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How to run python script on login
I am attempting to load a python script that launches a Firefox Geckodriver under Selenium whenever a specific kiosk user logs in to the GUI.
I've tried launching this via .profile, however ...
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How do I move files to new folder based on timestamp dynamically without manually changing the script?
# Create a folder
mkdir archived_PA_2022-01_2022-06
# Move files to new folder
find ./ -newermt "2021-12-31" ! -newermt '2022-06-28' -exec mv /var/log/pentaho/PA –t archived_PA_2022-01_2022-...
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How to resolve vulnerability CVE-2022-3715 for bash package in Debian 11.7?
I have built a Docker image with Debian 11.7, and I ran the Trivy Docker scanning tool. The report displayed a vulnerability, CVE-2022-3715, for the bash package.
As per this page, the issue is fixed ...
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Script in /etc/profile.d/ is not being run on X login (debian)
The following script:
name='ILITEK ILITEK-TP'
echo 'running touchscreens' | systemd-cat
ids=$(xinput --list |awk -Fid= "/$name/"'{print $2+0}')
echo 'after xinput' | systemd-cat
for id in $...
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file not found when executed but exec bit set and accessible by other commands
On my system I'm puzzled by a behaviour I cannot understand: Previously I did install an SDK in my user-local binary path and all the files are there. However bash returns "file not found" ...
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Using HOME variable in crontab result in broken jobs
I have this crontab file with a lot (100+) of jobs that execute some commands in the same directory, suppose ~/Documents/. Instead of cd ~/Documents/ && <command> for every jobs, I can ...
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How to skip [sudo] password for USER?
I am having a random issue. I am having the same configuration for multiple servers, but only some of them are asking password from an excluded user:
Using username "a-u".
Authenticating ...
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How can I make the git-prompt.sh's output (branch etc.) bold?
I use git-prompt.sh to customize bash's prompt with Git information, e.g. branch.
https://github.com/git/git/blob/master/contrib/completion/git-prompt.sh
I want git-prompt.sh's output to be bold, ...
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Check whether linux is utilizing service or systemctl with a shell script
friends!
I need a mechanism to verify if the linux virtual private server is utilizing systemctl or service.
The systemd application is installed on all of them.
Current Code.
if pgrep systemd-journal;...
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what are tty files for?
Can someone explain me what are the tty files?
I can't understand that, using the command : echo 1 > /dev/tty prints to my current terminal the output: 1, but if i try to use echo 1 > /dev/tty0 ...
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How do I use the 'watch' command to enclose multiple commands that also have quotation marks(")? [duplicate]
I'd like to use the watch command to the following chain of commands:
journalctl | grep 'UFW BLOCK' | grep 'DST=192.168.0.2' | awk '{printf "%-4s%-3s%-10s%-1s%+16s\n", $1, $2, $3, $7, $11, $...
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EtherCAT not found after full installation
I have been trying for the past few days to get the EtherCAT working with LinuxCNC, but my lack of knowledge about the Linux environment does not allow me to even start the project. I have all the ...
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How can I get my script to work exactly like my terminal command?
tl;dr
The command git fetch origin [branch-name] is not working when invoked within a script, but works when invoked from shell.
Both script and terminal are working just fine on another box. The box ...
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ping: ./ipsweep.sh.105: Name or service not known [closed]
#Code:
#!/bin/bash
for ip in `seq 100 110`; do
ping -c 1 $0.$ip | grep "64 bytes" | cut -d " " -f 4 | tr -d ":" &
done
#command:
./ipsweep.sh 192.168.0
#Result:
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How to insert code before matched multi-line of code with sed?
I want to add this code
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['hide_db'] = '^(mysql|information_schema|performance_schema|phpmyadmin)$';
into phpMyAdmin's config.inc.php file before the line
/**
* End of servers ...
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