Working with Terminal/Shell

Starting and Customizing Shell interface

To Start Shell in Gnome, first click on Applications and select Accessories from the Applications menu.

From the Accessories sub menu select Terminal

This is Linux Shell/Terminal, similar to DOS interface. Unlike DOS, Linux Shell's are much more powerful and the interface of the shell can be customized in a variety of way by the shell user. User can create multiple profiles and customize each profiles look and feel.

Customizing Shell interface

Creating a new Shell Profile

To create a new Shell Profile Click on File menu and select New Profile.. option from the drop down menu.

Type the name of the new profile in the Profile name field on the New Profile dialog box

After Entering the Profile name click on Create button to create the profile.

Editing Profile dialog box will be displayed. This dialog box is used to customized the look and feel on the Shell interface.

Click on Colors tab to customize the color schema of the Shell interface.

Click on Effects tab to use a background image for Shell background instead of plain color. After customizing the profile click on Close button to close the Editing Profile dialog box.

Using the New Shell profile

To use the New Profile instead of the Default profile click on File-->New Tab/File-->New Terminal and select the profile that you want to use.

Shell interface with newly configured shell profile.

Basic Shell Interface Commands/Shortcuts:

Open New Terminal Window : Ctrl+Shift+N Open New Terminal Tab : Ctrl+Shift+T Close Terminal Window : Ctrl+Shift+Q Close Tab : Ctrl+Shift+W Copy : Ctrl+Shift+C Paste : Ctrl+Shift+V Full Screen : F11