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allow the user to specify some program to run upon opening a new tab #9790

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opened 2026-01-31 02:03:51 +00:00 by claunia · 3 comments
claunia commented 2026-01-31 02:03:51 +00:00
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Originally created by @jmlucjav on GitHub (Jul 23, 2020).

Some option to allow the user to specify some program to run upon opening a new tab

I don't think it is possible now to say "open a new tab with wsl, and run 'top' on it". The 'run top on it' part seems to be missing. I guess it is not easy to implement or it would have been already done, as it sounds very handy to me?

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Add some new options to wt so you can specify what program (with arguments) to run when opening a new tab.

Originally created by @jmlucjav on GitHub (Jul 23, 2020). # Some option to allow the user to specify some program to run upon opening a new tab I don't think it is possible now to say "open a new tab with wsl, and run 'top' on it". The 'run top on it' part seems to be missing. I guess it is not easy to implement or it would have been already done, as it sounds very handy to me? # Proposed technical implementation details (optional) Add some new options to wt so you can specify what program (with arguments) to run when opening a new tab.
claunia commented 2026-01-31 02:03:53 +00:00
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@WSLUser commented on GitHub (Jul 23, 2020):

This is already allowed. However I can see why you didn't realize that. https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/terminal/customize-settings/profile-settings doesn't contain the doc it should for this. You can find it here: https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/blob/master/doc/user-docs/ThirdPartyToolProfiles.md This should be copied to the main Terminal Document repo. I'll file an issue for it.

@WSLUser commented on GitHub (Jul 23, 2020): This is already allowed. However I can see why you didn't realize that. https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/terminal/customize-settings/profile-settings doesn't contain the doc it should for this. You can find it here: https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/blob/master/doc/user-docs/ThirdPartyToolProfiles.md This should be copied to the main Terminal Document repo. I'll file an issue for it.
claunia commented 2026-01-31 02:03:53 +00:00
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@WSLUser commented on GitHub (Jul 23, 2020):

https://github.com/MicrosoftDocs/terminal/issues/98 created to resolve this doc issue.

@WSLUser commented on GitHub (Jul 23, 2020): https://github.com/MicrosoftDocs/terminal/issues/98 created to resolve this doc issue.
claunia commented 2026-01-31 02:03:53 +00:00
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@zadjii-msft commented on GitHub (Jul 23, 2020):

In general, you can make the commandline whatever you want. So if you set the commandline to be wsl top, then the profile will (probably) boot straight into top

(I've got a busted WSL instance at the moment so I can't verify the arguments to wsl.exe, but I think that should work.)

@zadjii-msft commented on GitHub (Jul 23, 2020): In general, you can make the [`commandline`](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/terminal/customize-settings/profile-settings#command-line) whatever you want. So if you set the `commandline` to be `wsl top`, then the profile will (probably) boot straight into `top` (I've got a busted WSL instance at the moment so I can't verify the arguments to `wsl.exe`, but I think that should work.)
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