GNOME Terminal (often titled only "Terminal") is the default terminal emulator included in Ubuntu.
52
votes
12answers
36k views
How do I deactivate F1 and F10 keybindings in gnome-terminal?
How can I turn off the F1 (help) and F10 (notifications menu) key bindings?
First one I need for screen utility and second to exit mc in console.
There are no such key bindings in the Keyboard ...
31
votes
8answers
16k views
How to change Gnome-Terminal title?
I have several instances of terminals running in my working environment, what I would like is to set a specific title for each one, in order to have a clear idea what purpose the specific terminal ...
24
votes
7answers
5k views
Making Ctrl+C copy text in gnome-terminal?
Is it possible for me to make Ctrl+C perform a copy command if there is highlighted text in the terminal?
Otherwise, it should retain its normal behavior.
(If there is a terminal that can do this ...
22
votes
3answers
4k views
How to disable the alt-hotkey behavior on gnome terminal?
This is not just gnome terminal, but pretty much all gnome windows: When you hold the "alt" key, you can press the first letter of one of the menu items. This will let you scroll that menu without ...
21
votes
4answers
3k views
How to make selected tab in terminal more prominent
Something about the color scheme changed in 11.04, and now it's very difficult for me to tell which tab is the selected one.
On my screen, the colors look more similar the further down I slouch in ...
21
votes
9answers
4k views
Why does pasting sometimes not work in gnome-terminal?
Ctrl + Shift + C and Ctrl + Shift + V are supposed to replace the normal Ctrl + C and Ctrl + V in gnome-terminal.
Sometimes they work, but usually they have no effect. What are some potential ...
20
votes
3answers
833 views
How to reinstall Terminal?
While fixing package dependencies, the terminal application went missing, and now I cannot locate the application. Is there a way to reinstall the terminal application?
18
votes
5answers
2k views
Search function in the terminal?
I have written a program that outputs long text to the terminal. I am looking for certain words in the text to see if I have done it right. But simply reading the text is impossible. Is there any ...
18
votes
3answers
2k views
How do I set fish as the default shell?
Is there a way to set fish as the default shell in ubuntu netbook remix? I put in my .bashrc to run fish, which works fine, but ubuntu recognizes it as fish running inside bash, which means that when ...
18
votes
5answers
2k views
Set Ctrl+Alt+T to open a maximized terminal
I use the Ctrl+Alt+T shortcut to open a terminal, but I cannot see how I can get it maximized. When I start it manually, I can simply do a gnome-terminal --maximize, but that does not apply for the ...
17
votes
3answers
329 views
Switch terminal output language from native language to english
How can I switch the terminal output language from my native language to English, so I can post my Ask Ubuntu question with English terminal output (error messages)?
15
votes
3answers
2k views
What is the maximum length of command line arguments in gnome-terminal?
What is the maximum length of command line arguments in gnome-terminal?
... and is there a system environment variable which reports this value?
14
votes
4answers
486 views
increase padding in gnome terminal
I'd like to increase the padding in the gnome terminal, because the default has no padding and hurts my eyes.
(Padding as in: I want space between the window border and where the text input/output is ...
14
votes
3answers
2k views
Gnome Terminal tabs ugly and oversized
Both gnome terminal and terminator (which I am using on my laptop these days) can be customised to look very pretty. By using full screen and keeping desktop clutter down to a minimum it's possible to ...
13
votes
2answers
487 views
How to make username in terminal smaller?
When you open a terminal it displays the username and the machine name. As an example mine shows: romeo@romeo-Satellite-C660D:~$. It's really annoying because it's kinda big. Can i make this smaller. ...
13
votes
5answers
4k views
Change default width of gnome-terminal and terminator windows
Only a short question but is it possible to set the default width (and height) of terminal sessions in gnome-terminal and terminator?
I find I always resize the window once it pops up so and given ...
12
votes
2answers
400 views
Batch rename files to lowercase
Is there a way to rename all files in a directory to lowercase|uppercase?
