General :: What Are Some Useful Terminal Commands
Mar 30, 2011
I know CD, Apt-Get, and Dir, but besides that I know mostly Command Prompt commands and that's not many, and they seem to differ from Terminal. What are some useful Terminal commands that I should know how to use in times or need?
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Apr 13, 2011
i don't know if there is a way to check or see the list of commands available to each shell you decide to use, be it BASH,KSH, etc in your terminal. You know how its works in microsoft, in cmd-line or dos, you type HELP and its brings all the commands available for use.
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Jan 10, 2010
Recently I gained interest in running command from the terminal, like rhythmbox-client --play-pause and vlc --open, but I could not find the vlc's pause command under vlc. there's a way I can have a terminal display the commands that run when I do some action. For example, when I click on pause in vlc, the terminal should show me what command it used to pause vlc. What's the closest ting I can get to this?
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May 13, 2011
How or Where Can I learn the terminal commands?
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Feb 18, 2011
difference between these terminal commands?
dpkg -l
dpkg -list
dpkg -list | less
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Sep 29, 2010
When i Write commands in terminal it does nothing
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Nov 11, 2010
I need all the Commands of linux terminal with their uses and functions..
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Feb 26, 2010
i donot know basic commands used in terminal as to install,, to remove a software etc
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Nov 24, 2010
I'm trying to get a script to open a gnome-terminal and input commands into it, just as you would typing them in. That way, I can automate commands using bash, even if the terminal is running a non-bash program like telnet, mysql, vim, etc.
So, for instance..
I would like to open telnet to connect to a mud (I'm aware of the security concerns) and input commands through a script.
This way, I can log in, enter name/password, and do some start-game stuff automatically.
This isn't just for a mud, though. I'd like to be able to script inputs for any terminal application... maybe automate vim, mysql, or whatever.
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Oct 12, 2010
I am looking for a terminal app that will allow me to save my password and maybe set up some sessions since I often log into multiple machines each day. Also is there something out there that will allow me to save common commands to a hot key?
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Jan 6, 2010
In gnome terminal it is possible to open multiple tabs with Quote:$ gnome-terminal --tab-with-profile=jake_lardasset --tab-with-profile=virtualsexgranny -x alpineWe got even further....Quote:gnome-terminal --tab-with-profile=james_treesexer --command pymol --tab-with-profile=loverboy13 --command alpineand pymol runs, but not in the tab and alpine runs in the tab.The problem is, that when using a script to check mail it has Quote:gnome-terminal --tab-with-profile=chrissypink --command alpine --tab-with-profile=jake_hugerichard -x ssh xxxx@xxxx.ut.eenot the other way aroundIs there a simpler way to do this?And why is it not possible to execute ssh with the --command parameter and -x has to be used ,but top and so on can be executed with --command
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Jan 12, 2010
i want to delete some say 10 previous commands in bash shell!
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Feb 10, 2011
i started using computer when it was all dos driven so thought i was going to be fine using the terminal in ubuntu the problem i am facing is i can not quite get my head round why is it if i load the terminal. and the first this i type is dir or ls it gives me a list off directories. So why is it if i type cd /pictures i get no such file or directory ? Confused
This also bugging the jebus out off me is i am trying to get into my usb pen drive from the terminal to run a program i have on there.
so i type cd /media
then typed ls
is displayed New Volume <-- This being the name off my pen drive
i have tried every this to get into there but the commands i would use in dos are not playing ball.
Can some one please explain how to get into my usb pen then tell me were i can go read on this as i really can not get my head around this at moment.
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Mar 13, 2011
$ execute_some_long_command <command is executing> <Accidently press middle button that inserts bunch of garbage (including, for example, `rm -Rf ~/*`) into console>
How to let execute_some_long_command finish, but not execute inserted things?
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Nov 6, 2009
In a couple days I plan on changing to opensuse from kubuntu. Anyway in the Kpackagemanager I removed the pulseaudio client (and its dependencies) and it messed up my system a bit. I don't really mind but all I need is to get my files from my home folder off my hdd to an external through usb 2.0. When Kubuntu 9.10 boots now all it is is a command terminal basically and I don't know the specific commands to get the files. Or if I need to reinstall something so that it boots up with a graphical looking UI again.
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Jan 24, 2010
if you do the command conky in terminal, it starts conky ofcourse, but it also shows output to that terminal so you can't do any other commands to that terminal, Is their an option like you can do with the '&' sign in other cases? If you do the '&' sign with conky it still gives output, also the conky -d command gives output...
