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Cursor does not go begining of the line
Hello I am trying to go begining of the line. neither left arrow key or ctrl + a
lets me do it. everytime it keeps couple letters on the right.
however its a visual bug my cursor is actually in the ...
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>console login - changing the screen size
so when I log into the terminal from my login screen (by typing >console as username), I get logged in to the terminal. However, when I try to use vim or anything useful, it only takes up around 1/4 ...
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Console reports “sandboxd deny mach-lookup” … Should I modify system.sb?
I'm getting two errors in the console at the same time TimeMachine is running and taking FOREVER to make any progress.
1/4/13 9:41:38.000 PM kernel[0]: Sandbox: sandboxd(5838) deny mach-lookup ...
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How to use a UNIX console app
I downloaded a port knocking script from
http://www.zeroflux.org/projects/knock
It downloaded a file knock, which is a Unix Executable File. When I double click on it, it runs the Terminal, where it ...
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How do you prevent CodeRunner from prefixing its console output with [00m[00m[00m[00m[00m?
There seems to be a connection between CodeRunner's console output and your actual terminal prompt script, that is, if such prompt code is sourced from e.g. ~/.bash_profile (which CodeRunner reads by ...
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In terminal, running top, info extends past the view of the window
I assume this occurs in more terminal functions than just top. Is there a way to view the information without resizing the console window? I currently have my console window set to open at 80x24, ...
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Is less(1) missing lesskey functionality?
less(1), the terminal file pager, seems to be missing lesskey(1) and the ability to rebind the keystrokes in less. The docs claim it's there, but it doesn't work. Am I crazy or is Apple's version of ...
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Where does $LANG variable gets set in Mac OS X?
I've used wget for the first time after installing Lion OS X and I've noticed that wget got localized to my native language. Running set command in terminal showed that my LANG variable represents my ...
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Is it possible to use a serial terminal (e.g. VT420) with a modern Mac?
I've found lots of tutorials for using a Mac to control a serial device, but not the other way around. I've got a DEC VT520 terminal and a recent Mac Pro, is there a way (with a USB adapter) to get a ...
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Prettify OS X console by coloring output?
OS X terminal is not using colors for highlighting output from different commands, for example ls.
When compared with other systems like Ubuntu, this is a big loss of accessibility/productivity.
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