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xterm

A terminal emulator for the X Window System. More information: https://manned.org/xterm.
  • Open the terminal with a title of Example:
    xterm -T {{Example}}
  • Open the terminal in fullscreen mode:
    xterm -fullscreen
  • Open the terminal with a dark blue background and yellow foreground (font color):
    xterm -bg {{darkblue}} -fg {{yellow}}
  • Open the terminal with 100 characters per line and 35 lines, in screen position x=200px, y=20px:
    xterm -geometry {{100}}x{{35}}+{{200}}+{{20}}
  • Open the terminal using a Serif font and a font size equal to 20:
    xterm -fa {{'Serif'}} -fs {{20}}

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