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.TH FIREFOX 1 "November 30, 2017" firefox "Linux User's Manual"
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.SH NAME
firefox \- a Web browser for X11 derived from the Mozilla browser
.SH SYNOPSIS
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.B firefox
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[\fI OPTIONS\fR ...] [\fI URL\fR ]
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.B firefox-bin
[\fI OPTIONS\fR ] [\fI URL\fR ]
.SH DESCRIPTION
\fB Mozilla Firefox\fR is an open-source web browser, designed for
standards compliance, performance and portability.
.SH USAGE
\fB firefox\fR is a simple shell script that will set up the
environment for the actual executable, \fB firefox-bin\fR .
.SH OPTIONS
A summary of the options supported by \fB firefox\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
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Print Firefox version.
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.TP
\fB \- P\fR \fI profile\fR
Start with \fI profile\fR .
.TP
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\fB \- \- profile\fR \fI path\fR
Start with profile at \fI path\fR .
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.TP
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\fB \- \- migration\fR
Start with migration wizard.
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.TP
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.B \- \- ProfileManager
Start with ProfileManager.
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.TP
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\fB \- \- no\- remote\fR
Do not accept or send remote commands; implies \fB --new-instance\fR .
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.TP
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\fB \- \- new\- instance\fR
Open new instance, not a new window in running instance.
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.TP
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\fB \- \- UILocale\fR \fI locale\fR
Start with \fI locale\fR resources as UI Locale.
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.TP
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\fB \- \- save\- 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.
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.TP
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\fB \- \- browser\fR
Open a browser window.
.TP
\fB \- \- new-window\fR \fI url\fR
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Open \fI url\fR in a new window.
.TP
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\fB \- \- new-tab\fR \fI url\fR
Open \fI url\fR in a new tab.
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.TP
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\fB \- \- private-window\fR \fI url\fR
Open \fI url\fR in a new private window.
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.TP
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\fB \- \- preferences\fR
Open Preferences dialog.
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.TP
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\fB \- \- screenshot\fR [\fI path\fR ]
Save screenshot to \fI path\fR or in working directory.
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.TP
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\fB \- \- window-size\fR \fI width\fR [,\fI height\fR ]
Width and optionally height of screenshot.
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.TP
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\fB \- \- search\fR \fI term\fR
Search \fI term\fR with your default search engine.
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.TP
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\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:][\fI port\fR |\fI path\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 \fI file\fR
Record drawing for a given URL.
.TP
\fB \- \- recording-output\fR \fI file\fR
Specify destination file for a drawing recording.
.TP
\fB \- \- setDefaultBrowser\fR
Set this app as the default browser.
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.SH FILES
\fI /usr/bin/firefox\fR - shell script wrapping
\fB firefox\fR
.br
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\fI /usr/lib64/firefox/firefox-bin\fR - \fB firefox\fR
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executable
.SH VERSION
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57.0
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.SH BUGS
To report a bug, please visit \fI http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/\fR
.SH AUTHORS
.TP
.B The Mozilla Organization
.I http://www.mozilla.org/about.html
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.TP
.B Tobias Girstmair
.I https://gir.st/