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Ubuntu WSL2 startup error "is a directory" upon adding 'alias dsa='cd /home/rj/programming' to .bashrc
I added the following alias to .bashrc
alias dsa='cd /home/rj/programming/dsa' and when I type dsa in the shell, bash does indeed change to that directory but when the shell starts up I get a strange ...
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Unix Command (and bash alias) or script to band/unban IP addresses in Fail2ban without having to lookup and specify "jail name"
I am creating a bash alias (or possibly a script) to ban and unban IP addresses with fail2ban on Ubuntu 20.04.
The bash syntax I am using to unban IP address is:
fail2ban-client set YOURJAILNAMEHERE ...
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Ubuntu on Windows Terminal Hanging After Creating an Alias for Starship Prompt
Distro: Ubuntu-18.04 (running on Windows 10 WSL2)
My terminal for any new Ubuntu instance is completely frozen with the message "Vim: Warning: Output is not to a terminal"
This happened ...
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Update `.bashrc` and reload
I have a script that inserts some lines to the bottom of my .bashrc, is there a way to source the .bashrc from within the script so that these changes remain once the script has finished? Here's an ...
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Alias to prompt for tab completion for a set of directories?
Is it possible to make a bash alias, which would be able to prompt me for tab-completion of a set of directories?
let's say I have a number of source code controlled projects, main path of each ...
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Matlab application command alias creation error in Ubuntu 18.04
I had installed MATLAB 2017b in my Ubuntu 18.04 PC and am able to execute it as :
sudo /usr/local/MATLAB/R2017b/bin/matlab -desktop
I intend to install another version sometime in the future as well.
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How to refresh an alias each time it is executed
I have this alias to check the temperature of my Raspberry Pi:
gpu=$(/opt/vc/bin/vcgencmd measure_temp | awk -F "[= \']" '{print $2}')
cpu=$(</sys/class/thermal/thermal_zone0/temp)
cpu=$(echo "$...
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Attempting to setup alias for ts-node
Trying to setup an alias for ts-node on ubuntu 17.10 by adding alias ts='ts-node' to ~/.bashrc and then running source ~/.bashrc.
After doing the above and running ts file.ts I get:
The program '...
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how does CentOS load bash_alias file?
I'm used to Ubuntu, where I just create a .bash_aliases file and away you go. In CentOS, how do I get .bashrc to load the .bash_aliases file?
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l, ls & la -- what are the differences, and are there more of these commands?
So, through typing several commands I've found that there's not only ls, but l and la too. There doesn't appear to be any man entries on Ubuntu 12.14. They all appear to do similar things with minor ...
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