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