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Multiple ssh IDs & localhost Confusion
I've been operating on a single local ssh ID for some time. I connect to servers on my LAN after copying my public key to them for future quick connects. Worked fine. I have a Github account that ...
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BREW ERROR : compinit:503: no such file or directory: /usr/local/share/zsh/site-functions/_brew_cask
I recently got this error: compinit:503: no such file or directory: /usr/local/share/zsh/site-functions/_brew_cask I didn't install anything new. I just updated the brew using "brew update" ...
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Tmux copy and scroll iterm
How can I copy from a large file by scrolling. I am unable to start the selection. I was able to start copy mode by ctrl + B [ But I am unable to begin the selection . I used space still no luck.I ...
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I'm using iTerm to run the command line on my mac. Its in a mode I don't recognize
I like to use iterm on my mac. Recently when I open iTerm or a new tab, it's in a mode I don't recognize. whenever I start typing a command, iTerm lists all previous versions of that command. see ...
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MacOS: Commands working on terminal but not on iTerm [closed]
I installed some packages like brew via terminal which altered $PATH. Now iTerm's $PATH is not same as terminal, causing CLI commands like brew not working on iTerm. echo $PATH on terminal gives: /...
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How to ssh-add a SSH key without recreating a new instance of SSH agent?
I add the following in my .bashrc ssh-add ~/.ssh/id_rsa so when I open a new tab in my shell/terminal app (iTerm2 on macOS), it automatically add the SSH identity using the SSH agent and I don't need ...
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Tmux use bright colors?
I'm using iTerm and I was wondering if it was possible to use the "bright" colors in the Tmux config file. I googled this and I seen something that did fg=cyan,bg=black,bright and when I tried this, ...
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How can I disable keybindings / keybind in GNU screen?
I use iTerm2 on Mac and have customized control + ← and control + → to send hex 0x01 and 0x05 when pressed - which makes the cursor jump to the start and end of the line when typing or ...
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iterm syncing sessions across new tabs
When I open up new tabs in iterm and change a directory, it syncs the old tabs to that new directory. I don't want this behavior. I'd like it to preserve the session that it was on. What's the problem ...
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can't save .zshrc file
I want to make aliases for my iterm2 so i tried to edit the .zshrc file. But the problem is for some reason i can't save the file, it gives me unable to save .zshrc I also tried to set alias ...
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bash: rsync: command not found [closed]
I'm on OSX using iTerm (3) with prezto as my zsh configuration framework. I've a strange error message when I use rsync: $ rsync -avz --exclude='.git' src/ remote:/dst bash: rsync: command not found ...
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Irssi: Using ALT + # to switch windows works for all windows but the first one
Somewhat of a bizarre issue, I'm using irssi in iterm3, and I have iterm set to read the left escape key as "+ESC" as this is how I've gotten irssi to recognize pressing option and a number key to ...
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Ensure less clears screen
Is there a way to ensure less clears screen on exit? The opposite of less -X. The screen is not being cleared when I exit a man page in iTerm2, however the screen is cleared when using the default ...
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tailing file in new terminal window
I have the following two bash scripts (perhaps they can be condensed into one). // pre-tail.sh #!/usr/bin/env bash open -b com.apple.terminal `dirname $0`/tail.sh // tail.sh #!/usr/bin/env bash ...
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Tmux displays "<xzy not ready>" in the status bar
I'm using iTerm 2 nightly and I have the following tmux config setting for the left status bar: set -g status-left "#[fg=green]#h @ #[fg=cyan]#(extip | awk '{print \"ip \" $1}') #[fg=yellow]#(...