I'm trying to implement some integration between a legacy app running in the Reflection Terminal Emulator and a browser-based app running in IE. I'm using Host Initiated Scripts so that maintenance and deployment issues are isolated to the legacy app. All scripts will be generated in the legacy app and transmitted to Reflection using e...
In a terminal in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.x, running: [$] Env returns (among other things): "LS_COLORS=no=00:fi=00:di=01;34:ln=01;36:pi=40;33 . . ." Most of the content in LS_COLORS I find in the file: /etc/DIR_COLORS BUT the values "no=00:fi=00:di=01;34:ln=01;36:pi=40;33 etc.", I have no success finding, even after grepping t...
I downloaded a package installer for Python 2.6.1, but when I use the python command in terminal (bash) Apple's shipped 2.3.5 version loads up. How can I get 2.6.1 to load up instead? ...
I made an Unix command, macmac2unix, which converts Mac's Word file for Unix platforms. I would like to run the command as $macmac2unix file1 file2 file3 ... Problem: How can I run this command in every path? I added the following to .bashrc unsuccessfully CDPATH=:/Users/Sam/Documents/Unix ...
I need to make files called from File1, File2, ... to File99. I tried the following unsuccessfully cat test > {File1 .. File99} The command without the word File did not work. ...
I don't know what has happened, but in my Terminal on Mac OSX 10.5 it can no longer find my sudo command, or find command, etc. They are there because if I put /usr/bin/sudo or /usr/bin/find it works fine... My .bash_login file looks like this: export PATH="/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/mysql/bin:/usr/bin$PATH" My .bash_pro...
I'm trying to execute firefox on a headless server to take screen shots of a website. I can do this fine from the terminal using "DISPLAY=:12 firefox -saveimage http://www.google.com/". The problem is when I try to do system("DISPLAY=:12 firefox -saveimage http://www.google.com"); doesn't work. I have a feeling that it's not executin...
What is the best way to move around on a given very long command line in the terminal? Say I used the arrow key or Ctrl-R to get this long command line: ./cmd --option1 --option2 --option3 --option4 --option5 --option6 --option7 --option8 --option9 --option10 --option11 --option12 --option13 --option14 --option15 --option16 --option17 ...
If I'm running gnome-terminal with multiple tabs open, is it possible to switch the profile of a given tab at the bash prompt, with instant effect, and without altering the profile of the other tabs? I understand how to use gconftool or gconftool-2 to change elements of a profile (such as the background), but I don't know how to actuall...
Hi fellas, Can you recommend some nicely developed terminal multiplexer. ...
If I have run a long line in IPython, and try and recall it (using the up-arrow) or backspace beyond the start of the current line, it displays incorrectly (all smushed into one line) For example, in the following session I wrote a long line [1], entered a somewhat-blank line [2], then up-arrowed twice to get the print statement on line...
I'm using emacs in a console window both on my local Linux box and on the login node of a remote cluster. I use emacs regularly, and I've got the foreground color set to white in my .emacs file like so: (set-foreground-color "white") (set-background-color "black") However, when I run emacs, the foreground isn't white; it's grey and v...
I have a few different things open in the terminal whenever I'm developing -- log tailing, Ruby console, plain shell in a certain directory, and so on. How do I: start all those things at once, hopefully in the right position on the screen? make them distinct so I can switch to them with Quicksilver / Alt-Tab? Fluid solved this pro...
I have an instance of lighttpd running. When I do "ps -axc" the process is listed as "614 ?? 0:00.15 lighttpd" But when I do "killall lighttpd" I get No matching processes belonging to you were found I'm on Mac OS X 10.5.6. Is there something I'm missing? ...
I have a program that uses a terminal in raw mode and I want to move the cursor around. Where can I find the escape sequence for this and how can I send it to the terminal from inside my c program? Here's what I currently have: char code[4]; code[0] = 27; code[1] = 91; code[2] = '*'; code[3] = 'D'; write(1, code, 4); ...
I have a Perl script that requires the user to enter a password. How can I echo only '*' in place of the character that the user types, as they type it? I'm using Windows XP/Vista. ...
I'm on OS X (with bash) and a newbie at unix. I want to know if it's possible to amend some file such that to run a ruby program, I don't need "ruby file.rb", but instead can just run "ruby.rb". Is there a reason NOT to do this? Thanks! ...
Hi, I am running cscope in Terminal on Macos by using 'cscope -d'. But the arrow keys (UP/DOWN arrow) do not work, as i need to navigate from 1 query to another. Can you please tell me how can I fix that? Thank you. ...
How can you insert a file data(png) to col in SQLITE3 on osx (command line) and what is the better type to use as a container? blob or binary? ...
I regularly send files in Gmail to exchange files between different computers. It is cumbersome. I want quickly to send my files, such as error logs. I found a promising article [1] about Mutt, but it apparently is not what I want: Please note that mutt is a pure MUA and cannot send e-mail without proper email server . I want ...