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A command line

termina -e htop runs a program in place of the shell, -d picks the directory, -T names the tab, and --config-dir keeps a second set of settings.

• -e command [args...] runs the command instead of the shell, and its tab closes when it exits. Like xterm’s, it takes the rest of the line, so -e ls -l passes -l to ls. It has to come last.
• -d DIR (--working-directory) starts the shell in that directory.
• -T TITLE (--title) names the first tab, as a rename would, so a program’s own title does not replace it.
• --config-dir DIR reads and writes the settings in another folder, as does the TERMINA_CONFIG_DIR environment variable.
• --version and --help answer without opening a window or needing a display, so termina --version is what goes into a bug report.
• An unknown option is refused, not ignored, because an option dropped without a word looks exactly like one that does nothing.

The options apply to the first tab of the first window. See The command line.