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-title: Starting Ardour From the Command Line
+title: Starting Ardour From the Command Line (Linux)
+menu-title: Starting from Linux Cmdline
---
-<h2>Starting Ardour on the command line (Linux)</h2>
-<p>Like (almost) any other program on Linux, Ardour can be started on the command line.
-Type the following command in a terminal window:
+<p>
+ Like (almost) any other program on Linux, Ardour can be started on the
+ command line. Type the following command in a terminal window:
</p>
-<code>ardour3</code>
-<p>To start Ardour with an existing session:</p>
-<code>ardour3 /path/to/session</code>
-<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>
-<p>To start Ardour with a new, named session:</p>
-<code>ardour3 -N /path/to/new/session</code>
+<kbd class="lincmd">ardour3</kbd>>
+<p>
+ To start Ardour with an existing session:
+</p>
+<kbd class="lincmd">ardour3 <em>/path/to/session</kbd>
+<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>
+<p>
+ To start Ardour with a new, named session:
+</p>
+<kbd class="lincmd">ardour3 -N <em>/path/to/session</kbd>
<h3>Other Command Line Options</h3>