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color variable does not work with PS1 assignment in bashrc file
below is my current PS string in .bashrc
PS1='${debian_chroot:+($debian_chroot)}\[\033[00;37m\]\u@\h\[\033[01;32m\]:\[\033[01;34m\]\w\[\033[01;31m\] $(parse_git_branch)\[\033[00m\]\$
which works fine
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How to fix unresponsive Terminal
My Terminal does Not respond. I can Open it but when I try to type something, it gets ignored. I cant See the letters on the Terminal - They are Not hidden.
I tried 2 other Terminals, Same Problem.
I ...
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Should I put functions in .bashrc, .bash_aliases or .profile
I have read this thread about where to put aliases.
Now, let's suppose that my custom command is quite elaborate (takes arguments in input, is composed of several commands run one after the other, I ...
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How do I avoid having to manually source ~/.profile or ~/.bashrc to get "LD_LIBRARY_PATH" to work?
I realized that I need to manually source ~/.bashrc file or to manually source .profile file to make the settings specified in .bashrc file effective. These are some additions to complete ~/.bashrc ...
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command not found: shopt ON WSL Ubuntu 22.04
I inserted couple of env. variables such as:
export WOS_MONGODB_URI='mongodb://localhost:27017/...'
export WOS_AWS_REGION='us-east-2'
export WOS_AWS_ENV='dev23'
export WOS_SEED_MODE='test'
export ...
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How to reload .bashrc settings without logging out and back in again?
I created a script that add's the below commands to the .bashrc file. The purpose is I need to store the commands entered by the user into the .bash_history. The below commands are adding to .bashrc ...
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bash: export: `LS_COLORS#': not a valid identifier
I'm getting the following error in my terminal:
bash: export: `LS_COLORS#': not a valid identifier
My ~/.bashrc file looks like this:
# ~/.bashrc: executed by bash(1) for non-login shells.
# see /usr/...
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How to add code to .bashrc without causing errors?
I'm learning how to passthrough my NIC to my KVM.
This guide says to add the following code to the file ~/.bashrc
#!/bin/bash
# change the 999 if needed
shopt -s nullglob
for d in /sys/kernel/...
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Running OpenFoam command: paraFoam -> Error 420: paraView: not found
I have lately installed OpenFoam v.2212.0 on UBUNTU 22.04.0. All the other OpenFoam commands work fine for me, but as soon as I type "paraFoam", I get the following error:
Invalid $...
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How do I get the terminal to stop outputting additional text from basic bash commands?
I am not sure what exactly is the name of this supplemental text that pops up whenever I am using the terminal, but it shows up when I am running commands. Previously it was not there. I made some ...
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sudo apt update Received 11 errors. Don’t know what to do [duplicate]
When I wrote sudo apt update I received 11 different errors. I took a screenshot could someone help me fix this. I’m extremely new to Linux bash commands. I just took a 5hour class on the “50 most ...
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Unbuntu is not showing effects of the command line {eval "$(starship init bash)"} in .bashrc
OS: Windows 10
Terminal: Unbuntu, git bash
I tried to load starship shell prompt in ubuntu which is opened from my wezterm terminal simulator. By running echo $0, the terminal returns -bash. Thus I ...
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how to add alias to bashrc and load content with sudo?
I need to run my script with sudo, because it includes commands for installing programs with apt. So I do this:
sudo ./myscript.sh
With content:
#!/bin/bash
# add alias .bashrc (work)
echo "...
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How to modify the path bash: /home/joydev/home/joydev/root/root-6.28.04-install/bin/thisroot.sh: No such file or directory
could you please clarify how to solve the following problem?
Whenever I am opening the terminal I am getting following message:
bash: /home/joydev/home/joydev/root/root-6.28.04-install/bin/thisroot.sh:...
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Accidentally changed PATH variable and I cant change it back, or use vim etc..help
I know there are many questions like this, but I unfortunately dont know enough about Ubuntu to be able to apply it to my situation. I have all my stuff saved for work on a remote machine, that i ...
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Ubuntu/opt directory permission denied issue [duplicate]
Ubuntu Newbie here!
