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Tagged with command-line scripts
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script does not work
I can successfully execute this command from the terminal:
sudo cp -R -u "/media/gabriela/Windows/Data/Untitled Folder" /media/gabriela/USB
But the following script does not work, with the ...
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My clickable .sh shell script keeps opening in text editor and does not run the command when clicked [duplicate]
I am trying to write a script that when clicked runs commands. For example: "open browser and go to website" etc. etc.
Here is what I have done:
I have ran chmod +x test.sh on the file
I ...
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Make shell script output correctly [duplicate]
I am trying to run a shell script to get the PID details and sort them based on memory, while executing in the server. I am getting correct output like this:
[inda@jump-server ~]$ ps -eo pid,ppid,cmd,%...
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Top command - 100% cpu
I've been using a script to create a log based from information i can get in top and then report when my app is using too much resources, to retrieve the cpu usage i take the entire line
%Cpu(s): 13.6 ...
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Should I use the "time" keyword, the "/usr/bin/time" command or the "times" builtin to time the execution of commands in bash?
I have been delving into bash for the first time and want to try to test some code to compare different ways of achieving the same end. As part of this I have come across the time and times methods of ...
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Setting prompt using PS1 in a script puts cursor at beginning of line
I want to set the title and prompt in a command line window using the following command:
PS1='\[\e]0;deploy\a\]\[\e[1;32m\]\u@\h\[\e[0m\]:\[\e[1;34m\]\w\[\e[0m\]\$ '
If it is entered interactively, ...
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Re-write a zsh_lf snippet to work in zellij instead of tmux
I am trying to rewrite the code below (source):
_zlf() {
emulate -L zsh
local d=$(mktemp -d) || return 1
{
mkfifo -m 600 $d/fifo || return 1
tmux split -bf zsh -c "...
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How to execute scripts from a samba drive (cifs mounted)?
If I'm starting a shell script "test.sh" from a samba share, I've got an error:
bash: ./test.sh: /bin/sh: Defekter Interpreter: Eingabe-/Ausgabefehler
(bash: ./test.sh: /bin/sh: bad ...
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Bash script not launching correctly
Right now I am working on a project for which there is a custom conda environment. I created the environment and the project works, so I created a bash script to activate the conda environment, launch ...
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I in linux system I geting many same exported path variable
In my ubuntu system I getting same env variable many times
This is the output of echo $PATH | tr ':' '\n' | less command in zsh shell
/opt/some/bin <<<
/Users/pritam/Developer/system_script
/...
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Is there a way to know if a file was copied?
I'm using Ubuntu 22.04, and I'm making a bash program (script) to run scripts at startup, shutdown and/or reboot. These things are sensitive and, if poorly done, it could be dangerous for the user/pc, ...
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Getting Error in shell script "unexpected EOF while looking for matching `''"
I wrote a simple shell script in /bin/sh and getting the issue below.
/tmp/a.sh: line 14: unexpected EOF while looking for matching `''
/tmp/a.sh: line 17: syntax error: unexpected end of file
*******...
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Shell script doesn't recognize Python even after setting its path [duplicate]
I'm having trouble calling Python code from a shell script on Ubuntu. First of all, I confirm that Python is installed:
username@Ubuntu22:~/Documents/Script$ python
Python 3.10.12 (main, Nov 20 2023, ...
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How to replace a file path with whitespace using sed?
I have many different files with a string in them. I need to replace this string with a path, although the path contains whitespace. So far, I have this:
for a in files_[a-z][a-z]_all\.conf ; do
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set: pipefail failing on WSL windows
I cloned this repo on WSL2 https://github.com/apache/airflow/blob/main/dev/breeze/doc/01_installation.rst#docker-in-wsl-2 and tried to build a docker image that uses also this script https://github....
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How to start a named background process when using bash?
I have a script that looks like this:
#!/bin/bash
tsx watch services/$1/src/index.ts
This will start tsc for the given service:
script/start_service some-service
If I add & the end it gets ...
