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Ubuntu CLI, replace a long filepath/filename with a shortcut
I have a long path to some of my files and I don't want to type and/or use the Tab-key as much when using it with commands in the Terminal.
So I want to add "shortcuts" to some of them (both ...
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Can we have multiple path/directories for fonts in linux?
Is there anyway to have multiple directories for loading fonts in Linux distros? Or loading the fonts from a directory inside .fonts such as .fonts/DIRECTORY?
I have two sets of fonts, and I don't ...
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how to write a command to remove a folder, name includes spaces.? [duplicate]
How can I delete a folder with whitespace in its name, but without quoting the folder name? I also need to be prompted to confirm the deletion. I know how to do it like this:
rm -ri /home/user/'my ...
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Symbolic link not working
I tried to make a symbolic link between directories, but it's not working. I made a directory called C_drive and then did the following command:
sudo ln -s this/directory/way/over/here/myfolder ~/...
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can relative path access more than one level?
I'm new to Linux and was wondering if relative path can access more than one level.
For example:
/home/john/Desktop/Myfiles/text.txt
If i'm currently at ~/ can i jump to text.txt without having to ...
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Why doesn’t `mv file /dir` move the file to a subdirectory of the current working directory?
I was in my /etc directory and typed the command
me@mylaptop:/etc$ sudo mv MyFile.conf /openvpn
I thought that would move the file into the directory openvpn which is a subdirectory of the /etc ...
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Is there a package installer in which a i can choose where to install?
Since changing the installation path or directory of dpkg is not a good and risky idea I would like to know if there are any package installers in which I can choose to install where I want since my ...
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Zip2john issue on ubuntu 18.04 LTS [duplicate]
Problem:
root@ITSASECRET:~/src/john/run# zip2john
: command not found
I want to add that the srcript is in the directory. I also had a lot of trouble installing Rexgen as well as Bison and ...
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How to change default ftp directory?
When I connect with FTP using a pem file it is connecting fine and by default, it is showing this directory: /home/ubuntu
Now I am trying to change the /home/ubuntu directory to /var/www/...
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A strange path to the folder [closed]
I have a folder called DAT on the desktop. I am not sure what I did the folder disappeared. Using find command find / -name DAT 2>/dev/null. This is the output /home/t-gang/ /DL4PL. I mean what is ...
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How to edit the highest parent directory of a path while navigating
Noob question: Let's say I'm in:
user@mj:~/var/www/html/mag/something/else/forever$
And I want to be at:
user@mj:/var/www/html/mag/something/else/forever$
Mind the ~
I can achieve that with:
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Ubuntu 16.04 correct way to specify a directory / folder using terminal chown to recursively change ownership / permissions
OK - so I open terminal and I want to use chown to change permissions / ownership recursively. I want to use
sudo chown -R username:group directory
The folder I want to change permissions on is ...
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Where is BLAS and LAPACK installed - the directory?
I am trying find which directory path BLAS and LAPACK are installed on.
I tried:
$ type libblas-dev
bash: type: libblas-dev: not found
Then:
$ apt-cache policy libblas-dev
libblas-dev:
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Using ls command with a 'path' to display contents inside of a directory
Okay, so I have three questions that regard to the title.
How do I use the ls command with an absolute path to display the contents of a directory? For example, the /home/documents directory?
How do ...
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Print a list of "full" relative paths of all the files present in a directory and in its sub-directories
I need to print a list of "full" relative paths of all the files present in a directory and in its sub-directories. I used to do this with du and grep:
du -a <path_to_directory> | grep -Po '[0-...
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How to write the path of a folder with space in its name? [duplicate]
I can't figure out how to write the path of a folder that includes spaces in its name (in Terminal).
I tried:
cd /path/path/path/"A Folder"/file
cd /path/path/path/'A Folder/file
cd /path/path/...
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How to show the full path of a file or directory in the terminal?
I need to know how the directory name in order to type it out in the terminal. How do I access the names of directories?
Windows Explorer used to have a title bar with the full path. Can someone ...
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directory creation problem
What is the meaning of the following statement : I want to install math system named GAP.
mkdir: cannot create directory `/usr/local/lib/gap4r5': Permission denied
Cannot create directory /usr/local/...
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Where is /usr/share/zoneinfo specified?
We are adding timezone support to our Ubuntu application.
The time zone info on my machine is in /usr/share/zoneinfo.
Is it always in that directory? If so, where is that specified?
If not, ...
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Deploying war files in tomcat6
I am using tomcat5.5 for a long on Ubuntu servers 8.10 and 9.10 and /usr/share/tomcat/webapps/ is the path where I place my .war files and access them on the browser over network.
On a sytem I've ...
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