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Find actual file by only file name, not literally everything non-related
PuTTY/SSH and logged in as root I simply want to find any instances of the file PEAR.php.
I've looked through a dozen different tutorials but they seem to just copy-paste the same instructions. An ...
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Shell: Customizing the "Display all N possibilities? (y or n)" message
I already know that double-pressing the Tab key on Bash terminal will enlist all files and folders in the current working directory or, when appropriate, show Linux executables that I can run. I want ...
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Bash terminal lagging one input behind
After a recent update, I've noticed that working on any terminal for more than a few minutes causes a delay between inputting a keypress and seeing it reflected on the screen.
Specifically, if I were ...
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how to change font size locally in xfce-terminal?
Does anyone know if there's a way to change the font-size in xfce-terminal locally (for just one window), preferably on the command line? It's possible to change it globally (for all terminal windows) ...
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How to specify that an optional argument requires 2 arguments in a zsh competition script?
I am writing a custom competition function for zsh. Currently, I have the following code
_arguments \
...
'(-G --glitchpct)'{-G+,--glitchpct=}'[Controls how often the characters on screen glitch]'
I ...
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Permission denied error when starting terminal
I'm getting this error when I start my terminal:
/home/USERNAME/.config/envman/PATH.env:2: permission denied: /home/USERNAME/.local/bin
this is my .zshrc file:
# Enable Powerlevel10k instant prompt. ...
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inotifywait not listening to DELETE event
I'm using the following bash script to test inotifywait.
while true; do
inotifywait -r -e modify,create,delete "$DIRECTORY_TO_WATCH"
done
inotifywait is listening to created files:
/...
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Alternatives to file polling?
In the following code, I have to poll $tmp_input to continue executing the code because wezterm cli send-text is asynchronous. This makes sure that $tmp_input is ready.
tmp_input=$(mktemp ./tmp_input....
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The key combination Alt + 6 for copy in nano does not work in GNOME terminal emulator Tilix
The key combination Alt + 6 for copy in nano does not work in tilix
Does anyone know how to fix this? I had a look through all the key commands, but did not find any entry for Alt + 6 being already in ...
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How to run the command "sudo sh /path/to/script.sh" by double clicking?
I have a question from this thread How to run a bash script by double clicking by entering the path in sudoers?. Since it was explained to me that it is unsafe to grant sudo privileges to the script....
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Are there commands for execute XFCE's menu entries to reboot or power off/shut down?
There is Herunterfahren(DE)/Shut Down and Neustarten (DE)/Reboot:
Is it possible to execute these GUI entries from the command line? If so, what exactly are the commands?
I already checked XFCE's ...
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When is useful use "silent" for tty?
If the tty --help command is executed it shows
tty --help
Usage: tty [OPTION]...
Print the file name of the terminal connected to standard input.
-s, --silent, --quiet print nothing, only return ...
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How to know what is the current tab - number or position - for any Window Terminal?
For Ubuntu and Fedora if is opened a Window Terminal through ctrl + alt + t then is possible open a new tab through shift + ctrl + t. Suppose exists a Window Terminal with 5 tabs. If possible go to ...
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Why pipe keep sudo and redirection not? [duplicate]
Pipe (|) and redirections (<, <<, >, >>) both using standard streams (stdin, stdout, stderr), but although only pipe can keep sudo privileges, why?
Works:
sudo echo "hello" ...
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How does vim catch mouse scroll events?
I am writing a text editor.
With 1049 (alternate screen) mode + 1000 (mouse tracking) mode enabled, the terminal is able to catch both mouse scroll events and click events. I do not need the click ...
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Open file from terminal in already running "pure data" instance
Whenever I xdg-open patch.pd it will open a new pure data instance, how can I make it open with existing instance?
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PageUp/PageDown -- how to catch properly?
I am here on a tutorial to build a text editor.
I'm finding that on my macOS (it works on a Linux VM), even with raw mode enabled, I'm unable to intercept Page Up and Page Down, which are sent via fn-&...
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Auto-translation of newline characters in the terminal
I'm following along here.
I notice (this is not complete, just for demonstration) that at this point:
#include <termios.h>
raw.c_iflag &= ~(ICRNL | IXON);
raw.c_oflag &= ~(OPOST);
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Depmod command not found but kmod is already installed
When I use depmod in the terminal, I got the message "depmod command not found". But kmod is already installed.
And I can find a link to something called depmod in sbin.
Do you know how to ...
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What does >&- do in a unix / linux terminal?
I'm not too knowledgeable in the Unix command line. I found this SO answer for using the tee command without outputting to stdout, by "closing stdout" with >&- like this:
echo 'hello ...
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Is there a terminal-based image viewer that enables directory browsing after viewing a single file?
I am searching for a lightweight terminal image viewer like feh,meh, sxiv, pqiv, or qiv, with the end objective of having a terminal image viewer that allows you to explore all pictures in a folder ...
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What is the number inside the parenthesis on a Linux command? [duplicate]
What is 1? What is 3? What are the numbers called and is there a full list with explanations?
$ whatis nvim
nvim (1) - edit text
$ whatis printf
printf (3) - formatted output ...
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the way to put the current line at the top of terminal
In a linux terminal, how to always put the current line at the top of the terminal.
I tried z but it did not work, as it only works for vim.
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Trying to change "non command" color in kitty terminal (ver. 0.21.2) using the fish (ver. 3.3.1) shell with the oh-my-fish theme slacker
I've been trying to change the color of non-command such as the picture below (the uncompleated 'help')
link to the theme im using in omf: https://github.com/maqboolkhan/omf-theme-slacker
my kitty....
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Can a quiet zip still show warnings for missing files?
