Gnome Terminal Duplication

Question

Very often I need two gnome-terminal sessions at the same location. Is it possible to open a single terminal, get to the directory I need, and make a duplicate of the terminal so I don't have to type in the cd command (which can get lengthy) a second time in the second window?

Answer 1

Go to your directory of choice, then you have some alternatives:

1. 'gnome-terminal' will open new terminal in that directory
2. New tab will open new tab in same directory
3. You can start a new GNU Screen session based in this directory.

Answer 2

Whenever you have a gnome-terminal open, opening a new tab (ie Ctrl - Shift - T ) will open a new tab in the same directory you're in when you make the tab.

Ctrl - Shift - N does the same thing but opens a different window.

Answer 3

For Bash and Z shell, add this to your shell's rc file (that is, ~/.bashrc or /.zshrc ):

source /etc/profile.d/vte.sh

(This solution is promoted from comments to other answers.)

Answer 4

consider doing this in the active directory you already in press F4

by default this will open a new terminal with the relative path you are in