Hey everyone! I'm using the Bash command line and need to figure out whether I'm using qterminal or konsole when I open a terminal session in Vim with the `:terminal` or `:shell` command. Can someone tell me which command I can run to identify the terminal currently in use? I tried using `tty` and `who`, but I'm looking for something more definitive. Thanks in advance!
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Most terminals also set a `$TERM` variable that indicates their name. You can just echo that variable in your Vim terminal and it might tell you which one is active. Keep in mind, though, it's up to the terminals themselves to set that correctly!
Another way to find out is to look at the parent process of Bash. Run `ps $PPID` in your terminal, and it should show you what terminal is running it. If you see something like `/usr/bin/konsole`, you'll know you're in konsole. You can also use `readlink /proc/$PPID/exe` to get more details about the executable of the parent process.
If you want a quick way using `tty`, it might depend on your terminal emulators. Under typical situations, you can't directly find out the name just from `tty` since it only gives the device file. But combining it with other commands could yield some results.
It's a good question! You might want to start by checking the environment variables. You can compare them between qterminal and konsole to see if there's a difference. Just run `env > env-q` in qterminal and `env > env-k` in konsole, then use `diff` to compare the two files. That might give you some insight into which one you're in. Just a heads up though, it can get tricky if you start one terminal from another!
That's a smart approach! Environment variables can tell you a lot about what's going on behind the scenes.
If you're really curious, you can install "bpytop" which will give you an overview of everything running on your system, including terminal names and PIDs! You can also write a small script to check if qterminal is running using `pgrep`.
Great tip! That should help narrow it down quickly.