Questions tagged [bash]
Bash (Bourne-Again SHell), is the default interactive user shell used in Ubuntu. Use this tag for questions specific to Bash, as opposed to generic POSIX shells.
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List of possibilities from `apt install` is sorted randomly on Ubuntu 26.04
When I type apt install postgresql and press TAB twice, I see a list of possible packages. In Ubuntu 24.04, this list was sorted alphabetically, but now it seems to be sorted randomly.
Is there a way ...
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How to set a variable from a multiline file in GitHub
This is more a bash scripting question. I'm trying to set a variable from a multiline file in GitHub.
cat config.yaml | gh variable set TEST --org .... --body -
...but this sets the value as '-'
It's ...
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Restoring OS packages
I made a list on the bash with all the packages installed on Ubuntu.
Trying to restore them to another computer also with Ubuntu, I receive an error message saying that they are not on database.
With ...
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KDE installed alongside Ubuntu-Mate, script will open by double click, not the expected behaviour
Betriebssystem: Kubuntu 24.04
KDE-Plasma-Version: 5.27.12
KDE-Frameworks-Version: 5.115.0
Qt-Version: 5.15.13
Kernel-Version: 6.8.0-111-generic (64-bit)
Grafik-Plattform: Wayland
Prozessoren: 8 × AMD ...
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how to recover from these commands?
I followed the instructions in another thread to fix something, but since it didn't work, I'd like to go back and restore the original configuration.
So, as the title says, how can I restore and go ...
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How can I run a command using only the P or E or LPE cores on my Intel laptop?
I want to run a command and have it only run on either the P or E cores in my Intel laptops. I know about taskset but it only accepts core numbers and I want to specify ALL of the P-Core CPUs / E-Core ...
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writing alias command to bash file via echo
This command works as I might expect:
alias pgmstat='lsof -p $(pgrep -d'\'','\'' 2>/dev/null) 2>/dev/null'
However, when I wrap it in double quotes, precede it with echo, and send it to a ...
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Affect shell sessions globally in bash
I wrote a small bash script to handle conda initialization outside .bashrc, then aliased it in .bashrc
alias startconda='source /home/ade/.adebin/conda_init.sh'
conda_init.sh:
#!/bin/bash
if [ x&...
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Find all jpgs in a directory and convert to pdf
The name of the directory within dir will change so I tried using find.
First time using bash so I couldn't seem to wrap my head around piping just yet. The best I came up with was:
var="$(find ...
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Ubuntu Server WiFi (USB adapter) does not reliably recover after router restart — network becomes unstable despite cron watchdogs and autoconnect
System Details
OS: Ubuntu Server 22.04
Kernel: 5.15.0-173-generic
Architecture: x86_64
Setup: Headless server (accessed via SSH / Tailscale)
Network: WiFi using a USB WiFi adapter (Realtek ...
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How to pass multiple rsync source directories as bash array elements [closed]
I have a bash script that's attempting to sync multiple sources to a single destination. The idea is to sync the contents of my home folder along with the entire /etc/ssh directory. The script ...
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Dialog file selector for specific types of files
I'm making a bash script using the dialog package to launch the various Windows programs via Wine, so I don't have to go around hunting for these files. In this launcher I also want to add an option ...
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Bash script doesn't execute when using sh
I set my bash script called pass.sh globally by adding its source path into $PATH in my ./bashrc.
The problem is I can't execute using the sh only using the bash command when I'm in a different ...
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Accidentally corrupted /bin/bash
I wanted to add a program to the /bin directory with sudo mv said-program /bin, but I accidentally wrote sudo mv said-program /bin/bash due to shebang inertia.
As you can imagine, this broke the ...
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question for custom command in lxqt session
Im running lxqt session in noble. For checking the charging my PS5 controller
I made a custom command that shows me if bat of PS5 controlleris full through upower.
[customcommand]
alignment=Right
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