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How to find the Disconnected Xrdp sessions?
I'm using Ubuntu 22.04 with Xrdp enabled. I need a list of disconnected sessions (Users can often use the "X" to close the RDP session (therefore disconnect but not logout)).
I went through ...
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here file does not fill token
I use a certain command quite frequently, but the command prompts a few things so I wanted to auto-fill it with here file, but it seems that for some reason it can't provide last value to the prompt. ...
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How to write a bash script from two commands (Find and replace a text string in all files recursively in current directory)
On Ubuntu Server, I use two different commands to find and replace a string in all files recursively in the current folder.
The first command is:
sudo find . -type f -print0 |\
xargs -0 -r sudo ...
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How to add my own shell script to be able to be autocompleted in terminal by Tab
I have bunch of shell script (.sh) command created in a folder ~/bin, I added this path to .bashrc so I can execute them wherever I like.
i.e. a sample command to create git feature branch based off ...
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How can I run different commands in separate terminals using a shell script?
I have access to an Azure VM where I intend to run three Hyperledger Besu nodes: one boot node and two validator nodes. To automate this setup, I've created a shell script.
First, I checked the ...
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Backporting: Does anyone have a function to mimic bash 4 associative array?
I need to make changes in my script that uses associative array, so that the script may be used in older versions (before v4.0) of bash which did not support associative array. Can someone suggest how ...
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Problem writing udev script to disable onboard network card
I'm trying to disable a faulty onboard network card with the solution suggested in this answer: https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/467085 . But for some reasons, the script/commands are unable to write ...
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Bash script for executing linux commands on remote machines using ssh key [duplicate]
I want to run a script to get details of hardwares and user details from multiple remote machines by login using ssh private key. this is my script
#!/bin/bash
# Check if the user provided a file
if [...
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sed mongodb connection string copying multiple times in env variable through github action
this is command which i run in github action its copying into .env.production file
sed -i "s#DB_URI=.*$#DB_URI=mongodb+srv://xxxxxx:[email protected]....
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Setting DEBIAN_FRONTEND remotely
Is there any way to set DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive when executing a script remotely via SSH?
Doing so I get this error:
sudo: sorry, you are not allowed to set the following environment variables: ...
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How to monitor particular command or add extra functions to it?
I am attempting to implement mobile push notifications (utilizing the Docker ntfy service) for scenarios such as automatic system updates and Timeshift snapshot creation.
None of these commands are ...
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How to run password with sudo command using php?
Below is the example, I was trying to execute the command using PHP function.
Not getting any error or not happen anything after execute this code.
$siteConfig = <<<EOL
server {
listen 80;...
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I need to run a script during first boot and want the CLI to open for possible input
Edit: I need a bit more explaining here. This is a one time only run personalization script for the computers that I have set up that I would like to run only on the first boot. After tweaking the ...
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Ubuntu Core - Startup Interactive Script
I have a fully supported device which I boot using an Ubuntu 22 Desktop image and "Try" it.
Then I run the xzcat / dd commands to flash Ubuntu Core 22 onto the disk.
Then I restart the ...
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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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How to make my script that has a timer to shutdown my machine work?
I have script to shutdown my computer after 2 minutes, and 1 minute before shutdown it sends a notification that says "It will shutdown after 1 minute". The script will be executed on click ...
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How to batch rename a bunch of files of same type inside folders to that the numbers in the name are inside brackets? via terminal
Ubuntu 20.04 I have files stored in the following fashion as a example:
Uni -
Biology -
01122023 Class 01 - subj dfsg.txt
02122023 Class 02 - subj eweg.txt
03122023 Class 03 - subj ewq.txt
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Auto Script Generator
I want to generate a script for hard disk partitions
#!/bin/bash
# Check if blkid is installed
command -v blkid > /dev/null 2>&1 || { echo >&2 "blkid is required but not ...
