Ptyxis(1) General Commands Manual Ptyxis(1)

ptyxis - a container-oriented terminal

ptyxis [OPTION]... [-- PROGRAM ARGUMENTS]

ptyxis is a container-oriented, designed for the GNOME desktop. It provides tight integration with podman, toolbox, distrobox, and jhbuild to simplfy container-based development and system management.

Show the version of the program.
Show the preferences window.
Open a new window in an existing instance of Ptyxis. If Ptyxis is not running, a new instance is started.

May be combined with --working-directory and --execute and --title options.

Open a new tab in the most-recently-used window of an existing Ptyxis instance. If Ptyxis is not running, a new instance is started.

May be combined with --working-directory and --execute and --title options.

Execute a custom command.

This is similar to using -- to provide the custom command except that the entire command line should be provided as a single argument.

In general, you should use -- instead of this option. This is primarily available to be similar to bash -c 'command'

May be combined with --working-directory and --title options.

Set the current working directory for a new tab, window, or custom command.
Sets the title for a new terminal page created with either --tab or --new-window.
Maximize a newly created window.
--tab-with-profile=PROFILE
Creates a new tab in an existing instance using the specified profile. The profile should be a UUID string which can be found in the profile editor of the preferences dialog.
Run a new instance of Ptyxis, ignoring any instances already running.
Show a summary of options.

For further information, visit the website https://devsuite.app/ptyxis/

Bug reports can be found and filed at https://gitlab.gnome.org/chergert/ptyxis/issues

09 July 2024