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Why executing 'bash' in the terminal opens wsl on Windows 10?
When I run the 'bash' command in the terminal, my console automatically switches to the 'wsl' mode. Why is this happening and how do I stop this behavior? It causes problems when I run other scripts, ...
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Bash - node: command not found when being run in a shell script
When trying to run a node command from a .sh script I get the error node: command not found, however I can see that node is installed, running node -v shows me my current version, what could be the ...
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tsunami windows 10 curl java home environment variable error
I am setting up tsunami on Windows 10. I am following the tutorial (https://github.com/google/tsunami-security-scanner). When I run the bash command, I get the following error:
ERROR: JAVA_HOME is not ...
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Tortoise Git not using id_rsa
I use Tortoise Git on Windows 10. When I push it asks me password although I do have %userprofile%\.ssh\id_rsa file. I also tried to use git from command line (Git bash). If I google I get instructed ...
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In Windows Terminal, how do I add bash as one of the shell options?
I'm using Windows 10 and just downloaded and installed the latest version of Windows Terminal. I would like to use a bash shell within the terminal but when I open the settings, I don't see bash as ...
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script to restart process on Debian WSL
I have amule-daemon installed on Debian 11 WSL.
Process amuleweb crashes every now and then so I need to restart it.
I'm trying to automate this with the following bash script:
#!/bin/bash
if [[ $(...
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windows 10 tries to run shell scripts from "C:\Windows\System32" directory
I have some bash scripts that I wanted to use like batch files in windows 10 by double clicking and let it to finish the job. Problem is it starts the script from windows system (C:\Windows\System32) ...
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process exited with code 1 (0x00000001) after Git update 2.36.1 on Windows 10
After I tried to update my Git version to 2.36.1, on my Windows 10 machine I've been getting this error in the Windows terminal: [process exited with code 1 (0x00000001)] I have tried to check for ...
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How to parse each line of a text file as an argument to command prompt in Windows?
I'm looking to write a script for Windows Command Prompt that takes a .txt (filename) as an argument, reads the file line by line, and passes each line to a command. If my FILE.txt looks like:
LINE1
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bash: patch.exe: Permission denied; how to turn off security regarding 'patch' in program name in windows 10?
I stumbled upon a problem patching a .diff file using patch. I use bash under windows 10 and the result of of this operation is as follows:
$ patch < patch.diff
bash: /cygdrive/c/cygwin/bin/patch: ...
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Refining a simple delete-item one-liner
so I was wanting to upgrade my delete-item one-liner. I want to breakup the main filepath(\HQDEVAPP004\C$\LoneStar\ProcessorHandlers\Test) into 2 variables that are defined at the top of the script. ...
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Open git bash in current directory
Previously when I was in a directory, I clicked 'git bash here' and it would open in that directory. Now it opens my home directory. How can I fix this?
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How can I play a sound when my Git for Windows Bash command prompt is ready?
I use the shell Git for Windows Bash on Windows 10 and I want to play a sound whenever my command prompt is ready. This acoustic feedback should help me to get (back) to my command line when my ...
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Git subtree installation broken on a Windows 2010 Pro install
Something I'm unable to track down the source of my broken my Git “subtree” command. I'm running Windows 2010 Pro.
Here the error message, instead of display the help info:
$ git subtree
It looks like ...
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how to save outputs from a .sh script in windows folder?
I have this piece of code, it converts process a .shp file and run few lines with the original saving an output and subproceswith different name and saving them in a new folder (build), it works ...
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Bash on Windows 10 does nothing and goes back to command prompt
Just today bash on my Windows 10 machine has completely stopped working. Running bash from the command prompt results in about a one second pause, and then returns immediately back to the command ...
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How do I stop a screen capture with FFmpeg under Windows in a bash script?
When I capture the screen with ffmpeg -i desktop in a Bash script under Windows, I cannot end the capture with taskkill /f, because then FFmpeg won't write the MP4 header.
It has to be shutdown with ...
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Run a series of programs with one command on Windows10
I have an executable that requires user inputs. I would like to be able to put several commands in a file (call it run.sh), each for different inputs passed to the program, something like:
program ...
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can't start docker via wsl powershell command but can start it in Ubuntu
I'm running WSL2 / Ubuntu 20.04 / Windows 10.
When I type sudo bash -c 'dockerd &' in Ubuntu 20.04 / bash dockerd starts.
When I type wsl sudo bash -c "dockerd &" in PowerShell ...
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Launch a WSL script through Windows Terminal: node: command not found
I am trying to run a node.js script in WSL from WT using the syntax wsl.exe <command>.
However I can't get it to find Node when launched this way and get the following :
PS C:\> wsl.exe -- ...
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Change home directory
I'm trying to access a folder with a bunch of files via cd $HOME_KADATH however I'm thrown into my 'normal' home directory. Is there anyway to change the home directory to the one above instead?
This ...
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Windows 10 symbolic link: bash vs cmd
I have a single bash script that I use to launch many programs.
I called this script launcher.sh
To use it, I create a symbolic link named myprog pointing to launcher.sh.
While in BASH shell (MSYS2/...
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Back up directory with symbolic links from a Unix server to Windows 10 PC
I have a directory with a few terabytes of data on server A (unix system, with many symlinks) that I want to back up to my PC (windows 10 system) as my access to server A is going to end soon. In the ...
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Run script from context menu on file with spaces in filename on windows 10
I have a right click context menu to rename files. This is created by importing the following to the registry:
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\*\shell\add_date]
@="Add date to filename"
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How might a bash.exe appear in system32 of Windows 10? [closed]
I just discovered that running bash on one of my Windows machines launches a bash terminal. Apparently this is running a bash.exe in Windows/system32. I'm assuming Win10 does not by default come with ...
