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Terminal Opened in Ubuntu but command prompt not appear
When I open my terminal in Ubuntu, it opens, but I have no command prompt! I can't write any commands. I tried to reset it, but nothing happened. The terminal stays like that, so what should I do?
The ...
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Does inline assigned variable followed by shell built-ins accessible by the subsequent commands?
I am trying to understand how posix shell behave when command is in the form,
# variable assignment followed by a shell built-ins.
var=value shell_builtins;
in scenario like this, posix manual says,
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Git output into a document while keeping font colors?
I am trying to take the output of git log --graph --online --all --decorate and put it into a Word Document or PDF. I want to keep the font colors, for obvious reasons since a git commit tree looks ...
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Passing variable from shell script to another script using expect
I'm trying to write a script to be able to pass a variable using script_a.sh which extract a value from the database to pass another script script_b.sh which uses this value as part of the input for ...
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macbook terminal tab complete python module
On my old MacBookPro, I was able to tab-complete python modules on Terminal...
but now, as soon as theres a "dot" in the path, Terminal can no longer tab-complete
(so basically only tab-...
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bash script - check number of input arguments based on one input argument value
I have to create a bash script for which i need to give input arguments based on action type: insert/update.
In case of insert the bash script will need 3 input arguments but in case of update are ...
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PowerShell Script for renaming multiple files with a common phrase in multiple folders
I have files within folders on a Windows 10 system that are template files. These files are all named xxxxxx[Vendor Name]. Is there a PowerShell script i can write that can search for files with "...
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How to get 2 linux process ids created on a single line command using shell script
I have a command to start tcpdump on a timeout. So I have a shell script written to start this process and give the executor of the shell script the process ids created in the shell script. My shell ...
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How do I run my powershell script from any directory? (Like in $profile but in its own .ps1 file)
My .ps1 script is just a simple multi-argument function, but I want to run this function anywhere like functions in $PROFILE but for tidiness and organisation's sake, I want it to be its own file. If ...
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Removed Python2.7 executable and now I can't uninstall it
I have Ubuntu 22.04.4lts and I installed python3.11.7 and python2.7.18. I tried to uninstall python2.7 with sudo apt remove python2 python2-pip but I got this message:
E: Unable to locate package ...
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Find command in system path from Java on macOS
From Java I need to execute a user-installed command (let’s call it abc) on macOS. However when running
Runtime.getRuntime().exec(new String[] {"abc", "--argument"});
it cannot be ...
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Why does command substitution work in these ways?
In my .bashrc file I have the following:
export USER_HOME1='/home/$(id -nu)/'
export USER_HOME2='/home/'$(id -nu)'/'
export USER_HOME3="/home/$(id -nu)/"
export USER_HOME4="/home/\$(id ...
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I can't use command "start" in git bash
When I type "start" to open up a .txt file, it returns /usr/bin/start: line 8: No such file or directory
I guess it returns my whole path but idk.
I have tried adding C:\Windows\System32 to ...
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How to escape a command line for logging?
I want to echo a command that a script is running for debugging purposes.
So, my script has a line that runs a command:
negate() {
echo \( "$1" -negate \)
}
NEGATED_IMAGE="$(negate '...
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Exploring json with command lines [closed]
Can someone helps me finding out a solution for this problem with a command line?
Here's my Json file :
{
"type": "record",
"name": "ShelfEx »position,
"...
