Questions tagged [command-line]
An interface for interacting with a computer using typed commands in a text-oriented environment, as opposed to a graphical user interface (GUI).
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How to create1080p and 4k black png background text in center using ffmpeg?
I’m trying to create a png black background with text in center using ffmpeg I left an image example from Canva. Please someone help by giving command line/parameters example for 1080p and 4K?
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I need to hammer a few last nails on my typing productivity solving the problems that I am facing with keyd. Can you help me out?
So the problems with keyd that need to be address so that I can have my peak typing efficiency are:
Enabling context menu key as right super when pressed and as normal context menu key when clicked. ...
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ls -ltr on the terminal lists the files but says "No such file or directory" in a shell script
I am new to Bash and am practicing some shell scripts. I wanted to write a script to list all the folders and their file count, if a root path is passed as a parameter value from the terminal. The ...
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Give python program location services access via command line on MacOS
I am trying to run a python program requiring location services on MacOS Sonoma 14.4.1. I was using iTerm2 and expected a pop-up asking if the app could have access to my location. However, nothing ...
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Execute a remote shell script from within screen via SSH and view stdout in one command
Couldn't find an answer for my particular use-case in the hours I've unsuccessfully researched this.
I have a script located on machine B. I am aiming to run a command on machine A that establishes an ...
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AutoComplete in Python Terminal
How to enable AutoComplete/ suggestions in Python Terminal, when launched?
Like PSReadline in PowerShell, or Command Prompt with Clink installed.
I tried to install autocomplete, but there has been no ...
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Powershell - keep only lines in txt files contain some selected words
I have a txt file and I would like to keep only a few lines in it
I want to a command that turns this
txt file:
;FFMETADATA1
title=TNT
disc=01
comment=
lyrics-eng=
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album=Classic
genre=Older
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Display new prompt after tty redirect on second terminal
I'll try to explain the title better :)
I have two terminals tty1 and tty2, let's call them that.
From tty1 I redirect the output from echo to the tty2 terminal with:
echo hello > $(tty2)
This ...
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How to delete directory called [ '.. ]
I am amazed by the things Windows lets you do, then doesn't let you undo.
Doing some programming, I ran a build script and specified the output folder as '../my/folder'
From this, it created a folder ...
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Program associated with custom file extension isn't receiving command line arguments
When Python is first installed, the extension .py is associated with C:\windows\py.exe, which runs the Python script. Now I do a lot of Python development, so I set it to open with my IDE instead, but ...
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How does ls know how to output its results?
While creating a bash script, I found that this code ls puts all files on one line:
pi@raspberrypi:~/ptlrestinterface$ ls
update.sh web.config MyApp.runtimeconfig.json
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How to extract a part of a line that is between two specific strings using a batch script [closed]
I am trying to extract strings which are between <meta property="al:ios:url" content="snssdk1180://live?room_id= and " data-rh="true">.
Example Input:
<meta ...
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How to paste encryption password for rclone's "crypt"
I'm trying to restore my rclone configuration and I have the original randomly generated encryption password and salt for one of my remotes. However, when setting this up in rclone on Windows, I can't ...
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CMD closes immediately on Windows 11
For a couple of months, I could not open the command terminal. It closes immediately (I see only a frame for a short time). I'm on Windows 11. I see there are background processes that use cmd.
I can ...
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Exporting excel data with powershell for robocopy
I have on my hand a 300 lines excel sheet with source path and destpath for robocopy, to avoid copy paste all the path on a .bat file I try to make this powershell script:
# Import the Excel module
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sed does not consume rest of the line
I have one line of different words stored in a txt file
N/A 9.0 Yes Yes N/A N/A N/A N/A 8.8 Yes Yes N/A N/A N/A N/A 8.7 Yes Yes N/A N/A N/A N/A 9.2 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 9.1 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ...
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Kitty terminal: How can I attach to a zellij session upon starting up Kitty
I want zellij attach -c to run once Kitty is loaded up. I tried adding startup_session launch.conf to my config file, and writing kitty @ send-text "zellij attach -c" in launch.conf as well ...
