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A terminal or command-line interface is a text-only interface for interacting with an operating system or a piece of software. A user typically types commands into the terminal to perform specific tasks.

A terminal or command-line interface is a text-only interface for interacting with an operating system or a piece of software. A user typically types commands into the Terminal to perform specific tasks.

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Cannot use git in Android Studio's terminal

Like my title, I cannot use git in intergrated terminal in Android Studio, although I added Path in Enviroment Variable. Please tell me why? Thanks everybody for your help, after restarting windows, I used git command in terminal :D
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Print specific lines of a file in Terminal

This seems pretty silly, but I haven't found a tool that does this, so I figured I'd ask just to make sure one doesn't exist before trying to code it up myself: Is there any easy way to cat or less specific lines of a file? I'm hoping for behavior…
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Delete first line of all files in a folder (on ubuntu)

I have a folder that has 2800 .txt files in it and I need to delete the first line of every files. The names of the files are all different except for that fact that they end with .txt . would it be possible to do that while keeping the same file…
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Where can I find a graphical command shell?

Terminals and shells are very powerful but can be complicated to learn, especially to get the best out of them. Does anyone know of a more GUI based command shell that helps a user or displays answers in a more friendly way? I'm aware of IPython,…
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Run .py file until specified line number

In a linux terminal typing python script.py Will run run script.py and exit the python console, but what if I just want to run a part of the script and leave the console open? For example, run script.py until line 15 and leave the console open…
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Cant run rails commands. Your Ruby version is 2.2.1, but your Gemfile specified 2.1.4

I am not able to run surver rails s or cant make controllers etc. What should I do ? Terminal showing following error: Your Ruby version is 2.2.1, but your Gemfile specified 2.1.4
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Haskell ghci lambda symbol in prompt

In Haskell ghci is it possible (and how) to get a lambda symbol in the prompt, for instance like this λ> Using Linux Ubuntu terminal.
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Get pid of Chrome tab via terminal

Is it possible to get the pid of a specific Google Chrome tab (like the current one) via the command line? Getting it via AppleScript would be an acceptable solution. My use case is limiting the CPU usage of a specific tab, so for now my solution to…
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Creating and writing into .plist with Terminal or bash script

I need to create a .plist file during post install and the only option I can use is a bash script. I have to create a foo.plist into /Library/launchAgents with a bash script and I've used the following command: cd /Library/launchAgents touch…
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Is there anyway to get pdb and Mac Terminal to play nicely?

When debugging my django apps I use pdb for interactive debugging with pdb.set_trace(). However, when I amend a file the local django webserver restarts and then I cant see what I type in the terminal, until I type reset. Is there anyway for this to…
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Mac OS X - adding a border to the terminal

I am using the terminal on Mac OS, but all the terminal's windows are borderless, making them difficult to distinguish when they are one over the top of the other. I can't find the way to add a 1px border around the window (my terminal's windows…
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Need help editing files in place with sed

I am trying to add a file in place with sed and I keep getting this error message sed: 1: "test.txt": undefined label 'est.txt' This is the command I am using Desktop > sed -i 's/White/Black/' test.txt I am not sure what I am doing incorrect…
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Change oh-my-zsh theme when ssh is run

I have Oh-my-zsh installed on iterm2. How can I make my terminal change theme whenever ssh is run? It would be nice if the script also changes the background to one of the presets imported. I am a complete bash noob. Please explain in newbie…
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emacs console mode Org-mode strike-through is not displayed as expected

I'm using org-mode. Using '+' around a text, it displays correctly in the GUI as strike-through text (example: +striked-through+). But this doesn't work in the emacs console mode, the text is not displayed striked-through: there are no difference…
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Change cd default directory (bash)

I'm looking for a way to change the default directory of cd, and I'm wondering if this is possible. I tried adding alias "cd=cd ~/Documents/Github" to .bashrc, but this obviously doesn't work because it breaks the cd command so that you cannot use…
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