duplicateTab says "This makes a copy of the current tab and opens it." but what is copied ? #13131

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opened 2026-01-31 03:34:39 +00:00 by claunia · 0 comments
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Originally created by @Pasb4js on GitHub (Mar 22, 2021).

Here:
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/terminal/customize-settings/actions
I read

**Duplicate tab**
This makes a copy of the current tab and opens it.

but what is copied ? What is the difference with a "New tab" ?
I mean: not what was printed previously in cmd.exe for example.

And, for cmd.exe, modified/added ENV VARIABLES are not "copied" =)

Originally created by @Pasb4js on GitHub (Mar 22, 2021). Here: [https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/terminal/customize-settings/actions](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/terminal/customize-settings/actions) I read ``` **Duplicate tab** This makes a copy of the current tab and opens it. ``` but what is copied ? What is the difference with a "New tab" ? I mean: not what was printed previously in cmd.exe for example. And, for cmd.exe, modified/added ENV VARIABLES are not "copied" =)
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