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(Windows 10) Symbolic link failing, claims "system cannot find specified path"
I am trying to create a symbolic link between %ProgramData%\PopCap Games\Insaniquarium and %ProgramData%\Steam\Insaniquarium to fix compatibility problems with the game Insaniquarium, however, the ...
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Why do string variables in a bash script behave differently when echo'ed than they do when passed to an executable?
I have the following script:
#!/bin/bash
KID3=$(command -v kid3-cli)
ARG1="-c 'get'"
file="'1-01 - Johann Strauss - __Waldmeister___ Ouverture.flac'"
echo Command:
echo "$...
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How to hide or disable the cmd console when starting an executable
I wrote an executable that displays a window on the screen and gets some use input. It is bound to ⊞ Win+N:
#n:: Run "C:\Perso\dev-perso\dly\dly.exe"
My problem: this also opens a cmd (or ...
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How to find files in a folder structure and group them into a new folder - Windows CMD
I´m looking for a way to search for files (pdf) in a folder structure that have a common identifier although in different parts of the file name (Eg. "10000 january.pdf" and "march ...
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How do I add a user with "Full Control" permissions to folder without changing owner of the folder (I.E.) Administrators, using the command line?
I want a command-line solution to add a local user account to the permissions table for a directory and grant the account full access... WITHOUT changing the ownership of the directory.
I'm looking ...
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Back from Elevated Admin to Not Elevated
When running Batch Script with Administrator privileges, how to back to not Admin?
I tried this example:
@echo off
:Demo
CLS
fltmc >nul && (echo Admin& set $A=y) || (echo Not Admin&...
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Remove Empty Line at Top Command Prompt Start Up Display
This question is a continuation of post Modify Windows CommandLine Start Up Text
After I succeeded in modifying the cmd startup display from its origin, so that it looked like this:
CMD:
Still there ...
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Modify Windows CommandLine StartUp Text
I want to replace both text Powershell Startup and CMD StartUp below
# PowerShell
PS C:\Users\Admin>
# CMD
C:\Users\Admin>
with
PS >
CMD >
Like Python Start Up that only showing >>...
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MacOs equivalent of adding a user to the linux dialout group on for permissions setup for UART communication
I'm working on a project where I'm interfacing with some hardware and want to monitor the data from some sensors using a specific tool. The tool doesn't have official support for MacOS but I've ...
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Strange PSEXEC Output
Windows 2016 server from 2012.
Sometimes when I run commands on multiple remote computers I'll get a strange output at the end of the command:
psexec64.exe \\<computer1>,<computer2>... CMD ...
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How do I delete all folders with a similar name that do not contain large files on linux commandline?
On my linux server for my media library I used a function to change show season names to have a leading zero when needed, so "Season 1" would be Season 01" and so on. The problem is ...
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Setcap is not allowing qt program to load libraries
For loading libraries I am doing
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=./SupportLibs:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
Loading of libraries fails when any cap abilities is set for qt application,
sudo setcap =ep Application
If I ...
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FFMpeg: How to get the real return value in bash
I've always used ffmpeg via a cmd-script and I always could check the %ERRORLEVEL% which was always '0' on success or '!0' if an error occured.
I'm trying to recode my cmd-scripts in bash (using msys2 ...
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Windows. Does it matter what order flag-switches are placed in the "dir" Command-Prompt command?
Would dir /a /b /s /o:n always work exactly the same as a different permutation of those flag-switches, such as dir /b /o:n /a /s.
Note, I include /a, without any of its Attributes, as I had an ...
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Getting Two Character Variable Without Pressing Enter (PowerShell/ CMD)
Bash Script:
#! /bin/bash
read -n 2 -p '2 digit:' ans;
echo $ans
When i finish input two character, the script continue, without waiting me to press enter.
And what I have pressed saves to the ...
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Is there a Windows equivalent of Linux `.desktop` file to execute various commands (like as many custom "apps")
I am using Windows in parallel with Linux again, and I've got all the Linux habits and reflexes, without which I feel very frustrated.
For example, how to create a file to launch a terminal with a ...
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Are there commands in PowerShell 7 to split the current window into four and request to run Python files in each of them?
Currently, I click + 3x while holding Alt to create four divided terminals within the same tab:
In each of these, I need to run a different Python commnd:
cd "C:\Users\Computador\Desktop\Test ...