I am currently trying to install OpenFoam 10 in my machine, and need to edit the bashrc file located in Ubuntu/opt/openfoam/etc. Anytime I try to manually open the file and edit it ...
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Opening gnome-terminal and running a command that uses environmental variables from .bashrc
I am making a .sh file that would be run by Right click -> Run as program by non-power-users. It should open a terminal window and run a docker run command, that uses some environmental variables.
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How can I add a directory to my path and add a command to .bashrc? I am working with Supernova-2.1.1 of 10X Genomics
I would like to add a directory to my path, in my IBM server running Ubuntu 22.04. I would like to install the genome assembly software, SuperNova-2.1.1 by 10x genomics. In order to start using their ...
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Alias path not found on Ubuntu
I installed kind from kubeflow kind and save it under my $HOME/kubeflow/kind
To run kind from any path, I create an alias in my ~/.bashrc as following:
alias kind="./$HOME/kubeflow/kind"
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adding permanent custom environment path variable
i am trying to create a permanent path variable following this tutorial:
https://youtu.be/JLjF75b-vMI?t=126 everything worked fine and i was able to cd to my newly added variable's directory, however ...
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When im trying to open terminal the terminal is totally blank there is nit even a durectory or $ appearing while opening the terminal?
When im trying to open terminal the terminal is totally blank there is nit even a durectory or $ appearing while opening the terminal?
What should i do now? Please guide me step by step
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Can't Create a Permanent Alias In Fish Shell
I'm trying to create a permanent alias. I've created one long ago, but I don't remember if I did anything differently than what I'm doing now. Be as it may, it isn't working!
I start by opening the ...
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"Command not found" errors from terminal, even though the software is installed
I know ubuntu comes with a gnome-terminal. A few days ago, I started to face a new issue that I can't describe.
I use the vscode code editor in my daily life. Many commands, like npm,pnpm, yarn, rust -...
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bash: /home/vishal/.bashrc: Errors when opening terminal
Everytime I open my terminal , this message pops up. Please tell how to permanently delete this from the terminal?
bash: export: `=': not a valid identifier
bash: export: `/home/vishal/LLVM/llvm-...
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How can I emulate a sudo shell with the respective environment variables set when using "sudo su -c "<command>"?
I would like to run a sudo command in one line, but also have this command be run as a sudo user with all the respective environment variables instantiated (essentially run exec zsh before anything).
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problem bashrc file colored terminal
I have a problem with my terminal in Ubuntu server 20.04.
I would like to color the syntax in my terminal, but after I restart the server, it's back to the normal uncolored syntax. I edited .bashrc ...
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User shiny doesn't seem to "see" .bashrc file
I'm running Ubuntu 20 on a Digital Ocean droplet.
I use R and RStudio's Shiny-Server.
When I use a Terminal logged in as user:me the prompt is customized and the cursor up error brings up the previous ...
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Terminal Appearance Problem
linux noob here. I'm configuring the appearance my terminal via some commands like:
vi $HOME/.bashrc
then
add do this command export PS1="\e[0;32m[\u@\h \W]$ \e[m "
and now my terminal ...
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Messed up bash prompt after printf
This annoying bug bothered me. When I type printf foo or echo -n foo, the bash prompt next becomes glitchy when I navigate through previous commands. Here is a snippet of my .bashrc
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Theres empty space between cursor and username in konsole Kubuntu 21.10
This is a brand new installation of Kubuntu 21.10 and I cannot understand why there is space between the cursor and my PC's name when I open Konsole:
I have tried researching for a solution and I ...
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Terminal auto-completion does not work
The auto-completion in the terminal doesn't work that means that nothing happens.
Ubuntu version is 20.04 LTS
a) echo $SHELL is /bin/bash
b) I reinstalled the bash completion package with
sudo apt-get ...
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function definition not working in .bashrc
submit () {
kaggle c submit -f $@ -m MSG h-and-m-personalized-fashion-recommendations;
}
I want to use the above function as shorthand for submitting files to kaggle competitions by typing submit ...
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Bash errors: Unexpected EOF while looking for matching, Syntax error: Unexpected end of file
I ran it through ShellCheck but could not understand what it wanted me to change,so here I am.
On opening terminal:
bash: /home/helpabrother/.bashrc: line 118: unexpected EOF while looking for ...
