Launch Gnome Terminal with Shell Level 1?

Question

Gnome allows the default Terminal Profile to be changed for new Terminals created with Ctrl+Alt+T.

But what if I want to:

Create a new terminal with a specific profile from the command line

gnome-terminal --profile=<profile_name> --working-directory=<full_path>

echo $SHLVL produces 2.

Is there a way to do this where the SHLVL is 1?

@JdeBP thanks, that was interesting. Along the right path, similar to automorphic's soluiton. — B Faust, Jan 29 '17 at 1:24

automorphic · Accepted Answer · 2017-01-29 01:16:10Z

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You can set SHLVL manually for that command to compensate for the erroneous +1:

SHLVL=0 gnome-terminal

Opens a new window. Then

echo $SHLVL
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answered Jan 29 '17 at 1:16

automorphic

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