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Terminal Help

Introduction — Learn about the GNOME terminal emulator.
Overview of a terminal — What is a terminal?

Getting Started

Execute a command — Launch programs or run commands using Terminal.
Use tabs — Enable, add, remove and reorder Terminal tabs.

Working With Text

Copy and paste — Copy and paste text in Terminal.
Hyperlinks and email addresses — Open links to web and email addresses.
Save contents — Save Terminal output to a file.
Search for text — Search the Terminal output.
Text selection — Select individual words or lines in the terminal.

Customize Appearance

Change cursor — Select different cursor style.
Change font and style — Use system fonts or choose a custom font for your terminal.
Color schemes — Change colors and backgrounds.
Fullscreen session — Enable fullscreen mode.
Terminal sizes — Change the Terminal window size.
Windows and tabs — Choose whether to open a new window or a new tab by default.
Zoom in and zoom out — Increase or decrease text size.

Customize Behavior

Custom commands and shells — Set Terminal to run a command or a different shell on startup.
Disable user input — Do not send user input to the application running in the terminal.
Keyboard accessibility — Navigate around Terminal menus using keyboard keys.
Login shells — Start a login shell in Terminal.
Manage profiles — Create, rename and delete profiles.
Menubar visibility — Display and hide the menubar.
Scrollbar preferences — Change the scroll output and scrollbar behavior.
Set audible bell — Enable audible notification in Terminal.
Set behavior on command exit — Set the behavior of Terminal when a custom command or the default shell exits.

Advanced Settings

Change profile character encoding — Set a different encoding for each saved profile.
Characters look too narrow — Display ambiguous-width characters as wide instead of narrow.
Keyboard shortcuts — View and edit keyboard shortcuts.

Troubleshooting

Reset your Terminal state — How do I recover my Terminal screen when it becomes stuck or has lot of strange symbols on it?