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bash: `set +m` option does not work when placed in the .bashrc file
If I enter the command:
set +m
at the end of the .bashrc file, when I run the command:
echo $-
the option m is missing as it should be, but...
If I enter the command:
{ sync & } 2> /dev/null
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Terminal won't display colors for non-root users
When I'm logged in as root, I can display colors, but not when I switch to another user.
The command ls --color=auto only displays colors once when logged as normal user.
I searched a lot and did a ...
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how to create input read with newline in bash?
I want to ask
I have a problem, how do I get input in bash to do newlines?
read -p "List Name: " list
cat <<EOF >names.txt
List Names:
$list
EOF
i can not do a new line or use ...
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Syntax error when I use Terminal caused by tor proxy
I get this error when I open a terminal:
Bash: /home/admin/.bashrc: line 118: syntax error: unexpected end of file
This started after I manually edited the .bashrc file to remove the tor proxy.
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how to define a variable in .bashrc so i can use it as path
Hi ( sorry for my bad English )
I just learned how to permanently set a key for a specific value using alias:
.bashrc
alias please='sudo'
alias go='cd'
alias destroy='rm -rf'
And it works perfectly ...
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~/.bashrc.swp file corrupt
When I opened vi ~/.bashrc, it gives the below error: how to fix it?
E325: ATTENTION
Found a swap file by the name "~/.bashrc.swp"
owned by: imren dated: Thu Dec 23 00:38:57 ...
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How to run a command after a delay at login with .bashrc
I'm trying to run a command line on .bashrc after 20 seconds so I'm doing
sleep 20 && cp text1.txt text2.txt
But the system will not start until the 20 seconds go by, and then it will start.
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Risks of replacing .bashrc file from one computer to another
I have 2 Asus Zenbook laptops running Ubuntu 20.04.3LTS (my current laptop and I kept my old laptop as an emergency backup system as I can't be without a laptop). I very rarely use the old one, but I ...
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Can not call defined funtions from .bashrc
I have a function in .bashrc like this:
function gs () {
cmm="$1"
if test -z "$cmm"
then
cmm="This is Manh Cuong's commit 🌻."
fi
git add . && ...
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When I edit .bashrc in Ubuntu 20.04, it does not ask me to save anymore
I'm not sure what happened but when I
sudo nano ~/.bashrc to add a couple of exports
#spotify
export SPOTIFY_CLIENT_ID='xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx'
export SPOTIFY_CLIENT_SECRET='...
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Why is my alias from .bashrc not working?
I've written a line in .bashrc
alias untar='sudo tar –xvzf'
Now, when I use "untar" in bash I get the error:
untar filename.tar.gz
tar: invalid option -- '�'
Try 'tar --help' or 'tar --...
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How to create calculator with bash?
How to create calculator with bash ?
example
read -p "calculator count: " calc
echo '$((calc))' | bc
i input
2+2
output
(standard_in) 1: illegal character: $
how to fix ?
I just ...
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How I can run application from anywhere in the terminal without being in the full path
I have an application that I can run while I am in the file location as the below:
-$ cd home/myApps/app
-$ ./run.sh
I want to call the run.sh from anywhere in my terminal without being in the full ...
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Not able to install any software on Ubuntu
I tried to install MatLAB in the directory
/usr/local/MATLAB/R2018a/bin
and add this path to .bashrc.
After this, I was able to launch Matlab by just typing Matlab in bash.
But now, when I try to ...
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I just installed Quixel and Nuke, how can I create an alias for them in Ubuntu? [duplicate]
I just installed Quixel Bridge and Nuke. They are not found in the application list so I have no way to drag them to desktop favorite. Nor did they like Google Chrome that could be started in terminal ...
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proxy is only working with GUI but not when I set through terminal with ~/.bashrc
I have read a lot of guides about setting a proxy for ubuntu. I can do it with the GUI in the network settings and it automatically starts using the proxy I specified and when I open firefox or chrome ...
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Hava alias shortcut available in new terminal session
The output of command $ alias will not display for me in Ubuntu 18.04.
as I research here This is only available for my current terminal session, and if I open a new terminal session, the Alias ...
