xterm Command Examples

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}}