I am looking for a oneliner command.
I loved TotalCommander's alt+f7, now I need that functionality in the Terminal
12
votes
5answers
35k views
How to remove all files from a directory?
The closest I've gotten is
# rm /path/to/directory/*.*
but that doesn't work for files that don't have an extension...
12
votes
2answers
8k views
Is there a hotkey to switch between tabs in the default terminal app?
Is there a hotkey to switch between tabs in Ubuntu's native terminal app? I'm using the netbook version of ubuntu.
11
votes
3answers
2k views
How do I change the transparency level of gnome-terminal?
I want to increase or decrease the transparency of gnome-terminal in Unity.
11
votes
2answers
267 views
How to use commands on files which have “-” at the start of their names?
This may be a simple question, but how do I use files starting with "-" with command line programs?
For example, I am trying to use pdfgrep on a file named -2013-01-01.pdf but it complains that ...
11
votes
6answers
541 views
How can I grep through tab completion possibilities?
When I press tab in a console I get this output
Display all 2957 possibilities? (y or n)
Is there any way to use grep on these 2957 possibilities? I would like to search for all commands with ...
11
votes
4answers
6k views
Setting nautilus-open-terminal to launch Terminator rather than gnome-terminal
The nautilus-open-terminal package adds a menu/right-click option to open a terminal in the current directory.
I want to change this from opening gnome-terminal to opening terminator. There is some ...
11
votes
1answer
5k views
How to show gnome-terminal menubar?
I accidentally unchecked View -> Show Menubar which hides the menubar for gnome-terminal, and there doesn't appear to be a keyboard shortcut to show the menubar again.
How can I make ...
11
votes
3answers
632 views
How do I change the line spacing in Terminal?
Is it possible to change the line spacing in Terminal, or is there some other app that allows it? I'm moving from the Mac, and its terminal app has this feature which allows line spacing to be ...
11
votes
0answers
508 views
Open any file using terminal window [duplicate]
I just want to know some commands so that I can open some files using terminal window.
for example: how to open pdf files using terminal?
10
votes
9answers
6k views
How to set the terminal to open maximized
I want to tell compiz, metacity, the gnome-terminal or whoever is in charge to open the terminal window maximized by default.
How can I do that?
10
votes
3answers
401 views
How to open an application in terminal and detach it? [duplicate]
I opened Cairo-dock in my terminal with: open cairo-dock and that worked but if I close the terminal it goes with it. How can I keep it open regardless of the terminal?
10
votes
5answers
8k views
How to start a terminal with certain text already input on the command-line?
Rather than rephrasing my question, let me describe to you the desired user-case:
I create a short shell-script to run command "gnome-terminal --someoptionflagname 'my text to be posted'", and ...
10
votes
2answers
9k views
How to open a directory/folder and a URL through Terminal
I can navigate my files quite fast through terminal. Faster than double clicking... open... look, double click... etc.
How do I open a directory in the Ubuntu GUI? For example:
cd projects
{some ...
10
votes
1answer
597 views
Why does sudo ask for a password in window after I've just authenticated in a different one?
If I am using the command line in xterm, gnome-terminal, etc., I can keep sudo from re-prompting for a password, within some limits, or I can disable it.
As a compromise between usability and ...
10
votes
2answers
1k views
gnome-terminal tabs are very dark, difficult to tell which tab is in use
Here are two applications that use tabs: gedit and gnome-terminal
gedit: It is relatively easy to see which document is being edited
terminal: It is difficult to tell whether I am using the left or ...
10
votes
2answers
374 views
Can I create a separate bash history file for each terminal profile?
I use a bash script to start gnome-terminal with multiple tabs, each tab using a different profile, working directory, and in some cases executing a command within the tab.
In this situation, I'd ...
10
votes
3answers
3k views
Automatically change Terminal colors on remote connection?
Is there a way to automatically apply a terminal profile when connected to a remote machine via SSH?
