gnome-terminal (1) Linux Manual Page

Options

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, 80×24 or 80×24+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

Examples

 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