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Desktop shortcut with a command line argument which contains filename with random numbers
I'm trying to create a desktop shortcut which launches a terminal app with commandline arguments which contains a path to a file with a randomly generated number in the filename.
I've tried everything ...
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Run GUI terminal from crontab
I have been trying to open a terminal in GUI via crontab. This question describes it can't be done as desktop and crontab runs separately. Is there a way where I can trigger script from crontab but ...
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Linux Bash Wait Command Not Working
I am trying to use and bash file .sh to start other bash files in seperate terminals.
I want them to run one after the other as I use them to copy large numbers of files to the same Hard Drive. ...
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Shell prompt colored outside of tmux, but not in tmux; how can I get colored prompt in tmux?
I am a new user of tmux and wondering how I can highlight machine name and working directory? What I mean is below.
In default Ubuntu terminal:
While in tmux:
I know this is a minor, but having ...
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Ubuntu (ZorinOS) boots only into tty1 terminal after delering all default keyrings
I am attempting to boot my computer after utilizing Seahorse to remove all of the default keyrings. Regretfully, the only thing I receive in return is a terminal that appears only on my secondary ...
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Putty history access weird behavior
I'm using PuTTY v0.78 on a Win10 host, connecting to Ubuntu v22.04. After I've pasted any command into the PuTTY terminal, when I scroll though the history using ↑, I can't scroll up to the prompt ...
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Serial terminal emulator for Ubuntu ( Zorin ) - PuTTY config window is too big for screen
I've installed Zorin on an old netbook with the aim of using it as a serial terminal to read and store data from an Arduino (eg Nano).
I cant use PuTTY because it looks like this - the bottom part of ...
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Bash shortcuts do not work in Konsole on Kubuntu
I switched from Ubuntu to Kubuntu recently and I noticed that terminal behavior is weird. For example, Alt+backspace bash shortcut does not work as expected. It is supposed to remove from the ...
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WSL2 duplicated terminal
I installed WSL2 and everything went fine, but after installing, I see 2 different profiles in Terminal:
One has the Ubuntu Icon (left), and the other has the generic Terminal icon (right):
They look ...
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Update the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) to WSL 2
I have a list of instructions to follow but when I get to step 6 I'm met with
There is no distribution with the supplied name.
Can someone please lead me in the right direction please? Thse are the ...
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terminal git status helper listed in .bashrc and .bash_profile not loading unless you source .bash_profile
I have the following neat helper, that I found online, that displays my current git branch at all times if I am in a git repo:
parse_git_branch() {
git branch 2> /dev/null | sed -e '/^[^*]/d' -...
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How to select the current line inside ubuntu terminal with hotkeys and copy it inside main clipboard
How can i select the whole line in ubuntu terminal only with hotkeys?
CTRL+U works, but puts it inside a buffer. How can i copy that buffer into the main clipboard?
Or how can i select/highlight the ...
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What does user@mail:~$ mean?
I have an Ubuntu Server on version Ubuntu 22.04 LTS and I'm confused about the following. Usually in the terminal it's like that: user@nameofdevice:~$ but for any reason it's now user@mail:~$ and I ...
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Terminal paging in Windows terminal
I recently had to setup a Windows computer. I usually remote into a linux box(Ubuntu) for development, so I'm using "Windows terminal" app with Window's built-in ssh client to login to my ...
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internal HDD with a bad sector - Can it be Saved?
I have a 2.5 inch internal HDD which seems to have malfunctioned as the drive was being erased on a console.
I connected it to an internal HDD enclosure to allow the PC to start and then plugged it ...
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