Questions tagged [command-line]
The command-line is the interactive interface to your shell.
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Is there anything like `tail -f` but that can follow multiple files and show which file each line came from? [duplicate]
I'm trying to monitor multiple log files simultaneously, but when I use:
tail -f /var/log/app1.log /var/log/app2.log
I get mixed output and can't easily tell which file each line originated from. What ...
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Install Linux from the command line
I have made a Linux From Scratch and built a command line from it. I also wrote a script in /usr/sbin named install-command-line. When I want to install Linux, I just have to open a terminal in the ...
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Checking integrity of pdf-files from command line
I have a (visibly) damaged old CD with pdf-files.
When trying to read them, non showed anything in the pdf-reader.
Is there a way to check all of them via command line?
It is tiresome, time-consuming ...
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How can I make Arch Linux show the names of packages in the bash command not found error?
On my Linux Mint systems, when I type a command that is not found but is available from a package in the Ubuntu or Mint repositories, the command not found error message includes the names of the ...
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How to send a mail with text file as content and image as attachement
I want to send the content of file.txt as the body and file.png as attachment.
I only have mail cli (mail (GNU Mailutils) 3.10). No other software package can be installed, so Mutt is out of the ...
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How to isolate the audio tracks (vocals, separate instruments) from a music file?
With Deezer's spleeter seemingly not being in active development (in addition to requiring some past version of Python) and demucs not being actively maintained (4.0.1 runs into errors on my system, ...
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Getting an "unexpected operator" error when logging in on a new account
I am relatively new to Linux, but my background is as a network monkey, so I'm used to the CLI.
I just installed Debian onto a Libre Renegade and that went quite smoothly. So far I have had to alter ...
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Why doesn’t zsh autocomplete .java source files when using java MyFile.java?
Since Java 10 as I recall, we can run Java source files directly from the command line:
bash
$ java Math.java
The JVM compiles and executes the file automatically.
However, in zsh, tab autocompletion ...
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How can I ascertain which kernel (not version; kernel) is in use?
I want to be able to ascertain what kernel is in use across modern, UNIX-derivative OSes.
This appears feasible, considering that utilities like uname exist on multiple OSes with different kernels. ...
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How can I initialize a new a KDE wallet via the command line?
I am installed KDE Plasma (on Fedora 42) in an LXC container. My goal is setup KDE remote desktop and use it as a headless desktop environment. The issue is krdpserver stores the password for the ...
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I have tried to install Howdy (practically Linux's Windows Hello). However, it seems like pypy3 failed to execute or something
I have tried to install Howdy, but it would always return with this message:
>>> Upgrading pip to the latest version
error: externally-managed-environmen×ばつ This environment is externally ...
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How to list from the end in SystemD's CoreDumpCtl?
journalctl list provides an -e option to list from the end, rather than the default start. Can I do the same in coredumpctl list? I ask because I've a lot of coredumps.
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recursive ls - Ignore files only in specific sub-directories
So, ls -R is a command I use a lot to quickly verify the file structure of my projects, or check for any leftover files, as it's simple enough to use and read, and is part of coreutils (which means I ...
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Is there an equivalent cli command in macos for hostnamectl?
Is there an equivalent on MacOS to the Linux hostnamectl command?
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grep command not finding text in MS-Office or PDF documents
Debian GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye), grep (GNU grep) 3.6
I need find string in current directory within all files (doc, docx and pdf), grep command not working for me:
grep -ril "word" .
It ...