Since you're clicking the Terminal icon, I assume you're using gnome-terminal.
I got a list of options by using gnome-terminal --help at the command line and reading from there.
Building on maco's answer, I might suggest something like this:
gnome-terminal --window --title=Log -e "tail -f /var/log/syslog" --window --title=Output --working-directory=output --window --active --title=Dev --working-directory=dev/project
This example starts three windows (though you could pass --tab for tabs) and sets the working directories (relative to home) and titles for each, starts the tail command in one and makes the third window active.
Of course you may prefer to use separate lines to launch each window, particularly if you have many arguments.
Another useful thing to do, once you have your windows arranged to your liking, is to use
gnome-terminal --save-config=FILE
This creates a configuration file with information on all open terminal windows and tabs (including the titles, working directories, and so forth). Launching gnome-terminal with the --load-config option will then recreate your layout.
A lot of developers who work with multiple terminals like to use Terminator as it adds features such as a grid layout and keyboard shortcuts.
I know in the xfce4-terminal there is a option to increase the number of lines shown:
For ubuntu Terminal
Aside from that there is what @Zelda64fan said.
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You can not. What goes outside the buffer is gone.
By the way... the smarter option would be to send that output to a logfile.
will send all output to
/tmp/output.txt. If you open a 2nd TAB and doyou can see the log on screen and retain the information.
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