Is this part of forum the correct where I'm asking about terminal? Why is not any tunnel specified for terminal/console in this forum?
1. How can I find tutorials for below special characters, which use into terminal:
Code:
~ ^ * _ - + ; : ? ' " ! @ # $ % & {} [] () <> / | ./ Space-bar Tab-Key Return
on web or through the man pages into terminal?
2. How can I copy/print my CLI commands list (default+installed) that comes with "man <Tab> <Tab>" or other man pages that are shown in several pages within terminal/console?
last time i used debian it was missing some commands that were necessary for the stuff i was trying to install on itdebian has no software repositories (not as extensive as ubuntu but i guess thats why its so user friendly) and finding depencancies that are up to date is really hard seeing as though that the ubuntu site says is out of dateone of the commands that i really wished was on there was the MAKE commands like make make installnd i guess there are other make commands but is there an easy way (i am more than willing to try it the hard way if i have to)
if I open a terminal and hit [TAB] [TAB] it will display "Display all 2583 possibilities? (y or n) ". If I press y is there a way to capture the output and write it to a file? Not like it is a command so I can't just use a redirect to a file? If not I guess I could just do an ls on all locations of $PATH and capture that to a file.
I am trying to compile VLC code base on my Fedora5 system. I am getting the error when i am trying to run ./configure command.DBUS >=1.0.0. installed libdubs-dev is not installedwhat should I do. I have already installed DBUS (1.4.1).
i have to use lh command. I have installed all updates for ubuntu, live-build (the package for lh) and its updates. So my system is fully updated.When i hit "lh" command i get the following message: The program 'lh' is currently not installed. You can install it by typing:
sudo apt-get install live-build
When i do type: "sudo apt-get install live-build" i get:
Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done live-build is already the newest version. 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
I am trying to put up my own Quake2 server to play with my friends. During this installation process I have encountered rather confusing issue. First I downloaded the Q2 server binaries in RPM package and tried installing it:
I wanted to check what version of GRUB I have installed. I went to terminal and typed grub --versionI got this message back: The program 'grub' is currently not installed. You can install it by typing: sudo apt-get install grub
I am running Ubuntu 10.10 alongside windows xp pro. When I turn my pc on I have the option to boot to ubuntu or xp and at the top of the window it says that the version of grub running is "GNU GRUB Version 1.98+20100804-5Ubuntu-3" how I shold go about installing GRUB 2 or just leave it as is.
I just want a simple email notifier. I have started to use Ubuntu 10.10 and seem to have downloaded Gmailwatcher - it shows in Applications/Internet/Gmailwatcher. But it doesn't show as installed software in the Installed Software Centre. So, I cant uninstall it. I can't configure it? If I try to open Gmailwatcher I receive a popup asking me to open it from an icon above - but there's no icon there, I just want a simple email notifier - preferably one which I can add an audio alert.
Edit: commands like Firefox works after I set it to display properly. I still can't get personal scripts to run, though.I can't seem to get crontab to run my commands. I add
Code: * * * * * /home/username/script but it doesn't seem to work. The script works itself in the shell
I installed KDE on my ubuntu 10.04 yesterday, and I tried to login afterwards. The initial page is shown when KDE detects hard disk and other devices, but after it shows hard disk, a black screen is shown for few seconds and it jumps back to login screen. I tried these commands to install KDE,Code:sudo apt-get install kubuntu-desktop Code:sudo apt-get install kde-standard Neither works.
i have ubuntu installed and vi version==version 7.2.79 but when i trying to use commands in vi most of them are not working. i am refering :[URL]..to execute command in vi.
I was wondering if somebody could possibly list some useful/essential Terminal commands that would benefit me: and maybe a brief explanation of their function?
If not, is there a page you could direct me to that would teach what I asked for above?
I had ubuntu working fine, but then I started tinkering with the DISPLAY variable and maybe some other xserver setting, and now the system is stuck at the login screen.If I type in my password and hit enter,it will go to a black screen, and then go back to the login screen.When I enter console mode with control-alt-F1, I can login fine, but I cannot run any x-commands successfully.
$ startx gives the error:xauth: error in locking authority file /home/system/.Xauthority xauth: error in locking authority file /home/system/.Xauthority
Fatal server error:Server is already active for display 0.If this server is no longer running, remove /tmp/.X0-lock and start again
Please consult the The X.Org Foundation support at http://wiki.x.org for help
ddxSigGiveUp: Closing log No Protocol specified xinit: giving up xinit: unable to connect to X server: Connection refused xinit: server error xauth: error in locking authority file /home/system/.Xauthority
I removed that file as directed, but it didn't fix anything
$ gdm gives the error:
** (gdm-binary:1668 ): WARNING **: Failed to acquire org.gnome.DisplayManager: Connection ":1.36" is not allowed to own the service "org.gnome.DisplayManager: due to security policies in the configuration file
** (gdm-binary:1668 ): WARNING **: Could not acquire name; bailing out
I've tried running the command:$ sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg,but it didn't change anything
I'm not quite sure where I should post this but here goes.. I installed XAMPP, and got it running but I'm not too sure on how I should be able to run PHP commands? As in the command line?
I wonder if the unix commands (cp, mv, grep, args etc) are the same for Mac and Ubuntu. Do they have the same parameter lists and so on or do they try to stay the same but are slightly different?
I can't Copy, paste, select all, or find with my keyboard... pretty much all the commands that involve the Control key don't work. in firefox... the edit> copy, paste , etc commands are actually grayed out too.
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...
Trying to get the script to identify the <PID> if it is fed with a process name only and do the renicing for a given nice number. i know its simple but couldn't get it the worked. need to do this with ps and awk commands.
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
I would like to be able to connect to a machine, list a directory, wait long enough for me to see the results then move on to the next machine.This is failing:
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?
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?