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Sep 10, 2010
I was wondering is there a way to bind say "F5" to the command sudo apt-get update so I can press one key to write this into the terminal?
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May 8, 2010
Is there some way to send commands to another "pseudo terminal" or otherwise access one when the desktop environment has frozen to get a program there to save its data? (i.e. after logging in remotely) I tried "echoing" to "/dev/pts/X" (X = number) but that doesn't seem to work. It just displays whatever is echoed there -- it is not accepted as input.
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Mar 9, 2016
I'm messing around with a new install of Debian 8, trying to get a sandbox of Oracle DB 12c up and running in an ESXi environment.
open-vm-tools was giving me troubles (resizing the window didn't make the resolution change), and Oracle DB was fighting me with environmental variables.
Well, while I was troubleshooting the Oracle issue, I needed to reboot. When it came back up, I couldn't log in. When I attempt to log in using known working credentials, the screen goes black like it should, and then loads the login screen again.
I SSH into the box and try to run commands, but every single command I run returns "Command not found" including "ls" "su" "cd".
I'm able to boot into recovery mode, where the commands work under root, but I'm not sure what to fix....
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Jun 24, 2010
My linux computer just kicked the bucket, so Iḿ kinda stuck on testing terminal commands
Can somebody give me the commands to:
1. Start the smb service.
2. Start the libvirtd service.
3. Create a symbolic folder link at /opt/google/chrome/plugins that links to /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins
4. Create a symbolic folder link at /opt/google/chrome/plugins that links to /usr/lib64/mozilla/plugins
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Jan 21, 2010
I am in the process of coverting some video files to motion jpeg (Wii) files with ffmpeg (great program by the way). I have been successful and so the majority of my work is over. My question is simple (I think) but complex to me so... here it goes. Is there a way on one command line to "batch" convert 8 or 9 files together instead of one by one. I just don't know what to put on the command line. I took one UNIX class a long time ago and the terms pipe and such come to mind... but I forget. Any takers? That was I can write what I want the computer to do in the morning and just come back after work and voila...
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Feb 27, 2010
Is there any easy way to Make a GUI for terminal commands?
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Mar 20, 2010
I was following a guide to stop Ubuntu from always asking the root password. And apparently i messed something up in vsudo edit or something like that i was in... So now when i put in a sudo command i get this...
Quote:
>>> /etc/sudoers: syntax error near line 18 <<<
sudo: parse error in /etc/sudoers near line 18
sudo: no valid sudoers sources found, quitting
so i cant even get back to undo what i edited.
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Apr 11, 2010
I am trying to boot debian on my nexus one the guide i am using is telling me to run these commands
I am getting to the point where i type the command # cd /sdcard/debian but it tells me cd: can't cd to /sdcard/debian.
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Apr 30, 2010
I've created a bash shell script, to open a few graphical programs. Trouble is, the next one doesn't start until I close the first one. How can I just skip to the next program?
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May 7, 2010
Is there any way to run commands of other programs from the terminal?opened a doc file from the terminal using>openoffice.org filename.docis there any way to executeSELECT ALL[ctrl + a] orCOPY [ctrl + c]from the terminal?
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Nov 17, 2010
I couldn't really find a general Ubuntu discussion area. So I typed ipconfig and of course it said no such command blah blah blah. What I found interesting was that it provided a list of other commands I may have meant to use, ie. ifconfig. So what's the algorithm used to determine the commands? Is it SOUNDEX or something else?
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Nov 30, 2010
Unzipped the folder in home/folder wordpress-3.0.2.tar.gz and now have a file called 'wordpress' Can someone walk me through the terminal commands to install from here.
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May 6, 2011
I upgraded to 11.04 today and wanted to reconfigure so that I could have the desktop cube again. Once I started trying to switch my settings for the cube configuration compiz asked whether I wanted to turn off various features and apparently among them was the control bar on the side and top of the screen. Now I log in to Ubuntu and I get my workspace and that's it. No control bars, just the workspace. I need to know a few things:
1) Has anyone else had this problem?
2) How do I get into the terminal from keyboard commands?
3) What terminal commands do I need to bring back at least the main toolbar so I can access programs.
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Jul 16, 2011
Im new to ubuntu and I was wondering if someone could list some basic terminal commands and explain what they do, and when and why you would use them.
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