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What Equivalent %* of Batch in PowerShell
Batch Script:
@echo off
if not "!!"=="" setlocal enabledelayedexpansion
for /f "tokens=4*" %%a in (
'dir /AD "%USERPROFILE%\" ^| find "DIR" ^| Find /...
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How to open the CMD or the PowerShell in the Windows terminal when you open them as Admin?
I noticed that when I open the CMD or the PowerShell in non-admin mode, it always opens in the terminal; however, when I open the CMD or the PowerShell as admin, it always opens the old window. Indeed,...
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7-Zip command line when compressing keeps including files not in the filelist if they are of a same name as something in the list
Trying to compress selected files and folders into a zip by dropping them onto by bat script. Everything works well except for the cases where I have subfolders with files of the same name as in my ...
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Opening command prompt as admin Using a Desktop Shortcut with Hard-coded admin username
TLDR version on the bottom. I would like to create a desktop shortcut that would open up command prompt as if I had used the 'Run as Admin' option, but by just double clicking a shortcut and then ...
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column -x: how to specify the number of columns?
For column -x, how to specify the number of columns (say, 4)?
Is it possible at all?
Extra: from man column:
-x, --fillrows
Fill rows before filling columns.
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One liner command to ssh to server2, switch to another user in server2, ssh into server3, run commands in server3 and get output
Because I can only get to server3 from server2 (Server2 running CentOS7), I'm trying to create a "template" command or a script that I can use to :
ssh to server2
switch to another user in ...
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scheduled batch file stops running and reports error
I have a batch file that contains the following line:
@robocopy E:\ G:\ /DCOPY:DAT /xd $* syste* /xf ~* /s /xo /np /copyall /log:c:\back-EG.txt
It is scheduled to run on the first day of month. I ...
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It seems like "-p" sizing longer works with tmux. Is there any workaround?
It seems like -p sizing longer works with tmux.
Before a recent update, the script had 4 panes; now, only see 3 panes. This line seems to have stopped working:
tmux split-window -p 27
The script use ...
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How to detox filenames in a bash script with no errors posted?
OS: Kubuntu 22.04.4 LTS x86_64
detox 1.4.5
To display above:
neofetch --stdout |grep 'OS:'
detox -V
Here is a toxic filename, starts with s1:
s1 Ä Ö Ü - ä ö ü Science & < > " 1 \ 2 ⁄ 3 ...
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How to launch another blank terminal in Kali Linux?
When I launch another terminal in Kali Linux with Cmd+Shift+T, I can see Shell No. 2 tab created.
However, it is just a copy of Shell No. 1 and all the commands I ran on Shell No. 1 are visible on ...
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Execute self-extracting bash script (with binary data appended) w/o saving it first
I have a self-extracting bash script (binary data appended to the end) like this:
#!/bin/bash
export TMPDIR=$(mktemp -d)
ARCHIVE_START_LINE=$(...) # <omitted>
# extracting data archive into a ...
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Moving directories that names end in - number matching a list.txt file
Graphic of Folder Structure :
I am very new to advanced shell commands and scripting. I have fundamental terminal knowledge but have never attempted to create an automation like this before. A pure ...
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Extract filepaths of .MP4 files in subfolders of main folder to textfile
I am on Mac. I want to use terminal or something to extract the filepaths of the .MP4 files within a folder with multiple levels of subfolders. I have a main folder that has subfolders. Each subfolder ...
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Batch script and get the output value of a found key
All works fine in a CMD prompt, but, I need put in a bat file to run, but cannot get the output of the Reg Query cmd, and then run another query from that.
Since what I am looking for is an App ID, ...
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Why does assigning a variable with command substitution, and then echoing that variable, always fail?
Why does the following not work in Bash?
# Ensure TEST is unset
export TEST=''
echo "Hello world!" > test.txt && TEST="$(cat test.txt)" echo "$TEST"
It always ...
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CMD/Powershell looking for "curl" executable in the wrong location despite PATH
I have a strange issue with both CMD and Powershell on Windows 10 that has been giving me some trouble. An unrelated scriptwas failing when running curl, and after some investigation it looks like a ...
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