Microsoft's official new terminal app for Windows, released May 2019.
Windows Terminal is the Terminal app for Windows made by Microsoft, released in May 2019. See the Windows Terminal GitHub
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Windows Terminal vs Ubuntu.exe
What's the difference between using an Ubuntu tab on Windows Terminal vs using the Ubuntu app for Windows (ubuntu.exe)?
I've only noticed that each start at a different directory:
WT: :/mnt/c/Users/username
Ubuntu: /home/username
fahadqa
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Adding MySQL to Windows Terminal profiles
I just started using the relatively new Windows Terminal, but while adding my profiles (Git, etc.) I stumbled upon a problem I couldn't add MySql.
Evgeni Genchev
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How to open script inside Windows Terminal
I have shortcut which under the hood performs something like that:
C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe /C "powershell D:\ssh.ps1"
it executes ssh.ps1 script which inside opens SSH to ssh user@$ip where $ip comes from variable
but it executes inside cmd,…
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Windows Terminal not changing directory via script
I have file assist.cmd, which is within my %path% with the contents
pushd m:\Documents\Code\assist
When I type assist on windows terminal (the new one) I get:
PS C:\Users\User> assist
C:\Users\User>pushd m:\Documents\Code\assist
PS…
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Passing arguments to PowerShell with "-Command" parameter using AutoHotKey and Windows Terminal
My question pertains more toward PowerShell, but for completeness I am using AutoHotKey to run the PowerShell command.
I'm trying to pass some arguments to PowerShell with the "-Command" parameter, but running into issues if the arguments contain…
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How to use CTRL+C CTRL+V keyboard shortcuts for copy and paste in Windows Terminal
Is there any easy way to be able to use CTRL+C for copying selected text and CTRL+V for pasting in Windows terminal, just like how we use those keyboard shortcuts in notepad, word etc. CTRL+SHIFT+C does copy, but I wouldn't prefer that.
Hitting…
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What have I missed in Windows Terminal settings.json?
I just start to customize Windows Terminal.
I would like to add Git and it opens the git-bash.exe outside of the program.
What have I missed in the settings.json?
That's the settings.json "profiles" -> "list" array
{
"guid":…
Barney
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'\' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file. when issuing a git rev-list
Whenever I try to run this command in windows terminal. I get a
'\' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.
git rev-list --all --objects | \
sed -n $(git rev-list --objects --all | \
cut -f1 -d'…
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How to show file and folder names along with terminal icons without showing current directory?
I want to remove the space/ area taken up in showing the
Directory: C:\Users\varun\Desktop\Projects\advanced-react-patterns-v2
when I run the command:
Get-ChildItem | Format-Wide
Additional details:
Using Windows Terminal & Powershell
Font…
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How to expand the new Windows Terminal to support AWS?
Loving the new Terminal but often I need to SSH into an EC2 instance on AWS. Right now I open an Ubuntu tab and then SSH into EC2. I see in the dropdown Azure Cloud Shell. Is there a way to directly SSH into AWS in a similar way?
Jeremy Rule
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How to add a profile entry to Windows Terminal with C#?
I would like to add some profile entries to the Windows Terminal profiles.json file.
This is my current profiles.json file:
{
"$schema": "https://aka.ms/terminal-profiles-schema",
"defaultProfile":…
0lan
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Add XAMPP shell to new 'Windows Terminal'
I know that in the new Windows Terminal I can add any custom profile, so I want to start XAMPP shell from there. In the settings json file I add the profile but I have a problem adding the right "commandline" variable value. I've tried…
Lampros Chantzis
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Windows Terminal keeps flickering for c++ snake game
The terminal windows keeps flickering when i run the snake game, below i will share my draw function
I'm not sure if its a windows issue because of 'cls' or i made a mistake somewhere
void Draw (){
system("cls");
for (int i=0; i
Chadi Jamil
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Windows Terminal resizing
I find that often the bottom of a new console is pushed off the bottom of the screen so I put the below into my $Profile to fix that. I have tried to start using the new Windows Terminal for PowerShell work and have discovered that none of the…
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How to rebind ctrl-space in vim running inside Windows Terminal Preview?
So it seems like ctrl-space is being incorectly translated into ctrl-@ by the Windows Terminal and I was wondering if there's any workaround for this? I've seen answers to this similar problem for other terminals but they don't seem to work.
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