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How do I create a script file for terminal commands?
In Windows I can write a file containing commands for cmd (usually .cmd or .bat files). When I click on those files it will open cmd.exe and run them commands the file contains.
How would I do this in Ubuntu?
I'm sure this is a duplicate,…
Seth
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What is the equivalent of the "tracert" DOS command?
tracert is a command in MS-DOS command prompt to trace the route to an IP Address.
Is there any command in the Gnome Terminal equivalent to this?
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How to change the default font size of XTerm?
XTerm font is very small. How can I set it larger?
Sudo
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How do I connect to a WPA wifi network using the command line?
So basically, I'd like to use iwconfig to connect to my wifi network when I'm not inside X. But I just don't see a way to do it in the man page. Any idea?
Ken Kinder
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Error while trying to upgrade from Ubuntu 18.04 to 18.10: "Please install all available updates for your release before upgrading."
On a Lenovo laptop, I want to upgrade from Ubuntu 18.04 to Ubuntu 18.10 (budgie).
When I select upgrade on the update manager, the dialog box disappears and nothing happens. The upgrade doesn't start.
Note- I went through the same procedure this…
dupont
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Setting PATH variable in /etc/environment vs .profile
Where is the preferred place to set the PATH envvar?
~/.profile or /etc/environment?
What is the case when PATH is set in both places?
Is the end result a concatenation of both values set in those two places?
pkaramol
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What does it mean that a package is "set to manually installed?"
When packages are already installed and I run an apt-get install , sometimes it will print a line is set to manually installed.
What does that mean?
codegoalie
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Cannot set LC_CTYPE to default locale: No such file or directory
I have the exact question as this but there's no solution. I tried but it doesn't work
How do I fix my locale issue?
$ locale
locale: Cannot set LC_CTYPE to default locale: No such file or directory
locale: Cannot set LC_ALL to default locale: No…
user390493
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Progress bar for scp command
Is there any way to display a progress bar while copying from server to local (or vice versa) using scp?
Abdul Shajin
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What's the difference between the Server version and the Desktop version?
What's the difference between the Server version of Ubuntu and the Desktop version?
oneat
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Cannot install Ubuntu in VirtualBox due to "this kernel requires an x86-64 CPU, but only detects an i686 CPU, unable to boot" error
I was trying to install Ubuntu 12.04 in VirtualBox 4.2.12r84980. I see
this kernel requires an x86-64 CPU, but only detects an i686 CPU, unable to boot
But I am using a 64 bit Windows 8, and trying same .iso for trying Ubuntu. Then what is the…
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What exactly does `update-alternatives` do?
What is the command update-alternatives used for?
Take this example:
sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/java java /usr/local/java/jre1.7.0_09/bin/java 1
What does it do? How is it different from adding jdk to the path?
Let's say that I…
Developer Android
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How do I extract a specific file from a tar archive?
Is it possible to restore a single file from the .tar backup? I don't want to restore total backup. I just want to restore one single file from the backup.
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How to get my software into Ubuntu?
As a developer of free software, I want to get my application into Ubuntu.
Should I provide a source tarball and ask for packaging? Or should I create a package myself? Should I target Ubuntu directly, or should I try to get into Debian and then…
Witek
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Can't Mount NTFS drive "The disk contains an unclean file system"
I am getting an error when I try to access my NTFS drive from ubuntu.
Unable to access “My Drive”
Error mounting /dev/sda6 at /media/ubuntu/Media Center: Command-line `mount -t "ntfs" -o…
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