I suppose with hindsight you could have installed them in appropriate directories with the version number as part of the path, but if the firefox executable has to be in your PATH, try changing your PATH to the required 'inactive' directory and running the same. Does that help?
Alternatively, you might be able to force the command like this:-
Hi,
How to write a script for finding out firefox version in our linux machine?
Could you please share the same? I am using Red Hat Linux machine.
Thanks,
Kammy (2 Replies)
Hello,
I am trying to find out how to determine which firefox thread is connected to what site. Using:
top -H
shows the threads but not what they are connected to. The purpose of this is that some sites run nasty cpu eating programs and trying to figure out which ones.
Thanks,
mgb (1 Reply)
Hi,
This is real nube like. I want to gt back to some C programming in Unix using an old Armada E500 using Unix V release 4.
I've been away from programming and working with Unix for many years, but would like to get into it again. I have a couple of good reference books.
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Hello,
I'm trying to find the version of Firefox that is on my server. Normally I do this.
> firefox -version
Mozilla Firefox 10.0.7
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firefox
FIREFOX(1) Linux User's Manual FIREFOX(1)NAME
firefox - a Web browser for X11 derived from the Mozilla browser
SYNOPSIS
firefox [OPTIONS] [URL]
firefox-bin [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, firefox-bin.
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.
-v, -version
Print /usr/bin/firefox-bin version.
-CreateProfile profile
Create profile.
-P profile
Start with profile.
-ProfileManager
Start with profile manager.
-remote command
Execute command in an already running Firefox process. For more info, see: http://www.mozilla.org/unix/remote.html
-jsconsole
Start with Javascript Console
-chrome url
Load the specified chrome.
-no-remote
Don't connect to any other running instances of firefox. Use this if you want to run firefox in an entirely new process. By default,
firefox will delegate a command to an already running instance.
-safe-mode
Start firefox in safe-mode. This disables all third-party extensions, and may be necessary if you are having problems with an exten-
sion you installed.
-new-tab url
Open url in a new tab.
-new-window url
Open url in a new window.
-preferences
Open the preferences dialog.
-private
Start firefox in private browsing mode.
-private-toggle
Toggle private browsing mode.
-setDefaultBrowser
Set firefox as the default web browser.
-search term
Search for term with your default search engine.
-migration
Start with migration wizard.
-new-instance
Open new instance, not a new window in running instance.
FILES
/usr/bin/firefox - shell script wrapping firefox
/usr/lib/mozilla/firefox-bin - firefox executable
VERSION
1.0
BUGS
To report a bug, please visit http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/
SEE ALSO mozilla(1)AUTHORS
The Mozilla Organization
http://www.mozilla.org/about.html
firefox August 07, 2001 FIREFOX(1)