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Terminal Help

Introduction — What is Terminal?

Overview of a terminal — What is a terminal?

Getting started

Execute a command — Launch programs or run commands using Terminal

Manage tabs — 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.

Text selection — Specify which characters should be considered as part of a word.

Use Find — Search the Terminal output.

Customize appearence

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

Zoom in and zoom out — Increase or decrease text size.

Customize behaviour

Character encoding — Change to a different character set support.

Custom commands and shells — Set Terminal to run a command or a different shell on startup.

Keyboard accessibility — Navigate around Terminal menus using keyboard keys.

Manage profiles — Create, edit and delete profiles.

Menubar visibility — Hide and restore the menubar.

Scrollbar preferences — Set scroll output and scrollbar behaviour.

Set audible bell — Enable audible notification in Terminal

Set behaviour on command exit — Set the behaviour of Terminal when a custom command or the default shell exits.

Terminal title — Allow commands to set the title for a Terminal tab or window.

Advanced Settings

Keyboard shortcuts — View and edit keyboard shortcuts.

Troubleshooting

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