How to open a new tab in GNOME Terminal from command line

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I m using Ubuntu 9 04 x64 and when I write   gnome-terminal --tab   At the terminal  I expect it to open a new tab in the same terminal window  But it opens a new window instead   I found out that its intention is to open a new tab in a new window  i e   if I write   gnome-terminal --tab --tab   It will open a new window with two tabs   So  the question is  how can I open a new tab in the current window using a command in gnome-terminal

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For anyone seeking a solution that does not use the command line  ctrl shift t

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To bring together a number of different points above  here s a script that will run any arguments passed to the script vim new tab sh      bin bash     Dependencies      sudo apt install xdotool  WID   xprop -root   grep   NET ACTIVE WINDOW WINDOW    awk   print  5    xdotool windowfocus  WID xdotool key ctrl shift t wmctrl -i -a  WID sleep 1  xdotool type --delay 1 --clearmodifiers       xdotool key Return    Next make it executable      chmod  x new tab sh  Now you can use it to run whatever you d like in a new tab        new tab sh  watch ls -l

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A bit more elaborate version  to use from another window       bin bash  DELAY 3  TERM PID   echo  ps -C gnome-terminal -o pid    head -1     get first gnome-terminal s PID WID   wmctrl -lp   awk -v pid  TERM PID   3  pid print  1 exit       get window id  xdotool windowfocus  WID xdotool key alt t   my key map xdotool sleep  DELAY   it may take a while to start new shell    xdotool type --delay 1 --clearmodifiers      xdotool key Return  wmctrl -i -a  WID   go to that window  WID is numeric     vim ai   EOF

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For open multiple tabs in same terminal window you can go with following solution   Example script   pwd   Users pallavi Documents containers platform241 etisalatwallet api-server-tomcat-7 bin  pwdlog   Users pallavi Documents containers platform241 etisalatwallet api-server-tomcat-7 logs  pwd1   Users pallavi Documents containers platform241 etisalatwallet core-server-jboss-7 2 bin  logpwd1   Users pallavi Documents containers platform241 etisalatwallet core-server-jboss-7 2 standalone log   osascript -e  tell application   Terminal       -e  tell application   System Events   to keystroke   t   using  command down     -e  do script   cd  pwd   in front window    -e  do script     startup sh   in front window    -e  tell application   System Events   to keystroke   t   using  command down     -e  do script   cd  pwdlog   in front window    -e  do script   tail -f catalina out    in front window    -e  tell application   System Events   to keystroke   t   using  command down     -e  do script   cd  pwd1   in front window    -e  do script     standalone sh   in front window    -e  tell application   System Events   to keystroke   t   using  command down     -e  do script   cd  logpwd1   in front window    -e  do script   tail -f core log    in front window    -e  end tell   gt   dev null

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bin sh  WID   xprop -root   grep   NET ACTIVE WINDOW WINDOW    awk   print  5    xdotool windowfocus  WID xdotool key ctrl shift t wmctrl -i -a  WID   This will auto determine the corresponding terminal and opens the tab accordingly

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I don t have gnome-terminal installed but you should be able to do this by using a DBUS call on the command-line using dbus-send

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You can also have each tab run a set command   gnome-terminal --tab -e  tail -f somefile  --tab -e  some other command

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Just in case  you want to open    a new window with two tabs and executing command in there  and having them stay open      here you go   gnome-terminal --geometry 73x16 0 0 --window     --working-directory  depot --title  A  --command  bash -c ls bash      --tab --working-directory  depot kn --title  B  --command  bash -c ls bash     same for mate-terminal btw

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Consider using Roxterm instead    roxterm --tab   opens a tab in the current window

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I found the simplest way   gnome-terminal --tab -e  command 1  --tab -e  command 2    I use tmux instead of using terminal directly  So what I want is really a single and simple command shell file to build the development env with several tmux windows  The shell code is as below      bin bash tabs  adb ana repo  gen params          local params        for tab in   tabs      do           params    params  --tab -e  tmux -u attach-session -t   tab        done     echo    params     cmd  gnome-terminal   gen params   eval  cmd

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