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Windows terminal log history?

When I used linux something so useful was the log history of terminal.Windows only stores history of session which I can see by pressing up arrow. I am okay with that but I need my terminal to log all...

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Why do I get a backup GPT table is corrupt error when running fdisk?

I went to check my disk with fdisk -l and came up with one that says the:The backup GPT table is corrupt, but the primary appears OK, so that will be used.I'm not sure which disk it is referring to but...

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How to give Full Disk Acces to the Terminal App from Command Line? Mojave 10.14

I want to do the following from the command line:Is it possible to give the terminal app full disk access from the command line?I am getting "Operation not permitted" errors when trying to run some...

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apt-get update: An error occurred during the signature verification

Hit:1 http:/ubuntu.melbourneitmirror.net/archive bionic InReleaseHit:2 http:/ubuntu.melbourneitmirror.net/archive bionic-updates InReleaseHit:3 http:/ubuntu.melbourneitmirror.net/archive...

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I want to make pinentry use GUI locally and CLI on SSH

I need to be able to GPG-sign git commits in two different Linux environments.In a full GUI X-Window setup using the GUI-based password dialog boxIn an SSH, without X-forwarding, using command-line...

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Vim + iTerm2 color issues

I have trouble with the right Vim configuration. I'm using the latest version of Vim as well as the latest version of iTerm2.I try to get the solarized colorscheme working, but without luck so far.Here...

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Why does OS X Terminal say 'unknown:~'?

When I open Terminal, it comes up with unknown:~ (user name) and will not allow me to do anything.I haven't done anything to cause this, this is how the Mac started up.

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Way to force open powershell in cmd or start Windows Terminal with no tabs

I'm starting a new commandline tool from a script that requires user input. To minimize user errors and have a cleaner interface I don't want the new terminal to open in a tab, preferably just in old...

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Why does brew cask uninstall not remove a previously installed cask?

I've installed cask via brew cask install and I would like to remove it, however, brew cask uninstall cannot find it:me-bash-3.2:/$ brew cask listmacdownme-bash-3.2:/$ brew cask uninstall macdownError:...

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How to detect whether a window manager is running inside a login script?

I would like to put a condition around a login script: Auto-run certain tools such as screen or mc, but only if a graphic window manager is not running.What's the simplest test to do that?

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Paste in Nano is not working

I used Ctrl+Shift+6 to select a block of text in Nano, then cut it with Ctrl+K. This successfully removed the text from my buffer.But when I do Ctrl+U to paste what I had cut, nothing is pasted.Where...

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PuTTY vs OpenSSH on Windows for ssh connections

When I want to connect via ssh to Linux servers from my Windows laptop, my main choices are using PuTTY as I have for 20 years, or using the ssh.exe that's now default on all Windows systems (Win10+)...

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What is a simple way to send characters to USB serial device on macOS using...

I have a simple serial device that I need to talk to (but not listen to) periodically via command.The device is connected OK as /dev/usbxxx.What is the simplest/easiest way to do this?Installing...

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Why can't I type a tilde (~) in some Linux terminals?

A couple of days ago I stopped being able to type a tilde (~) in some Linux terminal emulators (Konsole and Kitty, it works in Xterm though).I'm using Arch Linux so when it suddenly stopped I figured...

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zsh: permission denied: ~/.bash_profile

I am trying to run the following to set env, but I can not:echo 'export ethereum_home=/Users/mattthomas/ethereum'>>~/.bash_profilePermissions for .bash_profile:-rw-r--r-- 1 root staff 447 Jun 17...

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On OS X 10.8.5 (Mountain Lion), how to permanently increase the "maxfiles"...

Here's the situation: there are many thousands of custom content add-ones available for The Sims 2, which was designed for Windows, and the vast majority of players are Windows users. The game loads...

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Using WSL to browse the internet and rendering images

I have repeatedly attempted to get w3m to display images directly within my standard WSL terminal window; I compiled w3m with Sixel support, installed and configured an X server and experimented with...

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Terminal returning error "bash: /usr/bin/(command) /bin/bash: bad...

When I look up this particular error on the web, every single one of them are in regards to shell scripts. I keep getting this error in the terminal itself and my home server is completely unusable...

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What is the command to remove all files and folders, on mac os x terminal?

On Mac OS X terminal, how can we remove all files and folders, including hidden ones, recursively, except one directory?

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"WARNING: terminal is not fully functional" when using "man" as root

I know that this question has been posted a zillion times, but none of the answers I could find have solved it for me.I have a root shell given by sudo bash. When I try to use man, I have this...

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SSH without sourcing .bashrc

I was experimenting with my .bashrc file while remotely logged in to a server over SSH. I inadvertently left an exit in there that caused all subsequent logins to immediately disconnect. I was...

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Passing (forwarding) conflicting shortcut through VS Code to terminal...

Visual Studio Code integrates a terminal application. Terminals embedded that way can receive keyboard shortcuts, but these could be first caught by VS Code or its host (the local operating system)....

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How to assign key W in Less to toggle -S option

Toggling word-wrap in Less requires 4 key-presses: -ShiftSEnter. In other editors it requires 2 presses: AltZ or similar.And toggling the option repeatedly requires one key-press in these other...

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Herdr Windows key prefix config (ctrl+comma) not working

I'm using herdr on Windows and trying to set Ctrl+, as the prefix.In ~/.config/herdr/config.toml I tried:[keys]prefix = "ctrl+comma" and also "ctrl+,".Other prefixes like ctrl+q and ctrl+g work...

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Why is Command Prompt, set up via SSH as a Linux terminal and asking for a...

I noticed some strange behavior with Windows Command Prompt while using SSH to connect to a remote Linux server and was wondering if there is an explanation.I am designing a database on a remote Linux...

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How can I copy selected Claude Code output from VS Code for the Web’s...

I'm using Claude Code (v2.1.214) in Visual Studio Code for the Web's integrated terminal running on Ubuntu 22.04.4 LTS. I access Visual Studio Code for the Web via Windows 11 25H2 Pro x64 + Google...

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Using HISTIGNORE in Bash

I was reading the man pages for Bash on the plane and I stumbled across the HISTIGNORE variable. To test it out, I immediately edited my .profile file to define this variable:export HISTIGNORE=lsI...

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How can I get OSX Terminal.app to open fullscreen and not cascade?

I prefer to have separate Terminal App windows rather than tabs. If I open a new windows then it always wants to cascade and I can never get it to go fullscreen.Solution?

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How aliases are available in the main shell, but not in the subshell?

I was reading some text and it states:The .bashrc shell configuration file is actually executed each time you generate a BASH shell, such as when you run a shell script. In other words, each time a...

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error downloading wine32 on kali linux - 'Package 'wine32' has no...

\\the command I wrote:root@kali:~# apt-get install wine32\\what I got:Reading package lists... DoneBuilding dependency tree Reading state information... DonePackage wine32 is not available, but is...

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