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Questions tagged [gnome-terminal]

For questions about writing programs to communicate with the GNOME Terminal application (or about modifying its internals). DO NOT add this tag simply because you happen to use this terminal when interacting with a program that could use other terminals equally well.

The default GNOME desktop terminal emulator, allowing users to execute commands using a real UNIX shell while remaining on their graphical desktop.

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How can I dump a list of the contents of a *.tgz to a text file without extracting it (Ubuntu)?

I have a huge (100+GB) *.tgz archive and I would like to dump its contents (paths and filenames) into a text file. I know how to list them in the terminal: tar -ztvf my-data.tar.gz ...but I can't figure out how to get the list into a text…
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Why Tmux will not stop altering terminal title while the prompt is waiting a command?

I'm using Fish and byobu in Fedora with GNOME-Terminal. I didn't ask Fish to change the terminal title. cat ~/.config/byobu/profile.tmux source $BYOBU_PREFIX/share/byobu/profiles/tmux set -g status-right '#(gitmux -cfg…
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How to I run scapy and netfilterqueue at the same time?

I am working on a dns_spoof school project. I have imported the following to my program: import netfilterqueue import scapy.all as scapy My problem is that when I try to run the program via terminal with the python2 interpreter scapy doesn't work…
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List inside of a List; pull from 2nd List (via Terminal)

I graduated last May with an AAS in Information Technology, but during my last semester was listed as disabled due to my injuries in the service. I try to spend an hour each day learning Python, and my latest challenge has hit me hard--I just can't…
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Running gnome-terminal in a loop doesn't block waiting for programs to finish

I basically need to automate running 2 commands in separate terminals. while : do timeout 10 gnome-terminal --geometry=95x56 -e "COMMAND1" && timeout 7 gnome-terminal -e "COMMAND2" && sleep 30 done Expected behavior: A terminal opens,…
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Closing a gnome_terminal instance after command execution (rpi)

Using gnome_terminal in my code runs the command I need, however it remains open even after the command has run and profile settings have been set to close after command. while [ 1 ] do gnome-terminal -x bash -c "sleep 5; pkill omxplayer; pkill…
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Shortcut for opening tmux terminal

I am on Ubuntu 16.04. Very often, the first thing I do when starting to work on a new task is open a new terminal with the shortcut Ctrl - Alt - T and then type tmux. I would like to skip the typing of tmux. I found several solutions in which one…
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gnome terminal not piping output to file correctly bash script

I'm trying to open a new terminal window run a program and output that to a file. This is the code I'm using when i run it it opens a new terminal and runs it correctly but never pipes the output to the file. ./my-router topology.txt A | tee -a…
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How do I make a script which always runs in the linux terminal?

For example, if you install git and type git in the terminal, the git program will respond with an output, no matter what directory you are in. Let's say I make a python script - how can I make it respond to !test, for example, without having to…
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Can't set title for terminal window when launched from Gnome menu launcher

I added a new Gnome menu option to launch a custom script application. I am using Redhat 6, Gnome 2. This is all working but when it launches in a new terminal window I cannot get the title to display anything other than the default…
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Xubuntu, make a launcher for a .sh

I use Xubuntu with gnome-terminal. I need to launch a sh script (restart.sh) on the pc startup. The .sh file is in this directory: "/home/stark/Desktop/Tracking/Release/5600/" I created a launcher like this: [Desktop Entry] Name=My GUI…
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Fish shell unable to render symbols properly

Fish shell is not displaying symbols properly in gnome-terminal (Ubuntu 17.04). Fish prompt symbol Staging index status - locale…
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Unknown hostname error - Raspbian

I have a windows server running inside a VM and trying to access it from a raspberry pi 3 which is configured to have access to the VM network. Problem is when I ping the server with its' IP it responds but when I do it with the name (in my case…
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execute one command in all open tabs in a terminal

I use a script which after execution opens different tabs and connects to different servers(using ssh). Now along with that,I want to run another command (say 'pwd').So how to do that? gnome-terminal --tab -e 'ssh user@ip1' --tab -e 'ssh…
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Gnome-Terminal Linux Script

I am trying to write a basic write for Linux that opens a terminal window, sends a command, and then sends a character such as "Y" or "N". Also, after a fixed period of time, stop the process. So far I can get the window and command running…
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