Questions tagged [command-line]
This tag is for questions that are about using the command-line interface (CLI), including the use of standard command-line tools and shell commands. However, for questions that are specific to each shell (like Bash, ZSH etc.), use the tag of that particular shell as well.
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MGLTools Segmentation Fault
I'm currently working as an intern for computational chemistry. One of the applications that we need is MGLTools which I installed using this website:
https://bioconda.github.io/recipes/mgltools/...
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How can I access my root directory to save file in ```/etc/environment/``` [duplicate]
while setting up java-jkd-22,
I write the code sudo gedit /etc/environment/ in terminal,
after authentication,
I am getting this message
Authorization required, but no authorization protocol specified
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error: externally-managed-environment [duplicate]
sudo pip3 install InquirerPy
error: externally-managed-environment
× This environment is externally managed
╰─> To install Python packages system-wide, try apt install
python3-xyz, where xyz is the ...
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Understanding hexdump '-e' option
I'm trying to understand the formatting option of hexdump. I have read the man page and it says that I can tell it what format to output the data in by using the -e option. However, I can not for the ...
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How do I edit a manpage?
I want to know if a manpage can be edited. If yes how? (If possible by changing in gedit).
P.S.- I want to know if a manpage already written can be edited (just for fun).
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Problem downloading .deb for libssl.so.1.1
Running Ubuntu 22.04.1 off a usb. Trying to jailbreak my phone with palera1n. The commands worked before but I had to rejailbreak and now after running these commands:
sudo add-apt-repository universe
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split a text file to what's before and after a given pattern
I'd like to be able to split a text file to 2 files, such that the 1st output will include all the lines up-to (but not including) a given pattern, if the pattern is in the file, or the whole input ...
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Terminal is neither showing path nor working
The default terminal and the VS code Terminal are neither showing path nor working.
I have updated the system, cleared the cache, reinstalled the terminal, installed the new other terminals, and saw ...
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How do I change Ubuntu Server wifi ssid and password
I have Ubuntu server on an old laptop which I built at home connected to my home wifi. So this is a portable server and during the course of the day I change location and I need to connect to a new ...
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Pressing enter produces ^M instead of a newline
For example, if I am tail -fing a file or reading user input, <Enter> will produce ^M in the terminal instead of ending the read or adding a newline to stdout. ^J works fine.
I'm sshing into ...
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Konsole | How do I make a .json or a .sh file to open a tab with three terminals with root privileges?
I'm working with docker lately, and everything (or almost) you do in docker needs root privileges, and I end up always with the same layout in my Konsole:
docker commands | docker logs
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Wine not properly uninstalled [duplicate]
So i installed wine a long time ago, However its pretty heavy so i decided to uninstall it.
However, There's still a wine folder in the x86 64 linux gnu Folder:
thearchcoder@thearchcoder-HP-EliteDesk-...
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What to do when it gives a screen like this it needs commands
When I open my laptop it’s just this screen it seems like it wants commands, but I don’t know how to use commands to get to the login screen of my laptop.
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How can i resolve Invalid value set for options Signed-By regarding source error?
I'm new to Ubuntu, and i think i messed up my repo.
Now i see the error
E: Invalid value set for option Signed-By regarding source https://repositories.intel.com/gpu/ubuntu/ jammy/production/2328 (not ...
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How to use SDKMAN tools in a Kubuntu 24.04 linux box like SDKMAN gradle or groovy for instance to be used in desktop operations
Hi I have installed SDKMAN for JDK purpose, but found other tools like Gradle & Groovy.
I want to use them in my gradle & groovy operations in my Kubuntu 24.04 laptop. What is the Linux ...
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How disable programmatically notebook built-in keyboard before login screen
How can I disable a notebooks built-in keyboard - before the login screen.
I have a non functioning built-in keyboard on my notebook. In it's current state it types characters randomly. I am using an ...
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Can I know which is the correct command to upload the file to the Ubuntu server?
I am trying to upload the file using the terminal to the Ubuntu python3 virtual environment but I am below two getting error.
1. If I am not logged in using the terminal and trying to upload a file
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Issue with oh-my-zsh theme not being fully applied
I'm new to both zsh and askubuntu, so please be gentle. :)
I'm going through this tutorial and have gotten stuck on the section "Changing Oh-My-ZSH Theme". I can apply the theme by editing my .zshrc ...
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Terminal not launching in Ubuntu 22.04
For some reason, I can't open the terminal through the shortcut (terminal icon) in Ubuntu 22.04. It works through Visual Studio Code, though, so that makes me confused. I tried using the F keys, but ...
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How change the font size in Ubuntu Server 20.04 LTS
What I'm trying to do is increase the font size, not change the resolution. I still want my resolution to be 4k, but I want a bigger font size. Is this possible?
This is the terminal, there is no GUI ...
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Cannot exit from login screen TTY1
I was trying to learn how TTY's (teletypes or virtual terminals) in Ubuntu 18.04 work, so I pressed Ctrl+Alt+F1 , and the Login screen showed. According to the post " How do I switch between console ...
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How do I remove an alias?
I want to remove gs alias from my PC. When I type gs it will open GhostScript. But I checked everywhere in the home directory .alias .bash_aliases .bashrc
I also overwrite the gs with my custom ...
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How to merge multiple (more than two) videos on Ubuntu?
I want to merge videos in batch size of twenty (20) each. I'm running a Linux machine. The videos are in mp4 format and moderate quality. Some even have the audio stream missing. So far I've tried ...
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Why does the ls command output in Windows Terminal running Ubunt start with a ''$'\001''?' string in WSL2 using zsh?
