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Launching Windows apps from WSL2 with foreground process control
I'm using WSL2 on Windows 11 and I'm trying to achieve the following: I want to launch Windows applications from within WSL2 and have the Bash terminal maintain a handle to the new process. ...
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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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WSL run a non-login shell even with `--shell-type login`
Previously running wsl sourced .profile for me, as expected:
As of build 16188 when running bash.exe without arguments (or with the ~ argument) bash will be launched as a login shell. The same is ...
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How do I change the background color for folders in PowerShell when invoking the "ls" command from WSL Interop?
I've installed the WslInterop module and exposed several commands from WSL2.
I'm using Import-WslCommand "apt", "cat", "awk", "nano", "find", "...
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Why doesn't this bash/diff command work through Neovim?
I am using WSL bash (Ubuntu distribution).
From Windows command line, this works as expected:
bash -c 'diff test.txt -'
However when running the following through Neovim:
:w !bash -c 'diff % -'
This ...
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WSL Bash: how do I get a symlink to act like a local folder
I have 2 folders set up:
/
folder/
subfolder/
file.txt
symlink-folder/
subfolder/ -> /folder/subfolder
If I cd /symlink-folder/subfolder then run ls, I see file.txt, as I expect. ...
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Using grep to search for files with a specific extension [duplicate]
I'm trying to recursively look for C Sharp files containing specific text using a bash prompt on Windows Subsystem for Linux.
If I type grep -l -i -r "public virtual List<" /mnt/c/mycode/*...
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Connecting to X server with xming and putty: 'xterm: Xt error: Can't open display' error troubleshooting
I keep getting the
xterm: Xt error: cannot connect to X server:[:0]
error trying to run PGPLOT function. I am running xmings and putty with X11 forwarding enabled.
I have tried echo $DISPLAY and ...
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How to inject powershell computed values into bash command (ran from powershell)?
I'm trying to convert wepb images into png, using dwebp, but the parameters are from powershell:
foreach($ff in $f)
{
bash -c "dwebp $ff.name {$ff.name -replace '(.*).webp','$1.png'}"
}
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Valid Shell Script dosen't run in WSL
I have a simple shell script which runs completly fine on VM but gives me syntex error in WSL.
insert(){
read -p "Enter Name: " name
read -p "Enter Phone Number: " ...
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WSL command doesn't work through CMD/PowerShell [duplicate]
I'm trying to install software to multiple WSL distros, so I'm doing this using a batch file.
Here's an example command and its output:
CMD> wsl -u root -d Ubuntu-22.04 "apt-get update &&...
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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 [[ $(...
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Can't figure out how to add padding to left side of Ubuntu 20.04.5 CLI in WSL 2(On Win11)
Posting here with updated detail after posting on AskUbuntu as user @NotTheDr01ds had a great answer but unfortunately it did not accomplish what I was hoping to accomplish.
I installed WSL 2 and ...
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Separate file path from command in Bash under WSL2
Is there a way to separate the file path from the commandline in the Bash prompt in WSL2?
For example:
Current:
user1@DESKTOP-RMF1234:~/mywork/helloworld/tests$ ls
Expect:
user1@DESKTOP-RMF1234:~/...
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How can I check if the environment is WSL from a shell script?
In .bashrc, I have some configuration for specific environments like this.
if [ "$(uname)" = 'Linux' ]; then
. "$HOME/.bash.d/ubuntu"
fi
if [ "$(uname)" = 'Darwin' ]; ...
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JAVA_HOME env var in WSL return the error "not defined correctly' when a try run a mvn command
I set the JAVA_HOME with the command export JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/java-11-openjdk-amd64/bin/java and tried to run an app with mvn compile jib:build.
But return this message: The JAVA_HOME environment ...
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Unable to edit .bashrc with anything
I'm using bash (WSL) and VsCode to edit .bashrc, but I keep getting an error.
"C:\Users\USER\AppData\Local\Programs\Microsoft VS Code\bin\code.cmd" --file-write "c:\Users\USER\AppData\...
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Why am I getting this error with 3dDeconvolve when I run my AFNI script on an Ubuntu bash shell?
I'm trying to run a variation of the doDecon.sh AFNI script in the OpenScience_Scripts repository that will process the functional neuroimaging data for each of three tasks I am analyzing separately, ...
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How to directly open the WSL bash (command line) to the current working directory from File (Windows) explorer
My question is the exact opposite of the question How to open windows explorer from current working directory of WSL shell?.
When I am at specific directory in Windows explorer, typing cmd from the ...
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Windows: How to make cygwin bash.exe to take precedence over wsl in command line?
I have installed cygwin on Windows 11. Now, when I open the Windows command line, I want the bash.exe command to run the cygwin's bash command instead of bash linked with wsl (Windows subsystem for ...
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Could not resolve host: on WSL ubuntu after trying to install anything
I am trying to set up nvim but this is a general problem with anything I attempt to install.
As an example
root@DESKTOP-NAME:~# git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/wbthomason/packer.nvim\
~/.loc&...
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running bash commands from windows command prompt working intermittently
I'm trying to run a linux executable from the windows system through bash, but am having intermittent problems. I've narrowed it down to the fact that bash itself seems to sometimes run and sometimes ...
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Unable to install windows subsystem for linux, error 0x800f0831
When I tried to install wsl without enabling it, it gives me this error
PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> wsl --install
wsl : The term 'wsl' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function, script file, ...
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Making a bash script execute ssh
I want a bash script to start multiple SSH connections to multiple linux servers in multiple new bash windows, not for further processing, just to connect with a simple command instead of having to ...
