2006 Kevin Krammer

kevin.krammer@gmx.at

xdg-terminal Technology Preview xdg-terminal 1 xdg-terminal opens the user's preferred terminal emulator application xdg-terminal command xdg-terminal --help --manual --version 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. --help Show command synopsis. --manual Show this manualpage. --version Show the xdg-utils version information. 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. 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.