I often use zip with the -q flag (actually -r -q) for a quiet operation at the command line. Routinely I also then unzip each file I create, and check by eye whether the contents look correct; before ...
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How to check BIOS Settings from Terminal (CentOS 7)?
I am trying to verify three BIOS settings on remote Linux machines (Dell OptiPlex 3090) with CentOS 7 on them. I want to check AC Recovery is Enabled, Wake on LAN, and Block Sleep.
I've tried multiple ...
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Arithmetic operation in terminal from an output
I want to print the lines of updates via this command
dnf check-update --refresh --q --downloadonly | wc -l
However during the output there occurs a blank line which means the true update number is ...
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Confused about bash prompt meaning
I found out that in bash, the $PS1 variable can be modified to change the prompt. The problem is that I'm having some trouble trying to understand the long string of codes that I was given.
I did:
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Display & edit tabular data in the terminal
I'm looking for an app to display & edit CSV files as a tabular data in cells, similar to GUI spreadsheets like LibreOffice Calc.
I just need simple viewing, cell editing & easy navigation ...
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How to source from stdout for both Linux and MacOS?
On Linux I can do:
source <(cat .env | grep ANDROID_GRADLE_TASK)
But on MacOS, this doesn't do anything (no error, and no source)
I have tried to replace -di with --decode --input, it didn't help.
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Why username and root are missing in linux server after installing tools with conda?
On the Linux server, I have my username that looks like below:
(base) [david@meteor ~]$
I tried installing some tools using conda with the following:
conda install -c bioconda
or
conda install -c ...
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Warp terminal launch through skhd
Did anyone get [Warp Terminal][1] to work with [skhd][2]?
I use to use Kitty with
cmd - return : /Applications/kitty.app/Contents/MacOS/kitty --single-instance -d ~
I'm trying to get launch it with:
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Unable to get terminal prompt when executing script via ssh
I have the below script that works fine when run locally
cat /tmp/input.sh
echo -n ">> "
read env
exit;
I get the command prompt when i ...
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How can I create a .txt file containing data being generated in real-time in Linux terminal when a program is running?
I am running an AutoDock Vina program (using a Perl script) in Linux.
It generates lots of important data
(regarding binding free energy of protein-ligand docked complexes).
However, I cannot save ...
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Reading a file when logged in as another user
I have an issue with the following:
I use the following command su -l alice then enter her password. Then I am asked to read the /root/token.txt file.
I have tried the cmd "cat /root/token.txt&...
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How to change Linux terminal prompt
I've been using Terminator as my terminal but after reconfiguring my display manager to 'Lightdm' after 'gdm3' crashed while installing updates, I messed something up, not with terminal, using the GUI ...
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I3 WM bindsym giving error but in terminal, works fine
I have this in my i3 config to restart picom:
bindsym $mod+Shift+P exec killall picom; sleep 0.2; picom
It works fine in terminal but when I press the keybinding, it shows error, and it just says you ...
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terminal not displaying outputs properly
terminal is not displaying outputs properly, it displays outputs mostly like given in the image below
while it should display outputs like this
any suggestions on how it can be fixed?
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Shell scripts: How to copy past outputs of terminal emulator?
I want to make a shell script which copies the past outputs of the GUI terminal emulator (for example, last 20 lines).
The motivation is as following:
When I execute a procedure which requires long ...
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What exactly handles the Ctrl+X shortcut family (e.g. Ctrl+X Ctrl+E) in Linux terminals?
I've seen a lot of online resources mention several compound shortcuts beginning with Ctrl+X :
Ctrlx Ctrle : Edits the current line in the $EDITOR program, or vi
if undefined.
Ctrlx Ctrlr : Read in ...
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I read "Advantages of using set -o vi" and have a question about same
Followup-up on Advantages of using set -o vi
I'm learning vi and know nothing about emacs. I also type poorly and frequently need to edit my commands in the terminal. The idea of using vi to edit my ...
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Is there a way to programmatically set DISPLAY when executable is run as sudo instead of failing?
When I run any GUI application on Linux (Ubuntu) using sudo command from the Terminal, the application fails with QT error as below.
Almost every application fails when attempted; here is an example ...
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hdparm secure erase with progress updates?
Does anyone know of a clever way to receive any sort of progress status updates using hdparm secure erase?
Ideally the end result would be something like dd's status=progress attribute.
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Creating XFCE4 Application Shortcuts from the terminal (CentOS)
I am trying to add a new application shortcut in the command line which will load the terminal when you press Ctrl + Alt + T.
I am using the xfconf-query utility to monitor xfce4-keyboard-shortcuts ...
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Run command after file manager (Thunar) window is closed
I am writing a simple script where I need to open a directory dirname with Thunar and delete that directory after closing the Thunar window.
I was expecting something like
thunar $dirname && ...
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How to run simultaneous commands in single terminal
I feel like this should be answered somewhere, but for the life of me I cannot find it so I figured I'd just ask...
I'm trying to run 2 commands in my terminal simultaneously, but I need them to run ...
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How to extract files recursively but keep them in their own folders?
This is how I'm extracting all the files in a folder (recursively):
find -iname \*.epub -exec unzip -o {} \;
But the extracted files end up all in the parent folder:
Parent (Extracted Epub files)
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How to automatically replace mimetype when unzipping?
I'm using the following command to unzip epub files recursively inside a folder:
find -iname \*.epub -exec unzip {} \;
It works. But the terminal asks me this each time a file is being extracted:
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Get free/used ports in a specific range
Is it possible to get either the free or used ports between a specific range? If yes, whats is the command?
Thank you in advance!
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How can I find a program name so I can open them?
I'm a new user in Linux, and I want to know how can I find a name of an installed program so I can open it from the terminal.
Is there a way?
For example, I use the system on Portuguese language, and ...
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