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  <title>When You First Start MATE Terminal</title>
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          When you start <app>MATE Terminal</app> for the first time, the application opens a terminal window with a group of default settings. The group of default settings is called the Default profile.  </p>
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      <title>Example of a Default MATE Terminal Window</title>
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          The terminal window displays a command prompt where you can type UNIX commands. The command prompt can be a %, #, &gt;, $, or any other special character. The cursor is positioned at the command prompt. When you type a UNIX command and press <key>Return</key>, the computer executes the command. By default, <app>MATE Terminal</app> uses the default shell specified for the user who starts the application. 
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  <p><app>MATE Terminal</app> also sets the following environment variables: 
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        <code style="varname">TERM</code>
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      <p>
                  Set to <code style="literal">xterm-256color</code> by default. 
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      <title>
        <code style="varname">WINDOWID</code>
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                  Set to the X11 window identifier by default. 
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