Section 1 · User commands
firefox.1
Package: firefox
FIREFOX
NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
USAGE
OPTIONS
FILES
VERSION
BUGS
AUTHORS
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
The Mozilla Organization
http://www.mozilla.org/about.html
Tobias Girstmair