xdg-terminal Manual

2006
Kevin Krammer

    kevin.krammer@gmx.at

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xdg-terminal opens the user's preferred terminal emulator application
`xdg-terminal` `command` `xdg-terminal` `--help` `--manual` `--version`

## Description

xdg-terminal opens the user's preferred terminal emulator application. If a command is provided the command will be executed by the shell within the newly opened terminal window.

xdg-terminal is for use inside a desktop session only. It is not recommended to use xdg-terminal as root.

## Options

`--help`

  Show command synopsis.

`--manual`

  Show this manual page.

`--version`

  Show the xdg-utils version information.

## Exit Codes

An exit code of 0 indicates success while a non-zero exit code indicates failure. The following failure codes can be returned:

`1`

  Error in command line syntax.

`3`

  A required tool could not be found.

`4`

  The action failed.

## Examples

    xdg-terminal

Opens the user's default terminal emulator, just starting an interactive shell.

    xdg-terminal top

Opens the user's default terminal emulator and lets it run the top executable.