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<h2>Starting Ardour on the command line (Linux)</h2>
<p>Like (almost) any other program on Linux, Ardour can be started on the command line.
Type the following command in a terminal window:
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<code>ardour3</code>
<p>To start Ardour with an existing session:</p>
<code>ardour3 /path/to/session</code>
<p>replacing /path/to/session with the actual path to your session. You can specify either the session folder or any session file inside the folder (including snapshots).</p>
<p>To start Ardour with a new, named session:</p>
<code>ardour3 -N /path/to/new/session</code>

<h3>Other Command Line Options</h3>