How to start ssh with wt.exe and keep terminal colors - Ubuntu

Daviid
April 10, 2023
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2 Answers

I have this shortcut

C:UsersDavidAppDataLocalMicrosoftWindowsAppswt.exe --window 0 -p "Windows Powershell" C:Program FilesPowerShell7pwsh.exe -noExit -Command "ssh webdev"

It works fine but the terminal opened doesn’t have colors.

This is regular terminal:

This is the shortcut:

A video of me opening an ssh connection in different ways.

https://files.catbox.moe/vskxx0.webm

Shortcut 1: "C:Program FilesPowerShell7pwsh.exe" -Command "ssh webdev"

Shortcut 2: wt.exe "C:Program FilesPowerShell7pwsh.exe" -Command "ssh webdev"

I’d like to use wt.exe because I like being able to easily open a new tab.

Update

I found in C:UsersDavidAppDataLocalPackagesMicrosoft.WindowsTerminal_8wekyb3d8bbweLocalStatesettings.json that the colorScheme used is the default one ‘Solarized Dark’ instead of the ‘Windows PowerShell 7’ profile’s ‘One Half Dark’.

Even if specified in the shortcut

C:UsersDavidAppDataLocalMicrosoftWindowsAppswt.exe -p "Windows Powershell 7" "C:Program FilesPowerShell7pwsh.exe" -Command "ssh webdev"

