able to boot the system using the command line and ...
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Command not found on bash script [duplicate]
I want to run a bash script to access two terminal tabs, each run cd "folder", then "npm run start", as below:
#!/bin/bash
sudo mysql -u root -h localhost
PATH=/var/lib/cloud9/autorun/...
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How to make desktop launcher execute as program through code in MonoDevelop
I'm creating a program in MonoDevelop that creates a desktop launcher. It writes the launcher, but it's not executable. I've tried using a chmod 755 $AppPath command from the terminal, but I must be ...
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How to enable AMD graphics card
I have a laptop.
It has Intel HD and AMD card
How to enable AMD card on linux (Kubuntu)
So that I can game on it
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Could not open lock file /var/lib/dpkg/lock [duplicate]
E: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead.
E: Could not open lock file /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open (21: Is a directory)
E: Unable to lock the ...
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Run commands on system startup [duplicate]
I need some help with running commands on system startup.
So, I need these two commands to be executed every time I start my machine, due a problem with my Realtek driver (doesn't really matter):
...
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Some text display on my terminal
when I open my terminal following text display on it.
bash: alias: -o: not found
bash: alias: allow_other: not found
bash: alias: /media/GalaxyS: not found
bash: alias: -u: not found
bash: alias: /...
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I need to add a new route (terminal) and have my c++ server go through it
I am on a Ubuntu VM version 16.04.
I need to add a new route in terminal and have my c++ server application go through it.
I tried figuring this out, but I'm a beginner and am having trouble.
I ...
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Why won't my password work in gksu? [duplicate]
There are other questions similar, but none have answers for this situation.
Any time I enter my pw into the terminal, it works fine. But gsku thinks it's wrong. I've tried several times, and ...
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Attempted removal and reinstallation of LibreOffice failed
I desperately need to get LibreOffice installed and useable on my system (Ubuntu 16.04). I had tried to install it my self using terminal probably using (cannot remember specifically):
sudo apt-get ...
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How can I find files that I have modified?
I am looking for files that I personally have edited. If it helps, I've used Sublime Text for editing. I have a brand new computer with setup issues, and I'm trying to retrace my steps to see if I've ...
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sudo: apt-get: command not found
When I run apt-get update as root user it's working well, but not working for apt-get install build-essential manpages-dev (showing apt-get command not found).
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upgrade error : illegal package name `doc-base/noawait' [duplicate]
I cannot download anything or upgrade my system. I get the following error message:
dpkg: file triggers record mentions illegal package name `doc-base/noawait' (for interest in file `/usr/share/doc-...
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Cannot start terminal on Ubuntu 15.10
I have a problem with terminal. When I click on the "terminal" icon on the left side, nothing happens - cursor just stays in wait mode for a few seconds. I tried to reinstall gnome-terminal from tty, ...
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i have tried the apt-get command but it gives the following info . Please help me
/home/user# sudo apt-get upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
You might want to run 'apt-get -f install' to correct these.
The ...
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How to replace symbol in multiplefiles? [duplicate]
I have many files in directory(with folders so i think solution must be recursive in deep)
root-folder
file-1.png
file-2.png
file-3.png
file-4.png
file-5.png
folder-1
file-1.png
file-2.png
file-3....
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What does the command 'set `who am i` do in Linux?
I was trying to set the shell variables to the output of who am i command by using the command as typed in title, but the results are a bunch of shell information and codes as far as I can figure out. ...
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installation of wine
i was trying to install wine on ubuntu 14.04. I used the command sudo apt-get install wine. A complete process was worked out. Around 140 MB data was downloaded from the internet but suddenly it was ...
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Text Editor Scratch
I am trying to install a text editor named Scratch,which is the default text editor in Elementary OS.
I've done the following commands.
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:elementary-os/daily
sudo apt-get ...
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messed up my /user directory permissions an now cannot run sudo or gksu [duplicate]
while changing the permissions for the /usr folder
of owner to root read and write
of group to root read and write
of other to read and write i ignoratly checked to
box to propagate to all contained ...
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Problem installing Terminology terminal emulator
When trying to run/install Terminology on Ubuntu 14.04 I get the following error
symbol lookup error: /usr/local/lib/libecore_evas.so.1: undefined symbol: _eina_log_state_shutdown
I guess the ...
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Problem with terminal transparency
I have a problem with the terminal on my Ubuntu netbook. Whenever I open the terminal it is completely transparent without a menubar or anything, and I can't see the text at all. Right clicking on it ...
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Error When Installing Anything [duplicate]
Every time i try to install wine in the terminal i get these errors
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
wine is already the newest version.
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Keyboard layout related issue - fixed in GUI but receive error in terminal
I run on Ubuntu 14.04. I have an issue related to the keyboard layout in GUI mode. I managed to fix it in the GUI by using:
setxkbmap -layout us [1]
and adding it to the ~/.bashrc. That works fine. ...
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Help Starting Minecraft Server Ubuntu 14.04
My .sh file to launch the server is not working. I have the file named 'craftbukkit.sh' with this pasted in it (from the bukkit set up wiki)
#!/bin/sh
BINDIR=$(dirname "$(readlink -fn "$0")")
cd "$...
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How do I mount ejected external USB flash Via terminal
After safely remove or eject it, i want to remount it without unplug it, and re-plug it again ..
so Any suggestion pls?
PS
after using eject all usb memories are out of fdisk command scope i don't ...