How to Launch a Terminal Window on Ubuntu Linux
By Chris Hoffman – Updated Jan 30, 2024
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Use a Keyboard Shortcut to Open a Terminal
Launch a Terminal Window From the Dash
Run a Command to Open a Terminal
SUMMARY
Press Ctrl+Alt+T to quickly open a Terminal window in Ubuntu and other Linux distributions
Use the Dash to search for and launch the Terminal application in Ubuntu
Press Alt+F2 and type "gnome-terminal" to open a Terminal window through the Run a
Command dialog.
If you're using Ubuntu Linux, you'll often see articles recommend you run commands.
To do this, you need to type these commands into a Terminal window. Here are
several ways to open one—including a quick keyboard shortcut
Use a Keyboard Shortcut to Open a Terminal
To quickly open a Terminal window at any time, press Ctrl+Alt+T. A graphical GNOME
Terminal window will pop right up.
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Launch a Terminal Window From the Dash
You'll find the Terminal application included with your other installed applications. To
find them, click the "Show Applications" button at the bottom-left corner of your
screen, on the dash bar.
Type "Terminal" and press Enter to find and launch the Terminal shortcut. You can
also locate the Terminal icon in the list of all applications that appears here and click
it.
Run a Command to Open a Terminal
You can also press Alt+F2 to open the Run a Command dialog. Type gnome-terminal
here and press Enter to launch a terminal window.
You can run many other commands from the Alt+F2 window, too. You won't see any
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information as you would when running the command in a normal window, however.
The Run dialog is useful for situations like this where you just want to run an
application---for example, you could press Alt+F2, type firefox, and press "Enter to
launch a Firefox browser window.
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