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Gabriele Nicolardi
Asked: 2020-01-08 06:01:30 +0800 CST

Running a custom command from the Terminal icon in the dock on Ubuntu 18.04

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I'd like to execute the command:

gnome-terminal --geometry=80x50+0+0

when I left-click on the Terminal icon in the Ubuntu dock (on Ubuntu 18.04).

Is there a way to do it?

gnome-terminal ubuntu-dock

2 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    1. You could simply change the default settings in you gnome-terminal profile, or

    2. You could create a new launcher item, based on the current gnome-terminal.desktop file.

      This file is located at /usr/local/share/applications/gnome-terminal.desktop. Copy it to ~/.local/share/applications/ and edit the Exec= and Name= lines accordingly and add it to your dock. I would suggest to use a different file name when copying the original gnome-terminal.desktop file.

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  2. Simply just edit the preferences of the terminal. Go to Edit --> Preferences and then change the number of rows to 50 as in the pic below.

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