Questions tagged [windows-terminal]

Microsoft's official new terminal app for Windows, released May 2019.

Windows Terminal is the Terminal app for Windows made by Microsoft, released in May 2019. See the Windows Terminal GitHub

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Windows Terminal keeps flickering for c++ snake game

The terminal windows keeps flickering when i run the snake game, below i will share my draw function I'm not sure if its a windows issue because of 'cls' or i made a mistake somewhere void Draw (){ system("cls"); for (int i=0; i
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Windows Terminal resizing

I find that often the bottom of a new console is pushed off the bottom of the screen so I put the below into my $Profile to fix that. I have tried to start using the new Windows Terminal for PowerShell work and have discovered that none of the…
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Windows terminal not recognizing "<" operator for file redirection

I am trying to write a program where I have to use file redirection to cin text from another text file. I'm seeing that I should be able to use .\a.exe < inputFile.txt, but for whatever reason my windows terminal does not recognize "<". This is…
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How can I set a theme for all profiles in Windows Terminal?

I have been experimenting with the new Windows Terminal and I would like to set some properties for all profiles (PowerShell, Cmd, Azure Cloud Shell). Specifically, I want to theme each terminal profile with the same color scheme, padding, etc. { …
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Windows Terminal Preview - Scrolls through tabs?

I recently downloaded the new Windows Terminal Preview, mainly for the tabs feature! However, when I had a lot of tabs open, I can't seem to find a way to scroll through the tabs when they start to go off the screen without closing out of other tabs…
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After Close Windows Terminal and Reopen it, Restore Preivous Tabs and Working Directories

In the terminal settings, I have set "open windows from a previous session". However, when I close and reopen the terminal, it only restores all the tabs. But all the tabs are showing default directory, not the previous working directory. Is there a…
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How do I prevent Windows Terminal from converting tab characters to spaces?

I'm programming a script that outputs tab characters. The users of this script expect to be able to copy and paste the output of this script from Windows Terminal into a spreadsheet program, and have the tab characters interpreted as dividers…
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Cannot see tabs or Settings drop-down menu

In Windows CMD and Powershell, I don't see the tabs and Settings option. What do I need to do to see them - thanks.
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How to pack/bundle Windows Terminal with Python program

I am writing a console-based program in Python. I saw how to change colours in a terminal. After seeing a SO question, I applied it to my program: print('\033[91m' + "Empty command not accepted." + '\033[0m' Which gives the following in…
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Automatically connect Windows Terminal to SSH in multiple equal-sized panels

A number of questions are related to using SSH with Windows terminal and a few others are related to opening multiple, equal sized panels side-by-side. None of these questions actually offers an answer to achieve the desired result (see title). Some…
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Windows terminal doesn't print files wit dir command

I have an issue when I am using dir command in the Windows terminal (Powershell). I see no output. I am just wondering what is wrong because the Powershell command line is working fine... Many thanks for any help!
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Why does this command work in Terminal but not in CMD?

Dopusrt.exe /acmd Go "c:/" The above command works, last active Window goes to c:/ but the below command does not work. Dopusrt.exe /info documents\filelist1.txt,listsel,0 The weird thing is it works just fine in Windows Terminal. Does CMD reserve…
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Display First and Last string entries stored in a variable using windows cmd.exe

I have a variable(MyVar) with values stored in it. For example --> MyVar="123, 234, 345, 456" Each entry in the variable is separated by a coma as in the example. I want to be able to pick the first and last entry from this variable, i.e 123 and…
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If i run npx or npm install create-react-app in my windows terminal. Is displaying error s

It always refer me to another directory in my computer and I can really access that folder. I was told to run npx instead of npm but but that still revert back to the former issues. Please can someone help me? am using windows terminal
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Why does my powershell display boxed instead of chevrons?

My powershell prompt display boxes instead of chevrons. I don't have any idea about this. Can anyone help? I'm running windows 10 1909 Edit: ${function:prompt}
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