Ubuntu :: Command Line Programs

Sep 25, 2010

How do I find out which command line programs are installed and what do they do?

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General :: Start GUI Programs From The Command Line?

Aug 18, 2010

In Windows, if I have a console window open, type winmine, and press enter, Minesweeper will appear, completely separate from the cmd program. The Minesweeper instance is not tied to the command prompt in any way that I know of, with the exception of Minesweeper's parent being set to that instance of the command prompt. It's different in Linux, however.

In Linux, if I have a console window open, type emacs and press enter, Emacs will open, but it seems tied to the command line. Specifically, it appears that I can't use the command line anymore until that instance of Emacs is closed. Is there a way to replicate the Windows behavior in Linux?

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General :: How System Know It's Collection Of Command Line Programs

Aug 23, 2010

I just started using ubuntu after being a long time windows user.

what i find really interesting is that in command line, i can type many programs and commands, eg firefox can be run via command line from anywhere. In windows cmd prompt, im used to having to run the .exe file by first navigating to it, then being able to run the .exe.

what i wanna know is how does linux know all the programs at the command line?

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Server :: Passing On Command Line Switches To Other Programs?

Nov 10, 2010

On our server we have a certain directory, say /storage, that contains many large files. They are all compressed (gzip). Many of our users are not computer-savvy, and so when one of these files is needed, they will copy it to their own directory. Consequently, we have multiple terabytes of duplicate data. I'd like to enforce an alias whereby if someone tries to use cp on a file from /storage, they will instead create a symbolic link. My idea was something like:

alias cp='cp.storage'
File cp.storage:#!/bin/sh
truePath=$(readlink -f "$1")

[code]....

The conditional checks whether the file being copied begins with "/storage". The problem with this is that if someone wanted to use cp with any options on a file not in /storage, those options would be obliterated. Can someone guide me as to a good way to accomplish this? Either a way to get the options from cp into cp.storage, or another approach not using alias this way. Everyone will be using bash.

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Software :: Adding Programs To Gnome Tool Bar From Command Line?

Oct 23, 2009

I'm trying to create a liveCD/USB for use of myself and my family. The idea is to set up the LiveCD to look like their used to seeing it. I know I can just copy the homedirectory but I wanted to do it via script so new user accounts could also have the common bells and whistles we use.So really I have two questions.1. Is it possible to add programs to the Gnome Tool Bar from command line? aka via a script2. Is it possible to modify the default panel template so new users get my changes?

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General :: "Downsizing" Programs Via Command Line?

Mar 8, 2011

I'm trying to run a home radio server here, and when I run one of the programs.. It continues to run and I cant go back to type any other commands to finish the process. Is there a special key combination that'll get me back to to the command line without killing or stopping the process?

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Fedora :: Run Python3 Scripts From Command Line And Call Up Python 2.6.2 Idle With The Command Idle From Command Line?

May 29, 2010

i've gotten my fedora 12 to the point where i can run python3 scripts from command line and can call up python 2.6.2 idle with the command 'idle' from command line. what command will call up python3 (3.1.2 to be exact) idle?

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Software :: Use Command Line To Split A Single-lined XML Into A Multi-line XML?

Dec 9, 2010

I have a many text files that have XML tags all shoved into 1 line. I want to create a new file that splits each XML tag onto a new line. code...

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General :: Command Line Way To View A Line Of A File With Context?

Feb 24, 2011

I'd like show a certain line or lines of a file with context, kind of like a unified diff, on the command line in Linux:

$ (something) -l 154 stuff.py
150: def foo(bar):
151: """

[code]....

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General :: Printing Command Line History Without Line Numbers?

Aug 22, 2011

How can I print Linux command line history without including the line numbers? I want to send it all to a text file like this:history >> history.txt

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General :: Ubuntu 10.10 And Command Line Scripts - Error - Android: Command Not Found

Mar 26, 2011

I know my way around MS Windows much better, but I just don't feel right trying to program something for Android on a Microsoft operating system. I am interested in Android programming so I followed the instructions on [URL] to install the environment on my computer...

I just installed the JDK, SDK, Eclipse successfully (or I assume):

* When I get to Step 4 where I'm supposed to run 'android' it will not run. I get the error message "android: command not found" (I am definitely in the right directory).

