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How to bind mouse buttons to keys?
For me, and my Logitech G402 mouse, the Piper mouse configuration tool worked perfectly!
https://github.com/libratbag/piper
installable via apt
sudo apt install piper
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Script to open terminal and show the output of the running commands
This command also works perfectly :
xfce4-terminal -x /usr/bin/expect -c 'spawn /usr/bin/bash ; expect "$ " ; send "update" ; interact ; exit'
You need to check if expect is in ...
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My terminal tabs running scripts are being automatically closed
This answer to a similar question offers three methods to keep gnome-terminal open after your scripts exit.
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Syntax error: "(" unexpected
The answer is similar to answer already posted, but giving an explanantion.
I thing you are running this script sh code.sh. This means you are using sh to run the script, but the first line (#!/bin/...
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Using redirection to write a command using a file
Try this:
theip=$(cat /etc/scripts/current-ipaddress | awk '/^eth0:/{flag = 1; next} flag == 1 && / inet / {print $2} /^[^ ]/ {flag=0}')
Explanations:
cat filename: print the file content
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Ubuntu 20.04 @reboot cronjob doens't run script
Problem solved, this is what i did to solve my problem.
I ran the script manually using bash apilibro, so i notice that yarn wasn't present in my environment variables, i just added as @Artur Medim ...
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Startup script not executing
Your commands to manipulate the touchpad's settings require an X server user session already running which is not the case during boot nor for the root user on Ubuntu.
The best way to run such a ...
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Startup script not executing
You execute the command as the root user, not your regular user account. Tis probably has the effect that the configuration is performed for the root-user. Try to use your touchpad as the root user ...
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Ubuntu 20.04 @reboot cronjob doens't run script
1st way,
i think you can use the command to check out log of crond
tail -f /var/log/cron.log
the output here might be give you some info.
if there is no cron.log, use this command and restart the ...
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How to test if .desktop file is working?
You can test a .desktop-file by executing it via double-click. If the .desktop-file does not work you have to troubleshoot a bit. First you'd check if the script works as expected in a terminal.
The ...
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how to quick input current date & time with a quick word?
You may use lua to extend quickphrase for fcitx/fcitx5.
The lua relevant API is based on old Google Pinyin lua on Windows. You may refer to this doc to see what extra API are available: https://fcitx....
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Passing "flag" Arguments to Systemd Services
The conversion of - to / is for allowing paths in the template argument and other parts of the unit name. This is covered in man systemd.unit, section "String Escaping for Inclusion in Unit Names&...
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Fix error: Cannot autolaunch D-Bus without X11 $DISPLAY on script to change wallpaper using systemd
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This is not possible using systemd. Basically the DISPLAY variable will not be accessible to it; variables go from parent to child processes, not the other way around.
A possible way of making ...
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CPU architecture scanning using bash
On some distros the -i might return unknown (e.g Arch, Manjaro) some reason. So the uname --machine is what should be used. It will output x86_64, and it works universally on all distros I have ...
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How to batch rename files (images) recursively based on CSV file
From the parent directory, you can do:
while IFS=, read -r orig new; do find -type f -name "$orig" -execdir echo mv -n -- {} "$new" \; ; done < files.csv
echo is for dry-run ......
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Syntax error: "(" unexpected
If needed, make the script executable first by running:
chmod +x myfilename.sh
Then, run the script like this:
./myfilename.sh
Or run it explicitly with bash like this:
bash myfilename.sh
(These ...
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whats wrong with this cron job?
I added a link to the script in /bin where root can use it. That alone did not work, after editing ctrontab -e
every way I could imagine, I deleted my entry there, and edited the file /etc/crontab to ...
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$PATH - No such file or directory (but all files and directories exist)
to add a path to your $PATH variable, add this to your .bashrc file
export PATH=$PATH:/path/to/your/command
To reload your .bashrc file, run exec bash
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How to rename multiple files and folders recursively that include * and other symbols not valid for filenames/folders?
You can use the rename command with recursive shell globbing from the parent directory containing all your directories and files that you need to be renamed like so:
shopt -s globstar
rename -n 'y/\*/...
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STDOUT not performing as expected in script
Thanks everyone for your help. It is hugely valued. This one may remain a mystery, as all suggestions don't result in a logfile output.
The only way I could achieve a logfile is to launch the file ...
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Is it possible to create a series of text files with names based on a pattern and fill them with X characters from /dev/urandom?
In bash, you can use a for ...; do ...; done loop with braces expansion(e.g. {00..10} or {000..999} etc.) with head -c 256 to read 256 bytes(IMO more than that is an over-kill for your purpose and a ...
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Is it possible to create a series of text files with names based on a pattern and fill them with X characters from /dev/urandom?
One option would be to pipe data to the split utility
NAME
split - split a file into pieces
SYNOPSIS
split [OPTION]... [FILE [PREFIX]]
DESCRIPTION
Output pieces of FILE to ...
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