General :: Finding A Directory In A Terminal
Jul 2, 2010How can I find a particular directory in a terminal window in Linux? I think it involves using grep, but I'm not sure how.
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General :: Finding Files Under The Current Directory?
Oct 5, 2010Assumed y directory structure looks as follow:
Code:
--root
-- dir1
-- dir1-1
-- dir2
-- dir2-1
-- dir2-2
And under each sub dir there are some log files ended with .log. Now I want to list all these log files. How to to that?
General :: Bash - Finding Newest File In A Directory?
Aug 24, 2010Basically, I am trying to locate and copy the newest .json bookmark backup in my .mozilla/firefox/w987sdg9.default/bookmarkbackups directory.
I tried this
Code:
ls -t ~/.mozilla/firefox/b1ahb1ah.default/bookmarkbackups/ | head -1
which does return the newest file, but only the filename itself. I found readlink, but I haven't gotten that to output a full path which I can then feed to copy. So, it seems to me that find might work well here, and I know how to find based on absolute dates, but not relative.
General :: Finding The Command Line To Launch An Application From A Terminal?
Sep 25, 2009Is there a way to find out the currently installed packages and the corresponding command line to launch the package from a terminal. For example, I know that I have openoffice installed but I do not know how to find the command line to launch it.
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May 10, 2011I'm constantly going 'cd ../../../../'. Is there a command/alias that could let me go 'cmd 4' and I'd be taken back 4 directories?
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Apr 30, 2010I am total new to linux as I worked mostly on RTOS (symbian). My problem is, I need to find the file IOSTREAM.H and I am following commands below:
1) cd /
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General :: Finding A File Which Is Being Written Recently In Directory Of 1000 Files?
Apr 13, 2011How to find a file which is being written recently in directory of 1000 files?
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Aug 19, 2010I am new both here and in Linux. As the subject says, I would like to learn how to copy a directory (not a file) from terminal with progress bar showing. The copy is local, i.e., not to another computer. My distro is CentOS 5.5. I know that if I do it with nautilus I would see the progress, but I want to learn how to do it from the terminal. I know that PV command can show a progress bar, but from what I saw, it works well for files, but not for directories (recursive).
Is it possible to use PV for directories? If yes, could you please show me the syntax? I also saw that some people mentioned that rsync can also show a progress bar, I tried to do it, but it didn't work out - perhaps I got the syntax wrong. If rsync can really be used to copy directories with progress bar, show me the syntax? Any other ideas on how to do it? I would like ideas that do not involve using any script, i.e., just something that I can do using the regular commands.
General :: Gnome-terminal: Preserve Symlinks Of Working Directory When Opening New Tab?
Aug 31, 2010If I'm using gnome-terminal in a working directory whose path includes symlinks and I open a new tab, the symlinks will be expanded to their destinations in the working directory of the new tab.
Is there any way to preserve the symlinks when opening a new tab?
Ubuntu :: Finding A Notepad That Runs In Terminal?
Apr 5, 2010I,m looking for a notepad type that runs in terminal? i,e when I (ctlr alt f1) I have terminal can you run a notepad within that, or is there a way to type something then be able to save etc
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Oct 30, 2010I would like to know how to find out the name of programs so that I could launch them in Terminal. For example, to launch gimp, I just type
Code:gimp and it launches. Well how do I find out other names to other programs?
Fedora Installation :: Finding A Terminal Command That Probes Other OS's?
Nov 3, 2010Whenever I install Fedora other distros don't show up in GRUB. Windows shows up in "other," and I can see the other distro still intact when I run G Parted, but I don't know how to get it to show up in GRUB. Is there a terminal-command in F14 that probes other OS's on the hard drive and restores them to GRUB?
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Apr 24, 2011How can i find the default repository directory ?? one of the reasons why i need to know this is so that i can place any new downloaded .rpm files in that directory and then use
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Programming :: Script For Finding The First X-GB Of Files In A Directory?
Jun 23, 2010I once had a script that when run would find the first 800GB of files in a directory (including subdirectories) and write them to a file (ie: ./800gb.sh > manifest.txt).I used this to create manifests of 800GB worth of data from large directories in order to dump to tape (LTO4).I'm sure its gotta be a pretty simple script, but I am not very skilled at writing bash scripts.
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Sep 3, 2010I was doing some coding for school and i accidentally hit the button on my laptop to turn off the touchpad and everything started to bog down and slowly crawl or not do anything. So I reset the machine and the panel is completely backwards now. It still works fine but i would like it the original way. Is there a terminal command or setting i need to reset the panel?
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Oct 18, 2009The space in the volume name seems to disagree with fstab and terminal, I can't change the volume name either as I do not have access to Windows at this time. Is there a way I can help fstab or the terminal to recognize the space in part of the volume name?