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Open PHP Storm on bash command-line without output
Since hours I'm trying to run my phpstorm from commandline, without having any output at all.
Reason:
Every day when I come to work, I have multiple tools to start... 2 different vagrant machines, ...
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Windows 10 WSL bash change starting directory
When I launch bash on Windows, it always starts in the directory that it is launched from [/mnt/c/Users/myuser], however I would like it to launch in the WSL $HOME directory [~].
How do I specify the ...
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Files with long filenames appear as empty
I'm not too familiar with Windows, so please bear with me.
I have a folder with several files with very long filenames, that can be listed normally, but if I try to open them with any Windows ...
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What gets executed when you don't specify the extention on the command line?
I installed uglifyjs node package. It got installed into the C:\Users\sam\AppData\Roaming\npm folder which happens to be in the PATH, so that I could execute it from anywhere.
To understand what ...
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How to access a folder over SSH between 2 Windows 10 computers
I'd like to use bash in windows 10 to establish SSH tunnel and mount remote folder to a local one.
Until now I've been using Ubuntu in VirtualBox on each Windows machine, run sshfs server and then ...
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How do you make .sh files open with Windows Terminal Ubuntu?
I really like coding in bash, but there used to be many limitations of bash functionality in Windows. Though now there are many benefits to the bash windows users now rather than how it was pre ...
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Where are config files located in WSL?
According to this answer global/system config files are generally stored under /etc in linux. Is this also the case for WSL? If so where is the /etc equivalent directory located, as I was unable to ...
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Does all WSL data/memory fall under the same parent directory?
I would like to know whether all WSL memory/data is located under the same parent directory. This data would include all deb package installations in addition to the main WSL installation. For example,...
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WSL2 no longer starting with bash colors
Until today when I started WSL2 with Ubuntu on Windows, I would get the pretty colors of the bash terminal. I think with today's update that no longer happens. Instead, the shell starts uncolored. If ...
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Convert UNC path to WSL path
I created an alias as part of this question. It functions as expected except that whenever it's run from the home directory it outputs a non-fatal error:
'\\wsl$\Ubuntu-18.04\home\hashim'
CMD.EXE was ...
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Alias CMD command from WSL2 shell
I'm running WSL2 on Windows 10, and I want to be able to run a CMD command from it without exiting the Linux shell. Specifically, I want to do:
wmic diskdrive get Model,Manufacturer,Size,DeviceID,...
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How to escape a Bash function
I have the following function in my .bashrc file on WSL2:
cd() {
builtin cd "$@" && ls
}
I've used this on Cygwin without issue for years, and it works just as well on WSL2, except for ...
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view binary contents of .bin file [closed]
I created a program in C++ that simulates a simple files system creating a 20 sector 64KB block memory allocation but I'm having trouble verifying contents after manipulation. Friend was using xxb -b "...
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Windows 10 - GIT issues with cloning/pulling/pushing
I've got an strange issue. Since I updated my GIT on my Windows 10 machine, I get the error below.
I use GIT for Windows with Bash.
If I run GIT Bash with administrator rights then everything works ...
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Can I use bash commands on Windows 10 for example by using VBA macros?
Is there possibility to use Linux command line tools in Windows 10? Namely, I mostly work on Ubuntu with bash and I have done some useful script to compute things on CSV-files, for example by awk. And ...
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ssh-add prompting for PEM pass phrase for unknown reason
So some background: I have a collection of systems I use to access a server, which authenticate with a fingerprint key over ssh. On my other systems (android, windows 10, centos 7) I have no issues ...
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Windows equivalent of $ in unix commands
I am following a documentation and executing some commands in Windows 10 command prompt.
I have executed the first two commands using setx, since setx is the Windows' equivalent for export and when I ...
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Equivalent of export command in Windows
I am following a documentation and executing some commands in Windows 10 command prompt:
export OPENAI_LOG_FORMAT='stdout,log,csv,tensorboard'
export OPENAI_LOGDIR=path/to/tensorboard/data
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CMD and GIT Bash Extremely Slow
My computer info:
Microsoft Windows 10 Home Single
10.0.18362 N/A compilação 18362
Multiprocessor Free
GIT Version: 2.23.0.windows.1
When I open CMD, it open after 7, 8 seconds.
I when I type git ...
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On Git Bash, I get an error `cat: /dev/fd/63: No such file or directory` whenever I run the cd command
I've been trying to find out by this problem is happening, I'm using Windows 10 and this error occurs on Git Bash.
Whenever I run the cd command to change the directory, I get the following error:
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Use conda and git from same terminal (W10)
Windows 10 beginner here - currently using:
Anaconda Prompt terminal to use conda and manage python environments.
git bash terminal to use git and manage code.
I want to use both conda and git in ...
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my virtual environment cannot be found
I'm on a PC windows 10 and always open git bash, then source activate my-env and open a jupyter notebook; somehow my-env broke and I get this error:
"C:\bld\conda_1565126647711_h_env/etc/profile.d/...
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Git Error: bash: command substitution: line 1: syntax error near unexpected token `)'
When I open my GitBash (on Windows 10) I am getting the below error:
bash: command substitution: line 1: syntax error near unexpected token `)'
bash: command substitution: line 1: `date "+%D %X")'
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How to get color on ubuntu on windows 10
When I click the icon or run ubuntu from the command prompt there's no color in the prompt. But if I run bash in the ubuntu program there's color. How do I get color automatically on program startup?
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How to run a bash script with task scheduler (Windows 10 V1903)
i want to automatically sync the folder on my windows pc to my external harddrive connected to a raspberrypi. My script works and just uses rsync to copy 2 folders over.
I want to automate it via ...
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