3 title: Starting Ardour From the Command Line (Linux)
4 menu_title: Starting from Linux Cmdline
10 Like (almost) any other program on Linux, Ardour can be started on the
11 command line. Type the following command in a terminal window:
13 <kbd class="cmd lin">ardour3</kbd>
15 To start Ardour with an existing session:
17 <kbd class="cmd lin">ardour3 <em>/path/to/session</em></kbd>
19 replacing /path/to/session with the actual path to your session. You can
20 specify either the session folder or any session file inside the folder,
24 To start Ardour with a new, named session:
26 <kbd class="cmd lin">ardour3 -N <em>/path/to/session</em></kbd>
28 <h3>Other Command Line Options</h3>