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I have several profile for terminal. I can open all profiles on boot but they open in different windows with this cmd in startup applications:

gnome-terminal --window-with-profile=ablack && gnome-terminal --window-with-profile=agreeen && gnome-terminal --window-with-profile=aubergine && gnome-terminal --window-with-profile=beige && gnome-terminal --window-with-profile=cyan && gnome-terminal --window-with-profile=grey && gnome-terminal --window-with-profile=orange && gnome-terminal --window-with-profile=white && gnome-terminal --window-with-profile=yellow && gnome-terminal --window-with-profile=ablack

I tried to open one window with several tabs with this cmd without success:

gnome-terminal --window-with-profile=ablack && gnome-terminal --tab-with-profile=agreeen && gnome-terminal --tab-with-profile=aubergine && gnome-terminal --tab-with-profile=beige && gnome-terminal --tab-with-profile=cyan && gnome-terminal --tab-with-profile=grey && gnome-terminal --tab-with-profile=orange && gnome-terminal --tab-with-profile=white && gnome-terminal --tab-with-profile=yellow && gnome-terminal --tab-with-profile=ablack

How to make it work?

pa4080
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To open a gnome-terminal window with few tabs we should use the option --tab. See gnome-terminal --help-all. Also in man gnome-terminal we can find this explanation:

--window-with-profile=PROFILENAME
     Open a new window containing a tab with the given profile. 
     More than one of these options can be provided.
--tab-with-profile=PROFILENAME
     Open a tab in the window with the given profile. 
     More than one of these options can be provided, to open several tabs.

So, to open gnome-terminal window with few tabs, we should use command as this one:

gnome-terminal --tab-with-profile=ProfileA --tab-with-profile=ProfileB --tab-with-profile=ProfileC

Compose your own command and test it into a terminal. If it works satisfactorily add it as an entry in Startup Applications:

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There are few possible approaches how to open few gnome-terminal windows with few tabs in each. I would suggest to use a command as follow:

gnome-terminal --tab-with-profile=ProfileA --tab-with-profile=ProfileB && gnome-terminal --tab-with-profile=ProfileC --tab-with-profile=ProfileD

Another idea is to create separate Startup Applications entry for each gnome-terminal window.

pa4080
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  • @mamesaye, what happened, when you tried it? – pa4080 Sep 05 '17 at 15:49
  • nothing happen on reboot. So I tried gnome-terminal --window-with-profile=ablack --tab-with-profile=agreen && gnome-terminal --tab-with-profile=aubergine && gnome-terminal --tab-with-profile=beige && gnome-terminal --tab-with-profile=cyan && gnome-terminal --tab-with-profile=grey && gnome-terminal --tab-with-profile=orange && gnome-terminal --tab-with-profile=white && gnome-terminal --tab-with-profile=yellow and it worked on reboot. – mamesaye Sep 05 '17 at 16:25
  • @mamesaye I will update the answer in few minutes. – pa4080 Sep 05 '17 at 16:26
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    It should be one single gnome-terminal command with multiple --tab-with-profile (or --tab and --profile) options. – egmont Sep 05 '17 at 16:53
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    Each gnome-terminal command, even when --tab is used, opens a new window because it has no way of knowing which existing window you want the new tab to appear in. Only if you have multiple --tab options then they open tabs in the same new window. – egmont Sep 05 '17 at 16:55
  • @mamesaye , I've updated the answer. – pa4080 Sep 05 '17 at 16:55
  • You're welcome. It's indeed confusing (you're not the first hitting this issue), the docs should be made more explicit. – egmont Sep 05 '17 at 17:04