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Alt + . but search for recent arguments
In bash when I press Alt + . (which is mapped to yank-last-arg), it will switch through arguments I used last to invoke CLI programs. Is there something like a search for it? Something like Ctrl + R ...
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How can I get the absolute path of a file deep within a directory?
Here's an example of directory level0 contents in a tree-like format. However, suppose it is huge and contains many files as I am omitting many of them here:
$ tree level0
level0
└── level1
└── ...
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How to find key codes to use in readline applications? [duplicate]
I'm trying to create readline macros and bindings, but struggling to find codes for some key sequences. How to find codes for key combinations, like "\e[1;2A" for Shift-Up, etc?
By the way, ...
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Start Script with SSH Session Name and Date Time
I am a network engineer, and I am trying to transition off of using programs like securecrt into fully linux based. However, the biggest thing keeping me from migrating is logging SSH output into ...
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When HDMI is plugged into computer, run script
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Headless single board computer (this one) which has an HDMI input
(To clarify, this is a port which takes in HDMI like a monitor would. It will receive HDMI feed, not export it, like a computer ...
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Does this exist: xterm bash in frame window custom? [closed]
Is there a style to [xterm + bash scripts, commands] inside a custom frame?
i will wish this style, see example:
╭─────────────────────────┤text title1├────────────────────────╮
│ ...
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Going to the direcory of a file as fast as posible [duplicate]
Is there a way to get to the path of a file as fast as possible and in the least amount of keystrokes.
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Type cd and then paste the path of a file and then have to go back and hit backspace ...
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"_split_longopt: command not found" when trying tab-completion
For the past couple of weeks or so, I've noticed that, often, when I press the Tab key to try and complete a command in a bash shell in a terminal, I get an error message. It says:
bash: ...
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How to limit the number of files printed by ls and print them in columns like ls prints normally?
Here is extension of the question: How do I limit the number of files printed by ls?
with additional condition: how to print results in as many columns as fit to the current terminal width — as ls ...
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Is the idea of having a login shell and a non-login shell merely a way of making user preferences? [duplicate]
Scouring the internet about the difference between a login shell and a non-login shell, it turns out that the ultimate difference is merely the files that are being sourced. A login shell sources some ...
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Play sound after command and also pipe output
I can easily pipe the output of a command like:
some_command | less
I can also easily play a sound after a command like:
echo test; print \\a
aplay, beep or others could also be used for sound.
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Bash completion after quotation mark
I am experimenting with bash completion to write a general completion library in C associated with command line parsing and stumbled in a behavior for which I can find no documentation.
I am using the ...
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Shell: Customizing the "Display all N possibilities? (y or n)" message
I already know that double-pressing the Tab key on Bash terminal will enlist all files and folders in the current working directory or, when appropriate, show Linux executables that I can run. I want ...
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Shell script to run command and show output in notification box
I have command line utility that generates text strings, by running a command within the directory:
./Utility -P
it prints output on terminal. How to make a shell script showing the generated string ...
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Check if current user can run sudo without requiring a password
I want to check if the current user running a BASH shell script has access to passwordless sudo or not. If they don't, I'd rather have the script exit rather than prompting them for a password.
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