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ptyxis — A container-oriented terminal for GNOME. More information: <https://gitlab.gnome.org/chergert/ptyxis

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Problem

How to use the ptyxis command: A container-oriented terminal for GNOME. More information: <https://gitlab.gnome.org/chergert/ptyxis#basic-usage--command-line-options>.

Solution

ptyxis — A container-oriented terminal for GNOME. More information: <https://gitlab.gnome.org/chergert/ptyxis#basic-usage--command-line-options>.

Open a new Ptyxis window:

ptyxis --new-window

Execute a specific command in a new terminal window:

ptyxis {{[-x|--execute]}} {{command}}

Open new tab in the last opened window:

ptyxis --tab

Set the title for a new:

ptyxis --tab {{[-T|--title]}} {{title}}

Specify the working directory for a new tab, window, or command execution:

ptyxis {{[-d|--working-directory]}} {{path/to/directory}} --tab

Code Snippets

Open a new Ptyxis window

ptyxis --new-window

Execute a specific command in a new terminal window

ptyxis {{[-x|--execute]}} {{command}}

Open new tab in the last opened window

ptyxis --tab

Set the title for a new

ptyxis --tab {{[-T|--title]}} {{title}}

Specify the working directory for a new tab, window, or command execution

ptyxis {{[-d|--working-directory]}} {{path/to/directory}} --tab

Context

tldr-pages: linux/ptyxis

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