** When I double-click it in nautilus, it opens up in gedit. I can set the permissions in nautilus (through the properties - Allow executing file as a program) and get it to work,

My system:

Intel i7
Ubuntu 10.10 Maverick Meerkat
android-sdk-linux-x86
eclipse 3.6.2

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Ubuntu :: Is Command Line Invocation Of Gnome-terminal To Run More Than One Command

Feb 17, 2010

how to pass something more than a one-command startup for gnome-terminal. I will give an example of what I'm trying to do here:

Code:

#! /bin/bash
#
#TODO write this for gnome and xterm

[code]....

This same error occurs if the gnome-terminal line is changed to

Code:

gnome-terminal -e mcTerm

Is there any way to pass more than one command on to gnome-terminal? I have tried various single and double quoting senarios and in a final attempt, I abstracted to an exported function all to no avail. Perhaps even though gnome-term is better at many things than xterm, xterm trumps it in this instance.

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Programming :: Effect Of Using Eval To Execute A Command As Opposed To Writing It On The Command-line?

Jun 18, 2010

Code: cmd='date | wc'

$cmd If this script is executed, an error is generated. The reason written was that "The execution fails because the pipe is not expanded and is passed to date as an argument".What is meant by expansion of pipe. When we execute date | wc on the command line, it goes fine.then | is not treated as an argument. Why?

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General :: Access The Dbxml From The Command Line And It Returns Command Not Found?

Apr 30, 2011

I installed the Berkeley DB on the Ubuntu server and tried to access the dbxml from the command line and it returns command not found

path/to/dir/dbxml-2.5.16/install/bin$dbxml
-bash" dbxml: command not found

Can someone point me in the right direction

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Software :: Command Line: Chown Command Recursively On Invisible Directories?

Oct 25, 2010

I tried

Code:

chown -R owner:group *

which does not work on the invisible directories (why?). When I used ".*" as wildcard it changed all (visible) files including the parent directory (the one I was currently working in which is the "dot") . I can change the invisible directories owner and group using dophin but how is it done from the command line?

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Programming :: Command Line Invocation Of Gnome-terminal To Run More Than One Command?

Feb 16, 2010

I am trying to learn how to pass more than a one-command startup for gnome-terminal.

I will give an example of what I'm trying to do here:

Code:
#! /bin/bash
#
#TODO write this for gnome and xterm
USAGE="
${0##*/} [-x] [-g]
code....

However, running with the -g option to invoke gnome-terminal, I get a "There was an error creating the child process for this terminal" error.

This same error occurs if the gnome-terminal line is changed to

Code:
gnome-terminal -e mcTerm

Is there any way to pass more than one command on to gnome-terminal? I have tried various single and double quoting senarios and in a final attempt, I abstracted to an exported function all to no avail. Perhaps even though gnome-term is better at many things than xterm, xterm trumps it in this instance.

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Programming :: Convert This Awk Command From Command Line Into An Awk Script ?

Oct 15, 2010

I'm trying to convert this awk command from command line into an awk script, but just cannot get it to work:

This is what i have after my BEGIN

Am i missing something here? this just prints out the count for everyline, not counting lines on 5th field that match 'A'

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General :: Write <Esc> In The Vim Command Line (:vim Command)?

Jun 24, 2011

how do you write the ASCII character #27 in the vim command line?

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Software :: Command Line Cd Command Not Working Right

May 4, 2010

Using netbook asus 1005ha with lucid beta 1 with most of updates on learning to use the CLI and headaches cd command does not seem to reconise directories here is a sample

Code:

yeh i know read the f#####g manual i am but any help would be greatly accepted tried sudo with same commands same problem did have a problem on my debian system that was to do with paths this is not the same on a different footnote anyone thinking of upgrading to lucid sit tight on 9.10 there are still to many issues that need ironing out for a system that is your main system.

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General :: Voice To Command & Text/command To Voice Programs?

Mar 14, 2011

Does anyone know of a commercial program that will run on openSUSE?I need something that is fairly user friendly, identifies individual voices, and does not require Wine. The machine is to be completely controlled by voice and would be programmed to issue vocals in response to vocal requests for what is in the various databases and I/O software, such as motion control and other sensor subsystems. In other words, a program that lends itself to AI robotics.I do not have the time to develop CMSphinx, and I am willing to pay. I have been on a few sites but they are cryptic as far as the technicals, which I do not fully understand anyway.