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Aug 28, 2010new to ubuntu and linux, and using Lucid 10.04 LTS ok, i'm trying to get XBMC going, and following a nice step by step instruction on wiki.xbmc.org, but now i'm stuck at this step... In Ubuntu the SVN Repositories are not automatically added. You must add them manually. First, download the SVN Repo Installer from: [URL] Extract it to the ~/.xbmc/plugins/programs directory. If this directory does not exist, run XBMC one time and then exit back to Ubuntu. The directory should now exist.
i ran xbmc once (after the video driver problem was solved, though it messed up my dual monitors, gotta figure that one out yet.) i got the zip file, it's in my downloads. now my newbness really shows... i can't find an 'extract' command for gnome, can't find the .xbmc directory using the file browser, can't figure out how to hunt for folders instead of files, and don't know how to look inside folders i don't have permission to, that is, i don't know if there's a 'sudo' like option for the file browser. i've been searching the forums, but without the correct search terms, i'm wading in an ocean. i really want to give ubuntu an honest try, but i feel like a foreigner. EDIT: btw, up to this point, the forums have been invaluable, you all are great.
Programming :: Finding Maximum Length File In A Directory Recursively Using Shell Scripting?
Nov 8, 2010I want to find maximum length file in a given directory. It should search recursivley. I want this to be done using ls and simple looping constructs.
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Sep 25, 2009i'm trying to install the your-tube downloader so i can get stuff off videos again, but having trouble. the instructions say to open a terminal at the directory of the extracted files and run the yourtube-downloader file, but i don't know how to do that. i tried just opening a terminal and running it, but it doesn't work. how do i do this?
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Jun 18, 2010no matter what i do in there terminal when it comes to changing directorys or copying items it just dont work.this is what im typing
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Ubuntu :: Terminal: Go Back To Last Directory
Oct 14, 2010if i was in /home/user/directory1/directory2/directory3/directory4 and i changed directory to /home/user/, how do i quickly go back to my previous directory (namely //home/user/directory1/directory2/directory3/directory4 )
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Jan 4, 2011Is there any way we could display dicrectory's size in terminal? Because I need to copy directories to external devices like USB, so I need to know there is enough space left on my USB for those directories or not. I tried ls command but still couldn't find out.
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May 14, 2009I need a sed command to print a list of files in "/home" directory, ending in ".sh"
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Feb 21, 2015I deleted by mistake my /www/ directory in terminal with rm -rf command. Is there a chance to get it back? I tried with TestDisk but I can't find it.
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Jul 14, 2010when we navigate into directories withing directories the terminal displays the entire path right from the root. Now how to make it just show the current directory I am working in? For examplevineeth@vineeth-laptop:~/Desktop/linux_programming/python_programming/project_duplicate_zip_files$ as you can see that I am in the current project_duplicate_zip_files directory but it displays right from the root. how to just make it something like below:vineeth@vineeth-laptop:/project_duplicate_zip_files$
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Oct 10, 2010So for example, I go to PLACES -> DOWNLOADS and somehow open up a terminal for that rather than opening up a terminal to type "cd ~/Downloads" I know its simple to do that but when your dealing with some crazy directory like:
/media/2TB-DATA/BackUps/Regular/Downloads/Pictures/Family/Me/HiDef/ or something, and ur already browsing through it using the file browser, it would be nice to be able to open up a terminal for that directory.
Ubuntu :: How To Backup Terminal Commands Directory
Jun 25, 2011I wonder if there is a directory for a terminal commands that may I can backup the commands I have used in the terminal before.
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Jul 15, 2011I have a directory '/usr/local/games/quake4'. I want permissions for the directory, along with everything in it set to:
Owner: Create and delete files
Group: Access files
Others: Access files
What would I type in terminal to make this happen?
Fedora :: How To Install From A .tar.gz - Navigate The Unix Terminal Directory
Dec 23, 2010Im trying to install net-vi_2.2.1.tar.gz its my understanding that i need to navigate the Unix terminal directory to the either the tar.gz archive or extract the file to a folder and use that as the command directory for the terminal so my first question is how do i use that folder with the terminal? what command do i use?
After that i use the readme or install text file for the rest of the commands i need but im not sure cause ive never installed from tar.gz before
How to install a .tar.gz file ?
Ubuntu :: Terminal Starts In Root Directory Instead Of Home?
May 2, 2010After upgrading to Lucid, gnome-terminal and xterm both start in the root directory (/); I'd like for them to start in my home directory instead. I had added "cd /home/myname" to the end of .bashrc, and this worked well as a temporary fix, but was never necessary in Karmic. Furthermore, modifying .bashrc in this way renders Nautilus' "Open in Terminal" menu item useless, as it still opens the home directory instead of the folder Nautilus was viewing.
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