I get an encoding issue with the ls command as seen here:
When I change ~/.zshrc to have a LC_ALL in UTF8 encoding, the output changes to \001\357\277\275. What do I need to do to fix this?
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Changing bash doesn't work
I'm using Starship, but don't get the proper changes, and I have to run the command bash just to see the starship terminal. I want this to happen by default.
I also have Tmux, when I load that, it ...
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Generate private key encrypted with password using openssl
I'm using openssl to sign files, it works but I would like the private key file is encrypted with a password. These are the commands I'm using, I would like to know the equivalent commands using a ...
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Can´t execute on Ubuntu 22.04 Gnome version 42.9 sh files
I have created a file named Notebook.sh, but when I go to Preferences, I don't have the option Preferences -> Behavior -> Ask what to do, so I cannot directly open Jupyter Notebook by clicking ...
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Gtk-WARNING **: 22:21:47.873: cannot open display:1 / xhost : unable to open display:1
Sooo, that's the thing, for some reason now I cannot open graphical applications from the terminal, something that is curious to me is that I can launch gedit(for example) from my keyboard shortcut (i ...
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How to record stereo sound from Line-In in command line?
I have plugged my phones into rear Line-In socket of my computer. I want to use it as stereo microphone, I tried this on desktop and it worked.
Now, how can I record sound from it with command line?
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convert svg or ttf to otf, eot, woff
I'm looking for a command line software/script for linux/ubuntu that can help me convert svg or ttf to otf, eot and woff formats.
I've tried fontmin,webify, fontforge, eot-utils, sfnt2woff, ttf2woff ...
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Ubuntu 22.04.2 loads to Command Line fails to Load GUI
After a recent set of upgrades Ubuntu will only load to command line. I have tried loading to older states by booting with Shift and selecting advanced start, without any luck.
I have tried to update ...
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Ubuntu Server Wifi Issues
I am trying to set up an 24.04 LTS Ubuntu server. In the installation GUI, I was able connect to my WiFi. I have added my WiFi information to /etc/netplan/50-cloud-init.yaml file, and added the 99-...
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How to run scripts without typing the full path?
I'd like to know if there is a way to run program/shell script without typing full path:
/opt/idea/bin/idea.sh
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Putting all strings on the same line
I am trying to find a way to place all names on one line for 100 files. All names in each file must appear on the same line.
FILE1
"company":"COMPANY1","companyDisplayName&...
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How to login to the GUI from commandline
When I boot up, I sometimes go into tty, execute a few commands and then have to restart the GUI (gmd) with
sudo service restart gdm
I then go to the GUI (Alt+F7) and have to login.
Occasionally, ...
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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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How do I leave the "root" account [closed]
Problem: I am not signed into an account. Can someone help me with this?
I have tried to use this:
ubuntu config --default-user User
but ended up lopsided.
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find a file name using command line
I would like to determine the location of a file using command-line. I have tried:
find ./tor.keyring
I must be missing something here
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Arrow keys, Home, End, tab-complete keys not working in shell
I have installed ubuntu minimal(mini.iso) on my vm. I then used recovery mode to login as root and create an account with useradd -m admin and then set a password with passwd admin.
When I login on ...
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Ubuntu 24.04 unable to enable dark theme
I can not enable dark theme on my newly installed ubuntu 24.04. I have tried bunch of techniques but nothing changes. Can I get some help?
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Ubuntu server 22.04 how do I determine what DNS server is in use from the command line?
I've already read the link here. I tried this from the accepted answer
nmcli device status
but I get this result
sudo: nmcli: command not found.
Then I read this link. I tried this
systemd-resolve --...
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Transmission Remote List magnets/URLs
I use transmission remote terminal command and I want to re-create the current state of my torrent files in other computer using a bash script.
I want to create a bash script that will list all the ...
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Yakuake not responding after hitting F12
I'm using Yakuake (it's a drop down terminal emulator) to manage my terminals and work in multiple terminals, switch between them...
First you must launch the application and by clicking on F12 the ...
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How to use asterisk (*) in bash array
I want to stored all command args in an array but it only works when all args have no any (*).
Here is a test without using array:
mkdir -p /tmp/hello
echo "hello" > /tmp/hello/hello.txt
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"E: Unable to locate package VirtualBox" Error when I try to install virtualbox in command line
So first off I'm using Ubuntu 22.04LTS
So I was going off this tutorial on how to install virtualbox https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/how-to-install-virtualbox-in-linux/ and it says to go in command line ...
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Laptop updating by CMD
Can I fully upgrade or update my laptop by CMD like new Windows, sometimes I am unable to install it from Microsoft Windows and I haven't DVD disk or Bootable USB, So, am I able to do this in an ...
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Batch Conversion of MP4 to re-encode audio codec to MP3
I have 100s of MP4 videos that were ripped using using WinX DVD Ripper (Personal use only). However after I finished them my Samsung TV wouldn't play them without the sound disappearing ...
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How to assign file name with full path to a variable in bash script
Suppose I opened my file manager nemo and select a file named "abc"
In the location bar, it shows media/myuser/folder1/subfoler/ and the selected file name is abc.
How can assign the selected (...
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command line, no desktop environment
I have installed an ubuntu in a computer with windows, but when i open the computer with ubuntu, there's no desktop environment, only a command line.
I've even written my username and password on ...
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How do I increase the size of swapfile without removing it in the terminal?
Is there a way to increase my existing "swapfile" without having to destroy and re-create it?
I would like to up my swap space from 1GB to 2GB. Currently it is set up as such:
$ sudo swapon -s
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