I'd like more obvious visual cues that I'm connected to a remote machine than the user/host ...
10
votes
3answers
394 views
Problem forcing GNOME Terminal to stretch across multiple monitors
I am running vim in gnome-terminal, and ideally I would like to have fullscreen mode stretch across both monitors, not just one. Is there any way to do this? If I disable CCSM > Grid then I can ...
9
votes
3answers
2k views
su command + authentication failure
I am having problems with the su command. I know my password and I am typing it correctly but su indicates authentication failure.
So I checked on the internet and then went into recovery mode and ...
9
votes
2answers
4k views
Bash history handling with multiple terminals
I use mainly Terminator, and it's usually opened with 3 split terminal windows. I also use Gnome terminal for various reasons.
I'm wondering how is bash history handled in this case as I sometimes ...
9
votes
1answer
6k views
gnome-terminal keeps the menubar even when the profile is configured to hide it
I am running gnome classic on 11.10 and even though I have configured the gnome-terminal profile to hide the menu bar it shows it.
Even when I open the gnome-terminal --hide-menubar it shows the menu ...
9
votes
1answer
3k views
How do I disable the blinking cursor in gnome-terminal?
I could have sworn that there was once a setting for this in the gnome-terminal "Profile".
And then in some version of Ubuntu, that setting disappeared, and I had to use System ➜ Preferences ➜ ...
9
votes
1answer
704 views
Is there a good mono-spaced font for Devanagari script in the Terminal?
All the terminal fonts I have tried result in inaccurate rendering of the Devanagari sript (and/or Roman script) in the Terminal
In the Devanagari script, a vowel binds itself to a preceding ...
8
votes
7answers
2k views
Dynamic line wrapping in the GNOME Terminal
How can you get the lines in the GNOME Terminal to wrap dynamically when you resize the window?
8
votes
2answers
406 views
Focus existing terminal with `Ctrl-Alt-T` shortcut
I tend to use the terminal a lot,
So I wondering if there is a way I can make Ctrl+Alt+T focus the existing terminal if there is one, otherwise create a new terminal?
8
votes
2answers
1k views
How do I download the terminal application for Ubuntu 12.04 in Lubuntu 12.04?
I recently installed Lubuntu. The terminal look and feel are not as good as compared to L&F for terminal that I used use in Ubuntu 12.04.
I would like to know from where and how can I download ...
8
votes
5answers
12k views
How can you quickly get the complete path to a file for use in terminal?
How can you quickly get the complete path to a file for use in terminal?
8
votes
1answer
152 views
What are the hotkeys to find the next and previous occurrence of a search term in man and info?
Let's say you wanted to search the documentation for mplayer:
# man mplayer
To search for "length" you would type "/length" while in man and press enter. To go to the next occurrence of "length" ...
8
votes
6answers
361 views
How to save GNOME Terminal contents with ANSI escape codes?
VT100 terminals have a relatively simple way to save terminal contents with escape codes to a file using Meta-p:
XTerm.VT100.printAttributes: 2
XTerm.VT100.printerCommand: cat - > file
...
8
votes
0answers
426 views
How to reflow text in a terminal when you resize? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Dynamic line wrapping in the GNOME Terminal
I'm interested in making my gnome terminal reflow text when resizing the window, i.e., if there is a line break in a long ...
7
votes
1answer
456 views
What are “select-by-word” characters?
What are the "select-by-word" in gnome-terminal's preferences?
7
votes
5answers
1k views
Backspace, Tab, Del and arrow keys not working in terminal (using ssh)
When I ssh into another Ubuntu machine with my account (with sudo permissions), my backspace key generates some awkward symbols on pressing. Also Tab, Del and Arrow keys don't work.
On the other ...
7
votes
4answers
8k views
How can I use gnome-terminal in qt creator?
I can adjust the settings to use a terminal rather than just plain output. However, I can't seem to figure out the correct command to input for using gnome-terminal. I can use 'xterm -e', a fine ...
