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lxterminal

Terminal emulator for LXDE.

TLDR

Open an LXTerminal window

$ lxterminal
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Open an LXTerminal window, run a command, and then exit
$ lxterminal -e "[command]"
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Open an LXTerminal window with multiple tabs
$ lxterminal --tabs=[tab_name1,tab_name2,...]
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Open an LXTerminal window with a specific title
$ lxterminal --title=[title_name]
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Open an LXTerminal window with a specific working directory
$ lxterminal --working-directory=[path/to/directory]
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SYNOPSIS

lxterminal [options...]

DESCRIPTION

This manual page documents briefly the lxterminal command.

lxterminal is a program that provides a terminal emulator for the desktop, usually for LXDE.

OPTIONS

This program follows the usual GNU command line syntax, with long options starting with two dashes (`-). A summary of options is included below.

-e STRING --command=STRING --command STRING

This option specifies the program (and its command line arguments) to be run in the terminal. Except in the --command= form, this must be the last option on the command line.

--geometry=CHARACTERSxLINES

Set the terminals size in characters and lines.

-l --loginshell

Executes login shell.

-t NAME[,NAME[,NAME[...]]] --title=NAME[,NAME[,NAME[...]]] --tabs=NAME[,NAME[,NAME[...]]]

Set the terminals title. Use comma for multiple tabs.

--working-directory=DIRECTORY

Set the terminals working directory.

FILES

The configuration file can be found in ~/.config/lxterminal/lxterminal.conf.

COPYRIGHT


Copyright © 2008 paulliu

AUTHOR

This manual page was written by paulliu <grandpaul@gmail.com> for the Debian system (but may be used by others). Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU General Public License, Version 2 any later version published by the Free Software Foundation.

On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public License can be found in /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL.

AUTHOR

Ying-Chun Liu

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