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.TH FIREFOX 1 "November 30, 2017" firefox "Linux User's Manual"
.SH NAME
firefox \- a Web browser for X11 derived from the Mozilla browser

.SH SYNOPSIS
.B firefox
[\fIOPTIONS\fR ...] [\fIURL\fR]

.B firefox-bin
[\fIOPTIONS\fR] [\fIURL\fR]

.SH DESCRIPTION
\fBMozilla Firefox\fR is an open-source web browser, designed for
standards compliance, performance and portability.

.SH USAGE
\fBfirefox\fR is a simple shell script that will set up the
environment for the actual executable, \fBfirefox-bin\fR.

.SH OPTIONS
A summary of the options supported by \fBfirefox\fR is included below.

.SS "X11 options"
.TP
.BI \-\-display= DISPLAY
X display to use
.TP
.B \--sync
Make X calls synchronous
.TP
.B \-\-g-fatal-warnings
Make all warnings fatal

.SS "Firefox options"
.TP
.B \-h, \-help
Show summary of options.
.TP
.B \-v, \-version
Print Firefox version.
.TP
\fB\-P\fR \fIprofile\fR
Start with \fIprofile\fR.
.TP
\fB\-\-profile\fR \fIpath\fR
Start with profile at \fIpath\fR.
.TP
\fB\-\-migration\fR
Start with migration wizard.
.TP
.B \-\-ProfileManager
Start with ProfileManager.
.TP
\fB\-\-no\-remote\fR
Do not accept or send remote commands; implies \fB--new-instance\fR.
.TP
\fB\-\-new\-instance\fR
Open new instance, not a new window in running instance.
.TP
\fB\-\-UILocale\fR \fIlocale\fR
Start with \fIlocale\fR resources as UI Locale.
.TP
\fB\-\-safe\-mode\fR
Disables extensions and themes for this session.
.TP
\fB\-\-headless\fR
Run without a GUI.
.TP
\fB\-\-marionette\fR
Enable remote control server.
.TP
\fB\-\-browser\fR
Open a browser window.
.TP
\fB\-\-new-window\fR \fIurl\fR
Open \fIurl\fR in a new window.
.TP
\fB\-\-new-tab\fR \fIurl\fR
Open \fIurl\fR in a new tab.
.TP
\fB\-\-private-window\fR \fIurl\fR
Open \fIurl\fR in a new private window.
.TP
\fB\-\-preferences\fR
Open Preferences dialog.
.TP
\fB\-\-screenshot\fR [\fIpath\fR]
Save screenshot to \fIpath\fR or in working directory.
.TP
\fB\-\-window-size\fR \fIwidth\fR[,\fIheight\fR]
Width and optionally height of screenshot.
.TP
\fB\-\-search\fR \fIterm\fR
Search \fIterm\fR with your default search engine.
.TP


\fB\-\-jsconsole\fR
Open the Browser Console.
.TP
\fB\-\-jsdebugger\fR
Open the Browser Toolbox.
.TP
\fB\-\-wait-for-jsdebugger\fR
Spin event loop until JS debugger connects.  Enables debugging (some) application startup code paths.  Only has an effect when \fI--jsdebugger\fR is also supplied.
.TP
\fB\-\-devtools\fR
Open DevTools on initial load.
.TP
\fB\-\-start-debugger-server\fR [ws:][\fIport\fR|\fIpath\fR]
Start the debugger server on a TCP port or Unix domain socket path. Defaults to TCP port 6000. Use WebSocket protocol if ws: prefix is specified.
.TP
\fB\-\-recording\fR \fIfile\fR
Record drawing for a given URL.
.TP
\fB\-\-recording-output\fR \fIfile\fR
Specify destination file for a drawing recording.
.TP
\fB\-\-setDefaultBrowser\fR
Set this app as the default browser.

.SH FILES
\fI/usr/bin/firefox\fR - shell script wrapping
\fBfirefox\fR
.br
\fI/usr/lib64/firefox/firefox-bin\fR - \fBfirefox\fR
executable

.SH VERSION
57.0

.SH BUGS
To report a bug, please visit \fIhttp://bugzilla.mozilla.org/\fR

.SH AUTHORS
.TP
.B The Mozilla Organization
.I http://www.mozilla.org/about.html
.TP
.B Tobias Girstmair
.I https://gir.st/
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