To combine stderr and stdout into the stdout stream, we append this to a command: 2>&1 For example, the following command shows the first few errors from compiling main.cpp: g++ …

Q&A for users of Linux, FreeBSD and other Un*x-like operating systems

The Bash manual is a bit confusing in this area, but Bash does not eXecute .bash_login like a shell script. It does read the file and then executes the commands within it (You can do …

Oct 23, 2014 · Bash, and the sh command, is installed with Git4Windows if you select the 'Install Bash' install option.

864 In the GNU bash shell, I can type Ctrl + R to search for a matching command previously run. E.g., if I type Ctrl + R and then " grep ", it lists my last grep command, and I can hit Enter to …

May 1, 2011 · Ex. cd Downloads Run bash <filename>.sh This also works with .run files. There is an example of this usage at this webpage on updating Rhythmbox. Option 2 In the terminal, …

Jun 8, 2017 · I am using Visual Studio Code on my Windows 10 PC. I want to change my default terminal from Windows PowerShell to Bash on Ubuntu (on Windows). How can I do that?

Jan 23, 2020 · For more info see man bash or An A-Z Index of the Bash command line for Linux. For commands that were run before HISTTIMEFORMAT was set, the current time will be …

In bash all I know is that rmdir directoryname will remove the directory but only if it's empty. Is there a way to force remove subdirectories?

This is perhaps a bit of a non-answer, but the idiomatic way to handle multiline comments in Bash is to comment each line individually with the comment character #.