June 2020 GNOME gnome-terminal 1 User Commands gnome-terminal A terminal emulator for GNOME gnome-terminal OPTION -- PROGRAM ARG 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. --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. Please read on how to report bugs. 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 ...' For further information, visit the website . There's a list of frequently asked questions at .