{
    "$help": "https://aka.ms/terminal-documentation",
    "$schema": "https://aka.ms/terminal-profiles-schema",
    "actions": 
    [
        {
            "command": "find",
            "keys": "ctrl+shift+f"
        },
        {
            "command": "paste",
            "keys": "ctrl+v"
        },
        {
            "command": 
            {
                "action": "copy",
                "singleLine": false
            },
            "keys": "ctrl+c"
        },
        {
            "command": 
            {
                "action": "splitPane",
                "split": "auto",
                "splitMode": "duplicate"
            },
            "keys": "alt+shift+d"
        }
    ],
    "copyFormatting": "none",
    "copyOnSelect": false,
    "defaultProfile": "{61c54bbd-c2c6-5271-96e7-009a87ff44bf}",
    "profiles": 
    {
        "defaults": 
        {
            "colorScheme": "Solarized Dark",
            "font": 
            {
                "face": "FiraCode Nerd Font Mono"
            }
        },
        "list": 
        [
            {
                "colorScheme": "One Half Dark",
                "commandline": "C:\Program Files\PowerShell\7\pwsh.exe",
                "guid": "{61c54bbd-c2c6-5271-96e7-009a87ff44bf}",
                "hidden": false,
                "name": "Windows PowerShell 7"
            },
            {
                "guid": "{0caa0dad-35be-5f56-a8ff-afceeeaa6101}",
                "hidden": false,
                "name": "Su00edmbolo del sistema"
            },
            {
                "guid": "{c6eaf9f4-32a7-5fdc-b5cf-066e8a4b1e40}",
                "hidden": false,
                "name": "Ubuntu-18.04",
                "source": "Windows.Terminal.Wsl"
            },
            {
                "guid": "{b453ae62-4e3d-5e58-b989-0a998ec441b8}",
                "hidden": false,
                "name": "Azure Cloud Shell",
                "source": "Windows.Terminal.Azure"
            },
            {
                "guid": "{cc1103f1-07a6-5722-a92c-731a1a864d7f}",
                "hidden": false,
                "name": "Developer Command Prompt for VS 2022",
                "source": "Windows.Terminal.VisualStudio"
            },
            {
                "guid": "{6501f08f-1c83-5423-afd5-5e1b828bff9a}",
                "hidden": false,
                "name": "Developer PowerShell for VS 2022",
                "source": "Windows.Terminal.VisualStudio"
            },
            {
                "guid": "{574e775e-4f2a-5b96-ac1e-a2962a402336}",
                "hidden": false,
                "name": "PowerShell",
                "source": "Windows.Terminal.PowershellCore"
            }
        ]
    },
    "schemes": 
    [
        {
            "background": "#0C0C0C",
            "black": "#0C0C0C",
            "blue": "#0037DA",
            "brightBlack": "#767676",
            "brightBlue": "#3B78FF",
            "brightCyan": "#61D6D6",
            "brightGreen": "#16C60C",
            "brightPurple": "#B4009E",
            "brightRed": "#E74856",
            "brightWhite": "#F2F2F2",
            "brightYellow": "#F9F1A5",
            "cursorColor": "#FFFFFF",
            "cyan": "#3A96DD",
            "foreground": "#CCCCCC",
            "green": "#13A10E",
            "name": "Campbell",
            "purple": "#881798",
            "red": "#C50F1F",
            "selectionBackground": "#FFFFFF",
            "white": "#CCCCCC",
            "yellow": "#C19C00"
        },
        {
            "background": "#012456",
            "black": "#0C0C0C",
            "blue": "#0037DA",
            "brightBlack": "#767676",
            "brightBlue": "#3B78FF",
            "brightCyan": "#61D6D6",
            "brightGreen": "#16C60C",
            "brightPurple": "#B4009E",
            "brightRed": "#E74856",
            "brightWhite": "#F2F2F2",
            "brightYellow": "#F9F1A5",
            "cursorColor": "#FFFFFF",
            "cyan": "#3A96DD",
            "foreground": "#CCCCCC",
            "green": "#13A10E",
            "name": "Campbell Powershell",
            "purple": "#881798",
            "red": "#C50F1F",
            "selectionBackground": "#FFFFFF",
            "white": "#CCCCCC",
            "yellow": "#C19C00"
        },
        {
            "background": "#282C34",
            "black": "#282C34",
            "blue": "#61AFEF",
            "brightBlack": "#5A6374",
            "brightBlue": "#61AFEF",
            "brightCyan": "#56B6C2",
            "brightGreen": "#98C379",
            "brightPurple": "#C678DD",
            "brightRed": "#E06C75",
            "brightWhite": "#DCDFE4",
            "brightYellow": "#E5C07B",
            "cursorColor": "#FFFFFF",
            "cyan": "#56B6C2",
            "foreground": "#DCDFE4",
            "green": "#98C379",
            "name": "One Half Dark",
            "purple": "#C678DD",
            "red": "#E06C75",
            "selectionBackground": "#FFFFFF",
            "white": "#DCDFE4",
            "yellow": "#E5C07B"
        },
        {
            "background": "#FAFAFA",
            "black": "#383A42",
            "blue": "#0184BC",
            "brightBlack": "#4F525D",
            "brightBlue": "#61AFEF",
            "brightCyan": "#56B5C1",
            "brightGreen": "#98C379",
            "brightPurple": "#C577DD",
            "brightRed": "#DF6C75",
            "brightWhite": "#FFFFFF",
            "brightYellow": "#E4C07A",
            "cursorColor": "#4F525D",
            "cyan": "#0997B3",
            "foreground": "#383A42",
            "green": "#50A14F",
            "name": "One Half Light",
            "purple": "#A626A4",
            "red": "#E45649",
            "selectionBackground": "#FFFFFF",
            "white": "#FAFAFA",
            "yellow": "#C18301"
        },
        {
            "background": "#002B36",
            "black": "#002B36",
            "blue": "#268BD2",
            "brightBlack": "#073642",
            "brightBlue": "#839496",
            "brightCyan": "#93A1A1",
            "brightGreen": "#586E75",
            "brightPurple": "#6C71C4",
            "brightRed": "#CB4B16",
            "brightWhite": "#FDF6E3",
            "brightYellow": "#657B83",
            "cursorColor": "#FFFFFF",
            "cyan": "#2AA198",
            "foreground": "#839496",
            "green": "#859900",
            "name": "Solarized Dark",
            "purple": "#D33682",
            "red": "#DC322F",
            "selectionBackground": "#FFFFFF",
            "white": "#EEE8D5",
            "yellow": "#B58900"
        },
        {
            "background": "#FDF6E3",
            "black": "#002B36",
            "blue": "#268BD2",
            "brightBlack": "#073642",
            "brightBlue": "#839496",
            "brightCyan": "#93A1A1",
            "brightGreen": "#586E75",
            "brightPurple": "#6C71C4",
            "brightRed": "#CB4B16",
            "brightWhite": "#FDF6E3",
            "brightYellow": "#657B83",
            "cursorColor": "#002B36",
            "cyan": "#2AA198",
            "foreground": "#657B83",
            "green": "#859900",
            "name": "Solarized Light",
            "purple": "#D33682",
            "red": "#DC322F",
            "selectionBackground": "#FFFFFF",
            "white": "#EEE8D5",
            "yellow": "#B58900"
        },
        {
            "background": "#000000",
            "black": "#000000",
            "blue": "#3465A4",
            "brightBlack": "#555753",
            "brightBlue": "#729FCF",
            "brightCyan": "#34E2E2",
            "brightGreen": "#8AE234",
            "brightPurple": "#AD7FA8",
            "brightRed": "#EF2929",
            "brightWhite": "#EEEEEC",
            "brightYellow": "#FCE94F",
            "cursorColor": "#FFFFFF",
            "cyan": "#06989A",
            "foreground": "#D3D7CF",
            "green": "#4E9A06",
            "name": "Tango Dark",
            "purple": "#75507B",
            "red": "#CC0000",
            "selectionBackground": "#FFFFFF",
            "white": "#D3D7CF",
            "yellow": "#C4A000"
        },
        {
            "background": "#FFFFFF",
            "black": "#000000",
            "blue": "#3465A4",
            "brightBlack": "#555753",
            "brightBlue": "#729FCF",
            "brightCyan": "#34E2E2",
            "brightGreen": "#8AE234",
            "brightPurple": "#AD7FA8",
            "brightRed": "#EF2929",
            "brightWhite": "#EEEEEC",
            "brightYellow": "#FCE94F",
            "cursorColor": "#000000",
            "cyan": "#06989A",
            "foreground": "#555753",
            "green": "#4E9A06",
            "name": "Tango Light",
            "purple": "#75507B",
            "red": "#CC0000",
            "selectionBackground": "#FFFFFF",
            "white": "#D3D7CF",
            "yellow": "#C4A000"
        },
        {
            "background": "#000000",
            "black": "#000000",
            "blue": "#000080",
            "brightBlack": "#808080",
            "brightBlue": "#0000FF",
            "brightCyan": "#00FFFF",
            "brightGreen": "#00FF00",
            "brightPurple": "#FF00FF",
            "brightRed": "#FF0000",
            "brightWhite": "#FFFFFF",
            "brightYellow": "#FFFF00",
            "cursorColor": "#FFFFFF",
            "cyan": "#008080",
            "foreground": "#C0C0C0",
            "green": "#008000",
            "name": "Vintage",
            "purple": "#800080",
            "red": "#800000",
            "selectionBackground": "#FFFFFF",
            "white": "#C0C0C0",
            "yellow": "#808000"
        }
    ]
}

