How to open a new terminal within a terminal in Windows OS with Command Prompt

Question

As I was going through it, it is possible in Ubuntu 20.04 LTS by using command gnome-terminal ?

Is it any command in Windows For the Same. Explain the OS Scenario behind it.

Answer 1

It's not entirely clear what you're asking, but here's a few pointers for Windows:

• If you're using regular console windows (conhost.exe):

  • To open another cmd.exe console window from cmd.exe (run start /? for help):

    • start cmd
    • Or even just start by itself.

  • To open another PowerShell console window from PowerShell (run help Start-Process for help; alias start works too):

    • Start-Process powershell (Windows PowerShell)
    • Start-Process pwsh (PowerShell (Core) 7)

  • Of course, you're free to open a PowerShell window from cmd.exe and vice versa; just use the executable names shown above.

• If you're using Windows Terminal (run wt -h for help or see the CLI documentation):

  • wt cmd / wt powershell / wt pwsh
    • Note: If you have created custom Windows Terminal profiles for your shells, use -p <profileName> instead of the executable name; e.g., wt -p myCmd instead of wt cmd, but be sure to specify the profile name exactly as defined, case-sensitively, otherwise the default profile is quietly used.
  • If you want to open a new tab in the same window (assuming you're calling from Windows Terminal):
    • wt -w 0 cmd / wt -w 0 powershell / wt -w 0 pwsh

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As for the relationship between the original and the new console window:

• While the process associated with the new window is a child process (that therefore inherits the caller's environment variables)...

• ... it lives on independently of its parent; that is, terminating the parent process (such as by closing the original console window) has no impact on the child process (and its window).