I will show you a little trick to close the terminal automatically after
a certain period of inactivity. The trick is very simple, just use any
text editor ( as root) to open the file /etc/profile, in Ubuntu or Linux
Mint Cinnamon, the command will be:
sudo gedit /etc/profile
Once the file is open, just append the following lines to the end of the file:
TMOUT=seconds
export TMOUT
Change the "seconds" in the variable part of TMOUT to any number you
prefer, this is the maximum idling time the terminal can last before
getting closed. I will use 200 as the example here, just add the lines
into the end of the file /etc/profile like this:
Then save the file and close the text editor. After that, run the
following command to apply the new change and your terminal will be
automatically closed after 200 seconds of inactivity:
source /etc/profile
