System Settings can be run from the launcher (pinned by default), the Dash, or the power cog. But what command would I enter in a terminal window if I want to run it from there?
Command Line – What is the Command to Run System Settings from a Terminal?
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This answer is not exactly to get the classic Alt+F2 Run command windows.
But we can achieve something simillar to good old "Run command" window using the below programs
- Compizconfig Settings Manager
- gmrun
If you dont have these packages installed. Here is the steps:
Open terminal and type
sudo apt-get install compizconfig-settings-manager
sudo apt-get install gmrun
Now open Compizconfig-setting-manager using dash. Navigate to
- General -> Commands (Enable commands)
- Open Commands tab -> In Command line 0 enter the value gmrun
- Open Key Bindings tab -> In Run Command 0
- Click on Disabled icon and make it Enabled(tick mark)
- Click Grab key combination and use your desired key(I choose Alt+R
- Done now you can use Alt + R to open the "Run Applications" box
This might be what you search:
gnome-terminal -e "bash -c \"!!; exec bash\""
or (shortly):
gnome-terminal -x sh -c "!!; bash"
It opens gnome-terminal with your last command (!!) executed and it stays open with the command output in the shell, even with an interactive command like top or less...
In your case its:
gnome-terminal -e "bash -c \"apropos editor; exec bash\""
or
gnome-terminal -x sh -c "apropos editor; bash"
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Note: for versions between 14.04 and 17.04, the command is
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