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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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What does "Searching Taps" Mean with HomeBrew?

I tried installing a c++ library by doing the following, and got the message below: What does this mean? Did it install or did it not? I'm new to homebrew. Thanks! macbook-2:~ ME$ brew install ceres-solver Error: No available formula for…
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Grunt/jshint - task watcher terminal output colors

I'm using Grunt task runner to build a web app on Windows 8.1, and have JShint task for checking Javascript. The Gruntfile was generated using the Webapp generator. When JSHint detects an error, the output generated in the terminal window is colored…
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Posting array using cURL in Terminal

I'm trying to build a webservice for an app, so the data stores in an online database I have. I'm currently building the php document, and I'm curious as to how I can POST an array using cURL in the Terminal Mac app. You see, the application will…
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Print terminal alias command as well as executing it

As a terminal noob, I've created aliases for pretty much everything I do. The problem is that I've started forgetting those few commands that I do know because of it. On top of that, I sometimes need to edit a variable in the previous command. So…
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Access IMAP server from Command line Using OpenSSL and OAuth2

I'm trying to access an Outlook.com IMAP server via the commandline using openSSL. Specifically, I want to access it using OAuth2, but am unable to do so. So far, I am able to access the server without oAuth by doing: openssl s_client -crlf -connect…
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In linux, how can I test whether the output of a program is going to a live terminal or to a file?

When you use git it seems to magically know whether standard out is going through a pipe or into a file vs when it is being displayed to the console. For example, if you have colors enabled and you do git status it will colorize the output for…
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How to launch tmux –automatically– when konsole/yakuake start?

I discovered tmux possibility recently and I'm using it inside yakuake/konsole (quake-like terminal). However, I have to launch tmux manually every time I start my laptop or restart yakuake. How to launch tmux –automatically– when yakuake/konsole…
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bash sequence: wait for output, then start next program

In my case I have to run openvpn before ssh'ing into a server, and the openvpn command echos out "Initialization Sequence Completed". So, I want my script to setup the openvpn and then ssh in. My question is: How do you execute a command in bash in…
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vertical dotted line ascii or unicode character

I'm trying to find a vertical dotted line ascii character. Currently I'm using ¦ but am hoping to find something more along the lines of the indent guide character that sublime text has: Definitely doesn't have to be exact, but I'd like it to be…
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Can i move an active terminal session into a screen session?

I started to compile android for my phone using a putty/ssh connection to my ubuntu server, but forgot to open a "screen" before hand. It's been running for a couple hours and I need to turn off my windows computer to sleep. Is there a way to move…
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.zshrc config file syntax error

I'm getting a syntax error somewhere in my .zshrc file and I can't seem to find it. I'm getting this error message: .zshrc:49: bad assignment Here is my .zshrc file: # Path to your oh-my-zsh configuration. ZSH=$HOME/.oh-my-zsh # Set name of the…
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Sample a process on Mac OS X from a C/C++ program

The Sample Process feature in Activity Monitor is quite a useful thing. However, I need to do the same thing (take samples) of a certain process from another running process (C/C++) or a command line. Is there any way to do this? I have been…
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How to share clipboard between tmux/vim and osx

I found solution for iterm+vim here -> Vim: copy selection to OS X clipboard Now i use fakeclip, and it work in vim directly, but not when i use tmux to split terminal window.
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Setting path in bash_profile

Why does setting a PATH require the :${PATH} at the end? PATH="/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/bin:${PATH}" When I append a path to this I would do PATH=$PATH:... How do I append a PATH without going to a new line. That is, how…
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Git error 400 when doing push

When I do a git push I come up with this error: error: The requested URL returned error: 400 while accessing https://github.com/nathandunn97/SchoolAdvisor.git/info/refs?service=git-receive-pack fatal: HTTP request failed I am using Ubuntu…
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