Fixed

-p "Windows Powershell 7"
SHOULD HAVE BEEN
-p "Windows PowerShell 7"

Answers

- Luuk
- April 10, 2023 at 5:04 pm
- 0 votes
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You might have more than one profile named "Windows Powershell".

To check that, here’s how to get a list of the profiles involed:
```
$myJSON = Get-Content $myJSON = Get-Content "$env:LOCALAPPDATAPackagesMicrosoft.WindowsTerminalPreview_8wekyb3d8bbweLocalStatesettings.json" -Raw | ConvertFrom-Json
$myJSON.profiles.list |  Where name -match "Windows Powershell"
```
On my system this only gives one profile:
```
colorScheme : Campbell Powershell
commandline : %SystemRoot%System32WindowsPowerShellv1.0powershell.exe
guid        : {61c54bbd-c2c6-5271-96e7-009a87ff44bf}
hidden      : False
name        : Windows PowerShell
```
I think (guess) multiple profiles might be the cause of your problem ?
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- mklement0
- April 10, 2023 at 11:29 pm
- 0 votes
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To provide the solution in the form of an answer:
- For wt.exe, Windows Terminal‘s CLI to recognize a -p argument (profile name) if must match the name of a defined profile in full, case-exactly;^[1]
  - If there is no exact match, Windows Terminal quietly falls back to the default profile (whatever its name is).
  - You may alternatively pass a profile’s GUID (which you can glean from the settings.json file) to -p (the same fallback logic applies).
- Because your -p argument differed in case from the actual profile name – p "Windows Powershell 7" (note the lowercase s in Powershell) vs. -p "Windows PowerShell 7" – your default profile was used instead.
  - As an aside: There is no such thing as Windows PowerShell 7: there’s Windows PowerShell, the legacy edition whose latest and last version is 5.1, and there is PowerShell (Core) (possibly prefixed with Microsoft, but NOT Windows), the modern, cross-platform edition that is currently at v7.x (and whose first version was v6.0).
Fixing the case mismatch solved your problem.

^{[1] It is (unfortunately) also possible to (accidentally) create multiple profiles with the exact same name (but different GUIDs), in which case the first one defined is the effective one (based on the order shown in the Settings GUI).

By contrast, duplicate profile GUIDs (which are automatically created and assigned when you use the Settings GUI) are detected and result in an error message.}
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How to start ssh with wt.exe and keep terminal colors – Ubuntu

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