In order for my script to run successfully, I need to insert the URL of the site that the API redirected me to. Everything works in my Windows Powershell, I run my code and my Google Chrome tab opens, I successfully copy the address and you’re done. But when I run this code on WSL(Windows… Read More WSL doesn't redirect me to google chrome

On Debian Linux: I’m wanting to do a search and then filter it by those lines that do NOT begin with "/mnt/c/" or "/mnt/x/", my current disks (I’m working on WSL). So then I write: `locate $str | grep /[!cx] I learned a bit about wildcards but I don’t know what I’m doing wrong. Any… Read More Linux cmd line: How to filter a string by NOT wanted patterns

I need two instants of wsl. wsl1 for cross-platform file system wsl2 for new features. Create two instants of wsl. >Solution : According to M.Warren’s answer The newer wsl command’s import/export feature can readily create copies of a distro without installing any additional tools or using RegEdit. For example cd C:\Users\MattSlay wsl –export Ubuntu ubuntu.tar… Read More How to create two instance of wsl?

In my application, I have modified all IP addresses, in order not to disturb the actual production system. As a result, my application is throwing lots of exceptions. Those are kept in a logfile, called filename. I would like to filter the exceptions, but I don’t want to see the ones, caused by the modification… Read More Grep "Exception" but filter out one specific case, based on previous line

I’m running wsl -l -v to get a list of WSL VMs on my computer and I get a list like this: NAME STATE VERSION Ubuntu-18-04 Stopped 2 Ubuntu-20-04 Running 2 I only want to see the ones that are running. I tried: wsl -l -v | Select-Object NAME but I just get a list… Read More How do I filter from plain text output

I have installed wsl2,and then installed jdk 17. Now I want to configure JAVA_HOME. When I do: $ which java /usr/bin/java $ whereis java java: /usr/bin/java But I don’t see any java folder in /usr/bin. Instead, I found java in /usr/lib/jvm: $ pwd /usr/lib/jvm $ ls java-1.17.0-openjdk-amd64 java-17-openjdk-amd64 Why so? >Solution : Because java isn’t… Read More wsl: 'which java/whereis java' give wrong information

I’m using the Node JS child process to execute terminal commands and get the output of them, which is all going great. However, I’m on a WSL Windows machine, and I would like to change the type of the child processes terminal to zsh. Below is my current code for executing a command and receiving… Read More Node.JS Child Process Change Type of Terminal

I am using it inside docker bind mount and it giving different result. >Solution : PWD , pwd , ${PWD} , ${pwd} , $(PWD) , $(pwd) I assume that you are typing the above at a shell prompt. PWD is the name of a non-existent command. That fails with "command not found". pwd is the… Read More what is the difference between PWD , pwd , ${PWD} , ${pwd} , $(PWD) , $(pwd)

Everything else seems to work okay with the SSH keys, but when I do: git commit -m "message" It gives me this: *** Please tell me who you are. Run git config –global user.email "you@example.com" git config –global user.name "Your Name" to set your account’s default identity. Omit –global to set the identity only in… Read More Git Commit asks for credentials instead of SSH in WSL2