I tend to use the terminal a lot,
So I wondering if there is a way I can make Ctrl+Alt+T focus the existing terminal if there is one, otherwise create a new terminal?
Create a small script which will raise the GNOME Terminal:
echo 'xdotool windowactivate $(xdotool search --onlyvisible --class gnome-terminal)'> ~/raiseterminal.sh && chmod +x ~/raiseterminal.sh
or if you want to check if Terminal is already running, use:
echo -e $'if ps aux | grep "[g]nome-terminal" > /dev/null\n then xdotool windowactivate $(xdotool search --onlyvisible --class gnome-terminal)\n else gnome-terminal &\nfi' > ~/raiseterminal.sh && chmod +x ~/raiseterminal.sh
This will create the script ~/raiseterminal.sh with this content:
if ps aux | grep "[g]nome-terminal" > /dev/null
then xdotool windowactivate $(xdotool search --onlyvisible --class gnome-terminal)
else gnome-terminal&
fi
Open the preferences to set up a custom keyboard shortcut and set the command to /home/$USER/raiseterminal.sh
, but make sure to change $USER to your actual username.
If you only want to raise the terminal on a specific screen or desktop, see xdotool search --help
for more information on how to do this.
There are also various other methods which work better with other window managers.
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