07-14-2013
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Originally Posted by
Don Cragun
If you explain what "different purpose", there is probably an easy way to do it in the shell script itself.
I repeat: What are you trying to do?
this is related to this thread:
https://www.unix.com/shell-programmin...writing-2.html
i would like to be able to plug in as many arguments as i want to in replacement of jsmith.
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FIREFOX(1) Linux User's Manual FIREFOX(1)
NAME
firefox - a Web browser for X11 derived from the Mozilla browser
SYNOPSIS
firefox [OPTIONS] [URL]
DESCRIPTION
Mozilla Firefox is an open-source web browser, designed for standards compliance, performance and portability.
USAGE
firefox is a simple shell script that will set up the environment for the actual executable.
OPTIONS
A summary of the options supported by firefox is included below.
GTK options
--gdk-debug=FLAGS Gdk debugging flags to set
--gdk-no-debug=FLAGS
Gdk debugging flags to unset
--gtk-debug=FLAGS
Gtk+ debugging flags to set
--gtk-no-debug=FLAGS
Gtk+ debugging flags to unset
--gtk-module=MODULE
Load an additional Gtk module
X11 options
--display=DISPLAY
X display to use
--sync Make X calls synchronous
--no-xshm
Don't use X shared memory extension
--xim-preedit=STYLE
--xim-status=STYLE
--g-fatal-warnings
Make all warnings fatal
Firefox options
-h, -help
Show summary of options.
-height value
Set height of startup window to value.
-width value
Set width of startup window to value.
-v, -version
Print /usr/bin/firefox-bin version.
-CreateProfile profile
Create profile.
-P profile
Start with profile.
-ProfileManager
Start with profile manager.
-UILocale lang-region
Start with lang-region resources.
-contentLocale lang-region
Start with lang-region resources.
-remote command
Execute command in an already running Firefox process. For more info, see: http://www.mozilla.org/unix/remote.html
-no-remote
Don't try to control an already running instance.
-jsconsole
Start with Javascript Console
-chrome url
Load the specified chrome.
-new-window url
Open URL in a new window if Firefox is already running.
-new-tab url
Open URL in a new tab if Firefox is already running.
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Disables extensions and themes for this session.
FILES /usr/bin/firefox - shell script wrapping firefox
/usr/lib/firefox/firefox - firefox executable
VERSION
3.0
BUGS
To report a bug, please visit http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/
SEE ALSO
mozilla(1)
AUTHORS
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