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I use PuTTY to connect to an Ubuntu Server. I would like to use Tab-Completion when I'm working with the command line. How can I configure so that Tab-Completion works in PuTTY?
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I am accessing a shared hosting account through Putty / SSH.
The account is pretty full, 300 MB below its quota.
I need to make a full backup of all data present on the account. Creating a bzip2 file using
tar cjf archive.tar.bz2 directory/*
fails because there is not enough space for the tar…
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I know this is probably a common question, but after looking around for a few hours (on this site and others), I can't find a solution.
I'm trying to set up a simple proxy. I already have a server running Windows Server 2008.
I've installed Cygwin and have OpenSSH installed. I also have sshd (the…
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Hi,
i am SSHing to a RHEL-3 box using Putty. Backspace works correctly, but when I press the "Delete" key the deletion does not happen. Instead, it prints "~" on the screen.
Thanks in advance,
Ajay
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created public/private keys using puttygen on my computer.
put the public key in the .ssh/authorized_keys folder on the server
setup pageant.exe to use the pk on my computer.
when I run pageant, and connecting using putty it still asks me for my password.
what am I missing?
I did do a:
chmod 700…
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I've been using Putty for years now and it seems kind of dated. What are some good alternatives to Putty that use tabs to manage console sessions (managing individual putty windows is a messy pita).
Edit: I've found the holy grail of SSH clients on SO, the PuTTY Connection Manager. Its the same old…
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When I use tab completion in Powershell to complete a relative path Powershell converts it into an absolute one. While the absolute paths work it's getting kind of annoying (making my commands really long and making me reshift my focus when I autocomplete). Is there any way to change it to keep…
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I am working on a ruby on rails app. All of the sudden the command line tab complete stopped working for vim, only for files though, and only for the vim command (i.e. works for other commands, ls, rm etc.)
After further investigation - this only occurs in a specific directory, the home directory…
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I've got a basic PyQt QFileDialog file browser goin in Python, Kubuntu.
My issue is I would like the "tab key" in the file input to act as tab-complete does in a shell.
Is there any way to accomplish this?
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I often use tab completion in Bash when completing directories, but I find that it hangs for an unacceptable amount of time if I accidentally include a question mark in the directory. I'd like to know why and how to prevent it if possible. Here's the scenario:
I start a command and use the ~ key…
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I use PuTTY to connect to an Ubuntu Server. I would like to use Tab-Completion when I'm working with the command line. How can I configure so that Tab-Completion works in PuTTY?
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