| 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.
X11 options¶
- --display=DISPLAY
- X display to use
- --sync
- Make X calls synchronous
- --g-fatal-warnings
- Make all warnings fatal
Firefox options¶
- -h, -help
- Show summary of options.
- -v, -version
- Print Firefox version.
- -P profile
- Start with profile.
- --profile path
- Start with profile at path.
- --migration
- Start with migration wizard.
- --ProfileManager
- Start with ProfileManager.
- --no-remote
- Do not accept or send remote commands; implies --new-instance.
- --new-instance
- Open new instance, not a new window in running instance.
- --UILocale locale
- Start with locale resources as UI Locale.
- --safe-mode
- Disables extensions and themes for this session.
- --headless
- Run without a GUI.
- --marionette
- Enable remote control server.
- --browser
- Open a browser window.
- --new-window url
- Open url in a new window.
- --new-tab url
- Open url in a new tab.
- --private-window url
- Open url in a new private window.
- --preferences
- Open Preferences dialog.
- --screenshot [path]
- Save screenshot to path or in working directory.
- --window-size width[,height]
- Width and optionally height of screenshot.
- --search term
- Search term with your default search engine.
- --jsconsole
- Open the Browser Console.
- --jsdebugger
- Open the Browser Toolbox.
- --wait-for-jsdebugger
- Spin event loop until JS debugger connects. Enables debugging (some) application startup code paths. Only has an effect when --jsdebugger is also supplied.
- --devtools
- Open DevTools on initial load.
- --start-debugger-server [ws:][port|path]
- Start the debugger server on a TCP port or Unix domain socket path. Defaults to TCP port 6000. Use WebSocket protocol if ws: prefix is specified.
- --recording file
- Record drawing for a given URL.
- --recording-output file
- Specify destination file for a drawing recording.
- --setDefaultBrowser
- Set this app as the default browser.
FILES¶
/usr/bin/firefox - shell script wrapping firefox
/usr/lib64/firefox/firefox-bin - firefox executable
VERSION¶
57.0
BUGS¶
To report a bug, please visit http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/
AUTHORS¶
| November 30, 2017 | firefox |