NAME

gnome-terminal - A terminal emulator for GNOME

SYNOPSIS

gnome-terminal [ OPTION...] [-- PROGRAM [ARG...]]

DESCRIPTION

gnome-terminal is a terminal emulator application for accessing a UNIX shell environment which can be used to run programs available on your system. It supports several profiles, multiple tabs and implements several keyboard shortcuts.

OPTIONS

--help, -h
Show a brief overview of all the options.
--help-all
Show all the options in detail.
--help-gtk
Show all the GTK options.
--help-terminal
Show all the options to select between new terminal tabs or windows.
--help-terminal-options
Show all the options to change the attributes of terminals regardless of whether they are in separate tabs or windows.
--help-window-options
Show all the options to change the attributes of windows containing terminals.
--load-config=FILE
Restore the application to a previously saved state by loading it from a configuration file.
--preferences
Show the preferences window.
--print-environment, -p
Print the environment variables to interact with newly created terminals.
--quiet, -q
Suppress diagnostics.
--verbose, -v
Increase diagnostic verbosity.
--tab
Open a new tab containing a terminal in the last-opened window with the default profile.
--window
Open a new window with a tab containing a terminal with the default profile.
--command, -e=COMMAND
Split the argument to this option into a program and arguments in the same way a shell would, and execute the resulting command-line inside the terminal.
 
This option is deprecated. Instead, use -- to terminate the options, and put the program and arguments to execute after it: for example, instead of gnome-terminal -e "python3 -q", prefer to use gnome-terminal -- python3 -q.
 
Note that the COMMAND is not run via a shell: it is split into words and executed as a program. If shell syntax is required, use the form gnome-terminal -- sh -c '...'.
--execute PROGRAM [ARGS], -x PROGRAM [ARGS]
Stop parsing options at this point, and interpret all subsequent options as a program and arguments to execute inside the terminal.
 
This option is deprecated: use -- instead. For example, instead of gnome-terminal -x python3 -q, prefer to use gnome-terminal -- python3 -q.
--fd=FD
Forward file descriptor.
--profile=PROFILE-NAME
Use the given profile instead of the default profile.
--title, -t=TITLE
Set the initial terminal title.
--wait
Wait until the terminal's child exits.
--working-directory=DIRNAME
Set the terminal's working directory.
--zoom=ZOOM
Set the terminal's zoom factor. 1.0 is normal size.
--active
Set the last specified tab as the active one in its window.
--full-screen
Full-screen the window.
--geometry=GEOMETRY
Set the window size as COLSxROWS+X+Y. For example, 80x24 or 80x24+200+200.
--hide-menubar
Turn off the menubar for the window.
--show-menubar
Turn on the menubar for the window.
--maximize
Maximize the window.
--role=ROLE
Set the X window role.
--class=CLASS
Program class as used by the window manager.
--display=DISPLAY
X display to use.
--g-fatal-warnings
Make all warnings fatal.
--gdk-debug=FLAGS
GDK debugging flags to set.
--gdk-no-debug=FLAGS
GDK debugging flags to unset.
--gtk-debug=FLAGS
GTK debugging flags to set.
--gtk-no-debug=FLAGS
GTK debugging flags to unset.
--gtk-module=MODULES
Load additional GTK modules.
--name=NAME
Program name as used by the window manager.

BUGS

Please read https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Terminal/ReportingBugs on how to report bugs.

EXAMPLES

To run a terminal containing an interactive Python prompt:
 
        gnome-terminal --title=Python -- python3 -q
To interpret shell syntax in a terminal, either write it in a separate shell script, or use sh -c:
 
        gnome-terminal -- sh -c 'if [ "$(id -u)" = 0 ]; then ...'
 

SEE ALSO

For further information, visit the website https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Terminal. There's a list of frequently asked questions at https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Terminal/FAQ.