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How to make script work to set IP address of ethernet adapter?
On Ubuntu 22.04 I have the following script
#!/bin/bash
INTERFACE="enx00e04c681730"
echo "Interface: $INTERFACE set to IP $1"
ifconfig $INTERFACE down
ifconfig $INTERFACE $1 ...
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Find duplicate case insensitive filenames in all folders and sub-folders
I have about 250,000 files in several folders with sub-folders.
Looking for a solution how to find duplicate filenames in all folders and their sub-folders. My OS is Ubuntu 22.04, using bash.
I prefer ...
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Dolphin context menu exec command, cp will duplicate selected folder if already copied
So I'm trying to automate some tasks and I'm making some dolphin ServiceMenus.
Exec=for file in %f; do new_path=$(echo "$file" | sed "s|^/home/$(whoami)||"); mkdir -p ~/Dropbox/....
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How can I create my own app package?
I will give an example:
There is .deb, .appimage, flatpak, snap, AUR, etc, but I want to create my own (Example app.fictionalpackage)
Maybe zipping a folder with files inside and renaming ".zip&...
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Assigning a certain amount of CPU power to a script
I use the time command in a script to calculate the runtime.
But sometimes
gzip -4 file
is done in less time than
gzip -1 file
Why is this happening؟
How can I make the CPU power level the same at ...
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In xfce4, how do I change to a left-handed mouse on the command line?
I change mouse hands often. It's easy to swap the buttons through xfce4-mouse-settings, but I'd like to script it or set it from the command line.
Something like:
xfce4-mouse-settings --device=usb --...
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Want to execute a script irrespective of the directory where this script is present or html file is present
Actually my script is present under the path /home/user/bin/script.sh and when I run the above script named as script.sh, the script will show html file in Firefox web page.
But the problem here is ...
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Shell Script Producing Strange File Type with Interpunct [duplicate]
I am new to Linux - trying to run a set of commands using a shell script. The commands are from the Neper software package but I am pretty certain the issue is with permissions of my shell script. ...
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Need help with beginner bash script
Im writing a script that prompts the user to pick one of three choices, depending on the choice the prompt should echo back a line.
"!/bin/bash
first=chocolate
second=vanilla
third=strawberry
...
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ask user to enter input such as their age and save it to a variable
Im trying to make a simple bash script work as a beginner exercise
where im asking a user to enter their age and the script should echo depending on their input "You are old" or "you ...
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Help needed for finding the script for moving and naming tv folders to tv folders compatible with emby
I need help I don't know how to do it at all.
I have some older tv series which have mostly for each tv episode own folder and for some with the season folder.
I will list the examples below.
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Bash function that checks if string argument is a name of existing (set) or not existing (unset) variable
I would like to write a bash function in Ubuntu 22.04 that works like that
Var1=100
is_variable_set "Var1" //Returns 0 (variable exists ie is set)
unset Var1
is_variable_set "Var1&...
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I have a simple script that ask for my pass when it shouldn't
I have this simple script /home/myuser/startup.sh
#!/bin/bash
# sin le pongo -x al final va tirando por pantalla todo lo que hace
echo "Finding PIDs of mysql processes..."
mysql_pid=$(sudo ...
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How to copy an existing specific file in a directory into a newly created subdirectory from command prompt using shell script
I'm having a little issues trying to make a copy of a pre-existing file (specifically java) from the current directory to a subdirectory (and some copies to its subdirectory and so on depending on the ...
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How to change directory to a filename with spaces within a loop
I'm not sure how to go about this, but I've been trying to loop through different directories to make a number of files.
Example: In the current directory, there are 3 directories:
Roman Empire
Casa ...
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How to use variable in Find and grep command?
find command to get files have part of their names as date ($Y variable that has date in the script)
Y=(date -d "1 day ago" "+%Y-%m-%d")
find /log/bssuser/CDR/Postpaid_CDR_Log/ -...
