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I'm not sure if this is default behavior for mate-terminal. When I cd into a directory and then open a new terminal tab, it opens in the same folder.

I'd like this to default to home instead of the previous folder open.

How can I achieve this?

EDIT - I don't think this is a duplicate of How can I start gnome-terminal at a particular directory? the difference is that I'm not starting a new terminal. If I open a fresh terminal it opens to $HOME which is what that question answers and how I expect it to behave. This question deals with new tabs.

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Using a custom command for your mate-terminal profile, eg:

sh -c "cd your_folder; exec bash"

Replace your_folder with your preferred folder and bash with your shell if you need another one than bash

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If you made a mistake use dconf-editor to correct your problem:

sudo apt-get install dconf-editor

Start dconf-editor and navigate to org.mate.terminal.profiles and change the values for custom-command and use-custom-command

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Googlers, if you rather want to open a new terminal tab (to have some convenience, while keeping the old tab open...)

mate-terminal --tab --working-directory=/home/frank/mount/bare

see man mate-terminal

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