• General Options
• Window or Tab Separators
• Tab Options
• Window Options

Here is a summary of all the available command-line options for xfce4-terminal, grouped by type. Explanations are in the following sections.

General Options

-h, --help ; -V, --version ; --disable-server ; --color-table ; --preferences; --default-display=display ; --default-working-directory=directory

Window or Tab Separators

--tab ; --window

Tab Options

-x, --execute ; -e, --command=command ; --working-directory=directory ; -T, --title=title ; -H, --hold

Window Options

--display=display ; --geometry=geometry ; --role=role ; --startup-id=string ; -I, --icon=icon ; --fullscreen ; --maximize ; --show-menubar , --hide-menubar ; --show-borders , --hide-borders ; --show-toolbar , --hide-toolbar

-h, --help

List the various command line options supported by Terminal and exit

-V, --version

Display version information and exit

--disable-server

Do not register with the D-BUS session message bus. This ensures the new window will run in a new process, not trying to open a new window from a running instance.

--color-table

Print a table showing all colors in the color palette.

--preferences

Open the xfce4-terminal preferences window.

--default-display=display

Default X display to use.

--default-working-directory=directory

Set directory as the default working directory for the terminal

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--tab

Open a new tab in the last specified window. More than one of these options can be provided, each opening an additional tab.

--window

Open a new window containing one tab. More than one of these options can be provided.

If there is an active window, the last specified window is that window until a --window option is encountered at which point that new window is the last specified window. If there is no active window, the last specified window is the window created by xfce4-terminal until a --window option is encountered at which point that new window is the last specified window.

These options can be combined with --drop-down.

Examples (no terminal windows open):

• xfce4-terminal → a window with 1 tab is created
• xfce4-terminal --tab → a window with 2 tabs is created (since there are no open windows xfce4-terminal creates a new window)
• xfce4-terminal --tab --window → a window with 2 tabs and a window with 1 tab are created
• xfce4-terminal --drop-down --tab --window --tab --tab → a dropdown window with 2 tabs and a window with 3 tabs are created

Examples (at least one terminal window is open):

• xfce4-terminal → a window with 1 tab is created
• xfce4-terminal --tab → a tab is added to the existing active terminal window (because there is 1 open window which represents the current active window)
• xfce4-terminal --tab --window → a tab is added to the existing active terminal window and a new window with 1 tab is created

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-x, --execute

Execute the remainder of the command line inside the terminal

-e, --command=command

Execute command inside the terminal

--working-directory=directory

Set directory as the working directory for the terminal

-T, --title=title

Set title as the initial window title for the terminal

-H, --hold

Causes the terminal to be kept around after the child command has terminated

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--display=display

X display to use for the last- specified window.

--geometry=geometry

Sets the geometry of the last-specified window to geometry. You can use this to set the columns and rows with the format COLUMNSxROWS, but also to set a position +XOFF+YOFF or both COLUMNSxROWS+XOFF+YOFF. The offsets can also be negative to define a right or bottom offset. See also X(7).

--role=role

Sets the window role of the last-specified window to role. Applies to only one window and can be specified once for each window you create from the command line. The role is a unique identifier for the window to be used when restoring a session.

--startup-id=string

Specifies the startup notification id for the last-specified window. Used internally to forward the startup notification id when using the D-BUS service.

-I, --icon=icon

Set the terminal's icon as an icon name or filename.

--fullscreen

Set the last-specified window into fullscreen mode; applies to only one window; can be specified once for each window you create from the command line.

--maximize

Set the last-specified window into maximized mode; applies to only one window; can be specified once for each window you create from the command line.

--show-menubar

Turn on the menubar for the last-specified window. Can be specified once for each window you create from the command line.

--hide-menubar

Turn off the menubar for the last-specified window. Can be specified once for each window you create from the command line.

--show-borders

Turn on the window decorations for the last-specified window. Applies to only one window. Can be specified once for each window you create from the command line.

--hide-borders

Turn off the window decorations for the last-specified window. Applies to only one window. Can be specified once for each window you create from the command line.

--show-toolbar

Turn on the toolbar for the last-specified window. Applies to only one window. Can be specified once for each window you create from the command line.

--hide-toolbar

Turn off the toolbar for the last-specified window. Applies to only one window. Can be specified once for each window you create from the command line.

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