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gnome-terminal — The GNOME Terminal emulator. More information: <https://help.gnome.org/users/gnome-terminal/stable/>

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Problem

How to use the gnome-terminal command: The GNOME Terminal emulator. More information: <https://help.gnome.org/users/gnome-terminal/stable/>.

Solution

gnome-terminal — The GNOME Terminal emulator. More information: <https://help.gnome.org/users/gnome-terminal/stable/>.

Open a new GNOME terminal window:

gnome-terminal

Run a specific command in a new terminal window:

gnome-terminal -- {{command}}

Open a new tab in the last opened window instead:

gnome-terminal --tab

Set the title of the new tab:

gnome-terminal --tab {{[-t|--title]}} "{{title}}"

Code Snippets

Open a new GNOME terminal window

gnome-terminal

Run a specific command in a new terminal window

gnome-terminal -- {{command}}

Open a new tab in the last opened window instead

gnome-terminal --tab

Set the title of the new tab

gnome-terminal --tab {{[-t|--title]}} "{{title}}"

Context

tldr-pages: linux/gnome-terminal

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