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GNOME Terminal (often titled only "Terminal") is the default terminal emulator included in Ubuntu.

Learn more about the Gnome Terminal at help.gnome.org

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How to show gnome-terminal menubar?

I accidentally unchecked View -> Show Menubar which hides the menubar for gnome-terminal, and there doesn't appear to be a keyboard shortcut to show the menubar again. How can I make gnome-terminal show the menubar again?
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A terminal which provides select-to-copy and right-click-to-paste

In putty/cygwin my config is: select in console -> copies to clipboard right click -> pastes from clipboard. Was after a terminal in Linux which might provide me with both of these features? I haven't been able to find one. Any help would be…
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Command to open new terminal window from the current terminal?

I installed xdotool by running sudo apt-get install xdotool and throw xdotool key ctrl+alt+t command to open a new terminal window from the current one.But it was not working. What was the command to open a new terminal window from the current…
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Merge split terminal tab back into one terminal

In a terminal window, I can use File > Open Tab to get two tabs in the same window. Then, if I move the terminal up to the top of the OS, those two tabs become two separated windows. How can I merge those two windows back to one (like I had before)?
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Is it possible to open a terminal in the current directory?

I am new to Ubuntu, and was wondering whether it is posible to open a terminal with a path matching your current location in the file manager? In Windows it was very easy, but how do you do it in Linux?
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Why does pasting sometimes not work in gnome-terminal?

Ctrl + Shift + C and Ctrl + Shift + V are supposed to replace the normal Ctrl + C and Ctrl + V in gnome-terminal. Sometimes they work, but usually they have no effect. What are some potential reasons for this? I'm not sure what other information to…
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How to reset the terminal properties and preferences?

I fooled around with the colors and stuff, in the terminal, and now want to go back to the maroon and white default config of the the terminal. What files do I have to delete?
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Gnome-terminal tabs: no contrast between active and inactive tabs

In Ubuntu 13.04, I often have multiple tabs open in gnome-terminal. The problem is that, while I can set the title of each tab, it is very hard to tell which tab is active -- the color and rendering distinction between the active tab and the…
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Gnome-Terminal reports $TERM to be `xterm`

On a clean install of Ubuntu 12.10, the default gnome-terminal is reporting $TERM to be xterm where it should really be reporting xterm-256color. What is the best way of changing this? I'm avoiding putting this in my .bashrc as that's just asking…
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Where are Gnome-Terminal profiles stored in the filesystem?

I created a new profile that opened with the fortune program (atp-get install fortune-mod for the download location) and set it as the profile with which to open all new terminals with so that I would get a new fortune when I opened terminal.…
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What is the command to minimize the gnome terminal?

How can I minimize the Terminal window using a command? For example: I use the clear command to clear the terminal output, which command can I have to use to minimize the terminal window?
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move forward and backward by one word

In a GNOME terminal, the standard ways of moving forward or backward by one word do not work. In spite of what the documentation says: alt+b : Goes back one word at a time. alt+f : Moves forward one word at a time. If I do the above, I just open…
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Shell script won't run cd command

I have a text-based game, Colossal Cave Adventure, that I would like to launch with a shell script instead of opening the terminal and typing cd ~/Desktop/CCA and ./Adventure. The code I am trying to use is this: #! /bin/bash gnome-terminal -e 'cd…
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Opening multiple tabs with gnome-terminal

I'm trying to create a command that will open 3 services from the Rails stack, rails s, spork, and autotest. I can run these commands individually by opening 3 terminals, going to the app folder and running them. I can even open 3 new tabs and run…
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Is it possible to merge multiple gnome-terminal windows into a single tabbed view?

I had 2 tabs open in gnome-terminal and I detached them by dragging the tab away. Now I have 2 gnome-terminal tabs with my work present, and I would like to clean up my desktop clutter - is there a way to merge them back into a single view? What…
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