#command-prompt

most .msi-installations don't run just by double clicking them.

you need to run them through the command-prompt

open the startmenu, in the search field write "cmd" and hit enter

right click on the icon of the msi, choose "copy filepath"

write in the command-prompt: msiexec /i and paste the filepath, including quotes hit enter

How to: Terminal only shows $? #computers #it #answer

Terminal only shows $?

I recently set up a new user using “adduser username” on my server and noticed that when I login I get:

$

Also, with my new user there is no folder highlighting, or tab completion.

However when I login as root I get a full terminal prompt plus highlighting, completion etc.

root@lin01:~#

Anyone have any idea what I did wrong?

Edit: Solution was to type

chsh -s /bin/bash

Fixed: Weird symbols always appearing in command line (putty / zsh) #development #fix #dev

Weird symbols always appearing in command line (putty / zsh)

I’ve had this problem for a while and I hope it’s a pretty easy fix:

In various places, I’ll see weird symbols appearing in the command line. Such as ‘â’. It seems like it’s replacing some other character..? For example, when I do

prompt -p

I’ll get lots of ‘â symbols. Such as:

fade theme with parameters `white grey blue':…

How-to: Environment Variables in PATH Not Expanded for non-Admin Command Prompt? #fix #it #dev

Environment Variables in PATH Not Expanded for non-Admin Command Prompt?

I have a Windows 7 machine which, when Command Prompt is run by a normal user, fails to expand environment variables in the %PATH%. If command prompt is instead run as administrator (right click, Run as administrator) then %PATH% is appropriately expanded.

Specifically, %PATH% for cmd.exe run as the user (displayed via set…

Solution: How can I tell if Windows is running in Safe Mode? #dev #programming #answer

How can I tell if Windows is running in Safe Mode?

I have a Windows server that will sometimes reboot into safe mode after updates. I’m working on that issue but what I’d really like to know is how can I check to see if Windows is running in safe mode or not.

Ideally I would like to incorporate it into a script that would send a passive check to our Nagios box with the status.

Is there some…

How to: Different color prompts for different machines when using terminal/ssh? #dev #answer #development

Different color prompts for different machines when using terminal/ssh?

I have 5 machines I constantly ssh into to do work. Its getting increasingly frustrating when I am issuing wrong commands on wrong boxes. Luckily I havent done anything bad yet. I wanted to know if there is any hack which I can hardcode which will display my prompt in different colors based on the machine I am ssh into? Such…

How-to: How to display the first N lines of a command output in Windows? (the equivalent of Unix command "head") #computers #it #solution

How to display the first N lines of a command output in Windows? (the equivalent of Unix command "head")

I need to display the first N lines of the output of a command (any command). In other words, I esentially want an equivalent of the Unix “head” command. After discovering a few tricks from some other user (sorry don’t remember who it was), I came up with this:

tasklist | find /N " " |…