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Bash won't open in Windows 11
I am trying to open Bash in Windows 11. However, I can't get it to open. The best that happens is it opens and then immediately closes (in a fraction of a second).
I understand there is already a ...
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Why is my script running if run with cli but not with crontab?
On WSL Ubuntu 20.04 I have two scripts (one sh and one python) that run perfectly if I launch them with bash, but not with cron.
The second (python) script is supposed to run just if the first (bash) ...
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WSL, Graphics Applications not working- Error: Can't open display: 0.0
I am having trouble with graphical applications and WSL. I have Ubuntu 20.04.3 with X11 installed; but am getting the following issue when I try to test with xeyes (the same happens with any other ...
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User Home in WSL 2 vs Windows User Confusion
I have a bit of a confusion using WSL 2 on my Windows 10 machine regarding user names.
When I installed Windows 10 using my Microsoft Account, it created the user phili.
When I am in a powershell, the ...
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WSL displays lots of empty lines when running PowerShell commands
In WSL, I sometimes want to run PowerShell commands, but it weirdly creates a ton of empty lines. How do I prevent these empty lines from spamming my console or script output?
# Example1 (from Ubuntu ...
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Windows Terminal: How to create multiple profiles with different start commands on same WSL1 Ubuntu
I'm on Windows 10 and have WSL1 Ubuntu. On Windows Terminal, I have a profile for it called "Ubuntu". (For this question, assume I cannot change those tools - for instance, I can't upgrade ...
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How do I start VS Code in terminal for a different distribution in WSL2?
I've recently set a working copy of Ubuntu-20.04 WSL2 called Ubuntu-20.04-copy01 but I can't open/create files with vscode from the terminal, for example: code main.rs as with the original ...
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Slow bash under WSL
I have a Windows 10 system with WSL v2 Ubuntu enabled. If I run bash from Windows to call a programm installed on Linux, it is very slow (500-800ms) for even a trivial command.
I used Measure-Command ...
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.local/bin' which is not on PATH. Linux subsystem for Windows
in Windows/Linux subsystem/ubuntu/windows power shell/bash:
pip3 install --upgrade pip
ok but:
WARNING: The scripts pip, pip3 and pip3.8 are installed in '/home/chills/.local/bin' which is not on PATH....
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Windows Subsystem for Linux shows "no installed distributions" in run-as-Administrator PowerShell window
I have successfully installed WSL 2 and Ubuntu on my Windows machine.
My user account is not an administrator account.
If I start PowerShell and type bash it successfully starts bash, and wsl --list ...
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How can I open WSL terminal with a command without it automatically closing?
I'm running Ubuntu with WSL1, and I want to make different shortcuts in Windows to run different commands on WSL startup, e.g., one to automatically start an SSH session, another to change to a ...
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Windows 10 WSL: mount creates 9p filesystem instead of drvfs
I want to mount my Windows C: Drive to /mnt/c in WSL as a drvfs file system, but if I specify drvfs as the file system type I get a 9p filesystem instead.
I entered these commands:
$ sudo umount /mnt/...
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How to specify startup directory for WSL (Ubuntu) in ConEmu in Windows 10
I have installed WSL2 with Windows 10 and downloaded and set up Ubuntu successfully.
I have installed and set up ConEmu terminal to run Ubuntu successfully.
But ConEmu opens Ubuntu in C:\Users\MyUsers
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WSL Ubuntu bash: The operation timed out because a response was not received from the virtual machine or container
I'm on Windows 10 Pro 10.0.21337 (windows insider program) and installed WSL with Ubuntu and Windows Terminal. After a firmware update the ubuntu bash wouldn't start anymore. In a cmd.exe the response ...
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Windows Terminal no longer lists Ubuntu bash
I'm on Windows 10 Pro 10.0.21337 (windows insider program) and installed WSL and Windows Terminal which listed powershell, cmd.exe, Ubuntu bash and azure as profiles.
I made the Ubuntu bash the ...
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Why does my bash script not cd correctly?
I'm using Windows Subsystem for Linux, and learning the terminal. I want to open applications on my desktop with the terminal, so I decided to make a bash script to cd to the .exe file and run it.
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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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"=" is invisible in nano editor (wsl)
The problem is simple: = is invisible in WSL's nano and I don't think this should be happening:
#! /usr/bin/bash
STRING="e"
echo "$STRING"
Is there some way to turn this off?
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Changing home directory on WSL gets rid of all color schemes in cmder
I'm quite used to competitive programming on linux so I was trying to set up bash in WSL. To run the executable I found out I need to type out the whole path like /mnt/e/... So I thought by changing ...
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`wsl env` gives different result to `wsl` followed by `env`
Inside WSL (i.e. by opening a cmd and then running wsl, or just running wsl straight from the start menu) I have this line at the end of ~/.bashrc:
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
While still inside WSL, if I do ...
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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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How to install fonts for all users using WSL?
Using WSL Bash, I followed both sets of the steps from this question's answer (only the first set of steps worked) but I get strange behaviour for the font.
The font does show up in my text editors ...
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windows executable cannot find file under wsl path
I am running WSL1. I created a file in my home dir, ie home/username. I have a .exe file called armcc.exe in my C:\ directory. I can run something like this from the linux shell:
/mnt/c/armcc.exe /mnt/...
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Switch to active cmd window for typing
I've tried searching high and low for an answer by amending my title and reading questions before submission to no avail.
I'm learning bash shell through Ubuntu LTS via windows cmd terminal using ...
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Bash alias to change to host user home folder in WSL2
refferencing How to get the host user home directory in WSL Bash
(I don't have reputation yet to add a comment)
the great answer from @felipecassiors:
wslpath "$(wslvar USERPROFILE)"
I am ...
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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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