CLI stands for Command Line Interface, and is also know as the shell, console or terminal. A CLI is the opposite of a GUI, and normally consists of a trace of recent commands and their outputs, as well as a space allowing the user to enter commands.
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Raspbmc - can the command-line be accessed from within the GUI?
In Raspbmc, I can get to the terminal command-line by hitting the GUI "Power off" button, choosing Exit and then hitting Esc on the attached keyboard.
My question is: can I get to the command-line ...
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Being denied access to my usb drive in console mode
I am trying to access the usb stick that I use for storage on my Pi, PI_USB. I am able to access it while using startx, but I am denied permission while in console mode.
In the terminal, I typed in ...
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Raspbmc: How can i open terminal?
I already searched how it's possible to open the terminal on Raspbmc, however none of the two methods i know seems to work. I've read that i can open the terminal by pressing Ctr+Alt+F2 but nothing ...
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Japanese glyphs in console?
Model B - Is there a way to configure the console to display Japanese kanji, hiragana and katakana? I can output as UTF-8.
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How to open a terminal at startup?
Every time I boot my RPi, I want a terminal open. I'd love to be able to include that in the boot process.
I'm running Raspian.
How can this be done?
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Serial Console Server?
Ok, I have plugged ~8 USB/Serial dongles into my Pi to allow console access to some servers by means of null modem cables. That part works. To get access to my servers remotely, I ssh into the pi, ...
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Return to xbmc from console
I'm using Raspbmc. I can drop to the console by using the 'off' button in the XBMC UI and then pressing Esc.
However, how do I return to XBMC from the console? Typing exit in the console returns me ...
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USART resending Problem via console
I have some trouble with my USART interface.
I short-circuited the RX and TX pins and tried to test sending stuff via the cli using these commands:
sudo stty 200 -F /dev/ttyAMA0
cat /dev/ttyAMA0 ...
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Can't edit /etc/modules and add “bcm2708_wdog”
i tried following the directions here for the watchdog
Link: http://pi.gadgetoid.co.uk/post/001-who-watches-the-watcher
i can't get even past the first attempt, here's an SS: http://prntscr.com/ohvq1 ...
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How do you cancel a timed system halt?
as the title says "How do you cancel a timed system halt" is there any CL for that? just like in window's run shutdown.exe -a for canceling a timed shutdown.
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How to disable local terminal showing through when playing video
Any local terminal text (login prompt, etc) is showing through areas of the screen that are not covered by video (i.e. the black bars on the top and bottom) when I use a remote terminal to play video ...
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Why do I have to `sudo`?
I've followed a couple of tutorials on my RPi and a lot of commands start with sudo; what does it mean and what does it do?
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Console unusable after running SDL app
When certain SDL-based programs (e.g. prboom, dosbox) are run from the console (not X) and terminate abruptly for some reason (e.g. killed or segfaults), the screen locks up; It just goes black, and ...