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Software :: Typing CC Command While Compiling Programs?

Feb 24, 2010

I am doing my project which detects and displays the error message along line number when compiling c programs under Linux. Using gcc command..cc command which we generally use. For which my program must act as a compiler and generate error messages when user program is written and compiled. My idea was to develop a shell script program using name suppose ncc that would be..

$ vi ncc.sh
echo "compiling program $1"
$cc MyPgm.c
$.a/.out
<esc>
:wq
Now user program pgm1.c can be compiled using
$ sh ncc.sh pgm1.c

This will invoke my compiler program. But the thing is how to pass user program pgm1.c as input to my compiler program...

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Ubuntu :: How To Do Everything From Command Line

May 8, 2010

How can we do everything, or as much as we can do, from the command line? In particular, I am trying to get rid of the top panel in Ubuntu. Because,

1) It takes unnecessary valuable space.
2) Even if I use a huge monitor, it introduces distraction to me while working.

I created a shortcut so that with a single keyboard key I can open a terminal. For example, if I want to restart the computer, I use: "sudo shutdown -r now". Or I can even create a shorter alias. So I do not need the logout menu. But my problem is, some programs put an icon on the top panel when they are working. So, what is the best way of using command line, and getting rid of the top menu.

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Ubuntu :: 7-zip Still Command Line Only?

Sep 5, 2010

I was wondring if 7zip still only runs in the command line. I searched and got a bunch of old threads like this: [URL].. but I'm not sure if that has changed since 2007. A GUI would be awesome.

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Ubuntu :: How To FTP Using Command Line

Sep 17, 2010

I have a virtual private server that I SSH into. While I am using SSH, I need to be able to FTP from command line to another server. I want to do this in the easiest most sure way possible. (I am not using my real IP below for security.) I have tried the following commands.

sftp 10.99.99.99
ssh: connect to host 10.99.99.99 port 22: No route to host
Couldn't read packet: Connection reset by peer
ssh 10.99.99.99
ssh: connect to host 10.99.99.99 port 22: No route to host

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Ubuntu :: No Command Line / Get That?

Dec 7, 2010

About two months ago I upgraded my dual boot Linux-x86-64 Vista from Heron to 10.04 Lucid. Initially everything worked fine including wireless etc. Once I accidentally changed a few /etc permissions which caused a problem, but fixed it going into recovery mode. For the past weeks, I only used the windows. Over the weekend I tried logging into Ubuntu, the gnome would not come up. So, I went into recovery mode and typed "sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade" which also went through. However, after that I lost the recovery options. I had used that command very successfully in the past. Right now, I have no command line that would allow me to type something. I was wondering if there are any keys Alt+Del + something that would give me a prompt I can work with. I'm totally baffled as to how this can happen.

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Ubuntu :: Run Jar With Command Line?

May 10, 2011

I have installed java runtime and I need to run jar file,Im not using gnome desktop,so I need a command to run it.Im using fluxbox.

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Ubuntu :: Log In To Command Line?

Apr 3, 2011

I installed Ubuntu 10.10 some time back and what I encounter is that for the first time that I log in it shows graphical interface but from the 2nd time onwards it goes straight to the command line. I have tried few things which were I found out on other forums but nothing seems to be working. how can I log in to GUI rather than command line.

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Ubuntu :: Scan From Command Line?

Feb 17, 2010

I have a Deskjet F2400 series and want to scan a document to a file from the command line without having the HP Device Manager being invoked.

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Ubuntu :: Command Line Only Live Cd?

Feb 18, 2010

Lately I have been very interested in minimal Linux distro's. At the moment I am specifically searching for command line only intended distro's (up to date) and even more preferable: command line only distro's available on a live cd or usb. Can anyone of you point me in a right direction or recommend a distro?

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Ubuntu :: Auto Run Command Line?

Feb 22, 2010

I've Ubuntu installed on a SD card running on my Eee PC 1000H and have to type in, everytime after startup, this line:

Code:
sudo hdparm -B 1 -S 1 /dev/sda
to turn off the noisy HDD. How can I auto execute this command?! System>Startup Applications didn't work

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