Server Fault Stack Exchange
Server Fault Stack Exchange

Questions tagged [terminal]

Terminal: 1) A device or program used to talk to a terminal server, usually over Serial or RDP, 2) A synonym for command-shell or command line, 3) A specific OS X program.

419 questions
2
votes
1 answer

versioning from the GUI : hook to trigger script on file or folder on replace? Unix(mac)/Linux OS

Is there a way to automatically backup of files and folders triggered by a file or folder replace action. I'm looking for somthing like git-hooks or a listener of some sort that can run a version-control-like process automatically when a file or…
Fire Crow
  • 235
  • 2
  • 9
2
votes
2 answers

USB/Serial converter, data passes only one way

There's an USB/Serial converter connecting two boxes. Box A has USB end, box B has serial port end. On box A: screen /dev/ttyUSB0 9600 On box B (the one I'm trying to connect to from box A): /etc/inittab: ... T0:23:respawn:/sbin/getty -L ttyS0…
Karolis T.
  • 2,719
  • 7
  • 33
  • 45
2
votes
3 answers

`less` not able to display special characters

I stumbled upon bad special characters in some manpages: If your terminal is a "true" auto-margin terminal (it doesn▒<80><99>t allow the last position on the screen to be updated without scrolling the screen) consider using a…
d135-1r43
  • 411
  • 4
  • 13
2
votes
2 answers

Record SSH / Terminal into video?

If someone access to the server via Putty (SSH) or terminal - I want to record everything what they can see on the screen and what they have typed into video.. What is the solution to this, is there a software that can do this?
I'll-Be-Back
  • 693
  • 3
  • 10
  • 25
2
votes
2 answers

Create a file along with writing into it with a single line on the command line

How do I create a file named hello.sh with the contents "echo hello world" in one line using/on terminal?
DD.
  • 3,114
  • 11
  • 35
  • 50
2
votes
2 answers

freeze and thaw tmux and/or terminal sessions?

I would like to be able to freeze and thaw tmux sessions. That is, to take a complex set of session state, persist it, and bring it back from some persistent store later. Essentially, git stash for terminal session state. Does anybody know of a way…
David Watson
  • 215
  • 2
  • 9
2
votes
1 answer

Convert back slash file names into directories

To move some data from a program on Windows to the same program on Mac, the program has a built in backup tool. Unfortunately it seems they never tested cross platform compatibility as the ZIP file that it produces has filenames…
Ashley
  • 149
  • 1
  • 15
2
votes
3 answers

How to find out what consumes Linux pty's

The number of allocated ptys (/proc/sys/kernel/pty/nr) on my linux server is constantly growing, and exceeds the number of active logins, terminals and screen sessions by orders of magnitude. Only a system restart resets seems to reset it. How can I…
Nikratio
  • 645
  • 5
  • 13
2
votes
4 answers

Debian install netbeans - "No protocol specified"

When trying to run the netbeans shell installer, it gives me an error. ./netbeans-7.0.1-m1-php-linux.sh Configuring the installer... Searching for JVM on the system... Extracting installation data... Running the installer wizard... No protocol…
David
  • 131
  • 2
  • 12
2
votes
1 answer

Escape sequence for the escape key

On an SSH terminal, there is a command that takes over the terminal window, and it says I can press escape to end it. My SSH terminal does not handle the escape key. What is the escape sequence (Ctrl+something) that I can use in its place. (or is…
700 Software
  • 2,233
  • 10
  • 49
  • 77
2
votes
2 answers

Anyone suggest a good ssh terminal emulator for windows (connecting to RHEL box) and proper terminal type?

We have an old C program which has traditionally been run from SCO boxes. We have a customer that went with RackSpace running RHEL and we got the app recompiled. We have a problem with terminal emulation though. We've been trying PuTTY over SSH,…
Mark Freeman
  • 121
  • 2
2
votes
1 answer

Catch-all ACL attributes via CLI for Mac OS X?

It's nice and all that one can "go crazy" adding and subtracting ACL's from files/folders till the cows come home... but when doing it from the command line, say for example.. $ chmod +a# 1 "admin deny delete" foo $ ls -lde foo drwxr-xr-x + 2…
mralexgray
  • 1,353
  • 3
  • 12
  • 29
2
votes
3 answers

Setting up Terminal Services on Windows 2008 R2 server for the first time to connect 20 remote users

Any advice on where I should begin in terms of resources or videos? Outstanding questions are: Should we use Remoteapp or Sessions Understanding and deploying TS gateway How does SAV work with individual sessions (viewing them as virtual…
Sally
  • 345
  • 2
  • 3
  • 12
2
votes
6 answers

Monitor RAID status through terminal (CentOS 5)

I am currently running CentOS 5 and looking for a terminal command that can allow me to monitor the status of the RAID set up (ie, if a drive is down) without having to get into the kernel. This is a live web server afterall. update: specs are its…
Keith
  • 2,429
  • 1
  • 22
  • 18
2
votes
2 answers

what does the command bash do when typed in a linux terminal?

When I type bash in to linux cli, it gives me bash-3.2$ so what does it do?
David
  • 1,067
  • 1
  • 10
  • 15
1 2 3
…
27 28