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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.

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Cisco console, USB and RJ45?

I have a new Cisco 3750X switch and I want to connect to it via console. Only.... this switch does not have a DB9 connector on it, its Serial port is RJ45. I have a USB to RJ45 cable, and am on Windows 7, but cannot seem to get Putty or other…
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Running python app in the background on linux

Weird question here, but I'm playing with a python chat server/client combo on my Linux server. Currently, if I do this: $: cd /path/to/chat/server $: sudo python ChatServer_Listen.py This starts the python app run loop and the server listens for…
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How do I restore (xterm|gnome-terminal) wrapping after telnet to HP equipment has messed it up?

I telnet to an HP switch from my (xterm|gnome-terminal). Exit telnet. That breaks the behaviour of the terminal. (If you don't have a HP switch to telnet to, one can cat this file in a terminal instead). Now type a very long command (more than one…
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What do you do when a command floods your terminal with too much output?

I'm trying to solve a common annoyance: when SSH'd into remote servers I often do things that produce a lot more output than I'm expecting. For example, grepping a large log file with a pattern that turns out to be too general. As garbage churns by…
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Remote Desktop Problems

I rebooted our 2k3 server box, and it looks like its hanging for some reason and I can't connect via terminal services to investigate. Any suggestions to resolve this issue? Update Working on vpn - server is a stand alone sql server - no domain -…
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Terminal.app does not support alt/meta/command-key modifiers such as meta-backspace

This was observed on Mac OS X 10.5, running Terminal.app. On a native Linux machine, from a bash command prompt, typing meta-backspace deletes up until the most recent whitespace. On a Mac, it sounds the system bell. SSHing into a Linux machine…
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What does "virtual consoles" in the ubuntu installer stand for?

I am installing ubuntu server in a vmware vm. In the expert installer there is this question (I guess this is the same in the debian installer): Please enter a space delimited list of virtual consoles you use and the standard setting…
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Getting a TTY in a Connectback Shell

I'm often asked by friends to help with small Linux problems, and more often than not I'm required to login to the remote system. Usually there are a lot of issues with making an account and logging in (sometimes the box is behind a NAT device,…
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What are the differenced between SuperMicro console terminal types ANSI, VT100 and VT-UTF8

I tried to find a comparison between various terminal types configurable on SuperMicro console to serial BIOS redirection but I was not able to find any. Can someone make a brief comparison of these? Defaults seems to be ANSI which is likely to be…
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How do I monitor the transfer speed of an interface from a Linux terminal?

I am connecting to a server via SSH, and I'd like to know how fast it's uploading and downloading. Preferably I'd also like to see what is downloading/uploading and the speed for that process. Any suggestions, or hints on what I should be searching…
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How to check my .pem certficate's passphrase in a terminal?

I had to convert a .pfx certificate into a .pem certificate. However, following a bug I am working on, I am wondering whether the .pem's passphrase has been set properly. How can I check this easily from a terminal/command line?
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Suggestions for Terminal Emulators on Linux, Windows and Mac

I've recently found the Terminator terminal emulator for Gnome. I really like this There is a Terminator written in Java. For windows it is lightyears ahead of the installed rxvt. However, I have found that it suffers the same limitations as…
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How to autocomplete long file names in terminal

If I have in current directory a file with a long name starting with "build" I can write in console "build", press Tab and autocomplete type full filename for me. However if I have multiple files starting with build the autocomplete doesn't work -…
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How to Add color support to watch command

as the title says, I want to see colors in my watch command. ex: # enable colors when running javascript unittests with watch watch mocha # enable colors when doing `ls` watch ls -aG
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Server Bash Line Wrapping Over Text & In Wrong Place

This is quite a hard problem to explain, when connecting to one of my servers using the bash shell, under any user the line wrapping is broken and has all sorts of problems. Once of which I detail in screenshots below: Other problems I…
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