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xterm — A terminal emulator for the X Window System. More information: <https://manned.org/xterm>.

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Problem

How to use the xterm command: A terminal emulator for the X Window System. More information: <https://manned.org/xterm>.

Solution

xterm — A terminal emulator for the X Window System. More information: <https://manned.org/xterm>.

Open the terminal with a title of Example:
xterm -T {{Example}}


Open the terminal in fullscreen mode:
xterm -fullscreen


Open the terminal with a dark blue background and yellow foreground (font color):
xterm -bg {{darkblue}} -fg {{yellow}}


Open the terminal with 100 characters per line and 35 lines, in screen position x=200px, y=20px:
xterm -geometry {{100}}x{{35}}+{{200}}+{{20}}


Open the terminal using a Serif font and a font size equal to 20:
xterm -fa '{{Serif}}' -fs {{20}}

Code Snippets

Open the terminal with a title of `Example`

xterm -T {{Example}}

Open the terminal in fullscreen mode

xterm -fullscreen

Open the terminal with a dark blue background and yellow foreground (font color)

xterm -bg {{darkblue}} -fg {{yellow}}

Open the terminal with 100 characters per line and 35 lines, in screen position x=200px, y=20px

xterm -geometry {{100}}x{{35}}+{{200}}+{{20}}

Open the terminal using a Serif font and a font size equal to 20

xterm -fa '{{Serif}}' -fs {{20}}

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tldr-pages: linux/xterm

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