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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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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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Information of new user won´t show in terminal
I created a new user and logged in successfully on my ubuntu 20.04 machine.
When I logged in as root the terminal looks like this:
root@ubuntu-s-1vcpu-1gb-fra1-01:~#
When I login with my "...
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Different ways to execute a binary? [closed]
Are there more ways of executing Unix binaries using a terminal (command line)? Using echo as an example:
$ /bin/echo "test"
test
$ cd /bin/
$ ./echo "test"
test
$ eval echo "test"
test
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Unable to connect to Active mode FTP Server via Commandline
I'm trying to connect to an FTP Server via Commandline in Ubuntu Terminal. But, I'm getting following error.
FTP connect Mode : Active Mode
$ ftp xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
Connected to xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
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Recursively find files that have a percentage of lines in common
Is possible to recursively find files that have a percentage of lines in common?
I want an output where I have only files that are 50% the same of others or have 20+ lines in common.
I'm trying to ...
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Untar a specifc folder within tar.gz
How do I untar/uncompress a specific folder within a tar.gz using the terminal/commandline (Ubuntu 14.04 (Trusty Tahr))?
Precise:
-file.tar.gz
-- folder1
-- folder2
How to extract...
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Ubuntu x86 10.10 terminal
I just downloaded a Ubuntu v10.10 vmware image for Windows. I'm trying to install a web application that can only run on Linux MySQL, Apache and PHP. How do I open a terminal in Ubuntu?
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