3 title: Starting Ardour From the Command Line
8 <h2>Starting Ardour on the command line (Linux)</h2>
9 <p>Like (almost) any other program on Linux, Ardour can be started on the command line.
10 Type the following command in a terminal window:
13 <p>To start Ardour with an existing session:</p>
14 <code>ardour3 /path/to/session</code>
15 <p>replacing /path/to/session with the actual path to your session. You can specify either the session folder or any session file inside the folder (including snapshots).</p>
16 <p>To start Ardour with a new, named session:</p>
17 <code>ardour3 -N /path/to/new/session</code>
19 <h3>Other Command Line Options</h3>