On 07/23/2015 08:45 AM, Dennis Wicks wrote: > Greetings, > > Frequently when I run a command in a terminal window (Debian 8.1 Xfce) > I get a bunch of errors. > >> /bin/bash: _parse_usage: line 16: syntax error near unexpected token >> `('
This will happen if you are running a command with an unescaped ( in the parameters. It may work to enclose the whole parameter string in double quotes. Or escape any ( and ) with a leading \. For example: mycommand "(34)" mycommand stuff \(34\) Mark Neyhart -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/55b13c3c.9090...@akleg.gov