xdg-terminal Manual 2006 Kevin Krammer
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xdg-terminal 1 xdg-terminal opens the user's preferred terminal emulator application xdg-terminal xdg-terminal 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 Show command synopsis. Show this manualpage. 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: Error in command line syntax. A required tool could not be found. 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.