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ptyxis - a container-oriented terminal

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NAME

ptyxis − a container-oriented terminal

SYNOPSIS

ptyxis [OPTION]... [−− PROGRAM ARGUMENTS]

DESCRIPTION

ptyxis is a container-oriented, designed for the GNOME desktop. It provides tight integration with podman, toolbox, distrobox, and jhbuild to simplfy container-based development and system management.
−−version

Show the version of the program.

−−preferences

Show the preferences window.

−−new−window

Open a new window in an existing instance of Ptyxis. If Ptyxis is not running, a new instance is started.

May be combined with −−working−directory and −−execute and −−title options.

−−tab

Open a new tab in the most-recently-used window of an existing Ptyxis instance. If Ptyxis is not running, a new instance is started.

May be combined with −−working−directory and −−execute and −−title options.

−x, −−execute

Execute a custom command.

This is similar to using −− to provide the custom command except that the entire command line should be provided as a single argument.

In general, you should use −− instead of this option. This is primarily available to be similar to bash -c ’command’

May be combined with −−working−directory and −−title options.

−d, −−working−directory

Set the current working directory for a new tab [−−tab], window [−−window], or custom command [−− COMMAND...].

−−title=TITLE

Sets the title for a new terminal page created with either −−tab or −−new-window.

−−maximize

Maximize a newly created window.

−−fullscreen

Fullscreen a newly created window.

−−tab−with−profile=PROFILE

Creates a new tab in an existing instance using the specified profile. The profile should be a UUID string which can be found in the profile editor of the preferences dialog.

−s, −−standalone

Start a new instance of Ptyxis, in single instance mode, ignoring any instances already running.

Single instance mode is implied when running a −− command.

−s, −−gapplication−app−id=ID

Override the application ID in single instance mode.

−h, −−help

Show a summary of options.

Other standard GNOME options not listed here are also supported.

SEE ALSO

For further information, visit the website https://devsuite.app/ptyxis/

BUGS

Bug reports can be found and filed at https://gitlab.gnome.org/chergert/ptyxis/issues


Updated 2026-06-01 - jenkler.se | uex.se