keeping the terminal window open

NNP · 09-01-2005, 03:31 PM

Im writing a program at the moment that will open a new terminal window in X and run some commands. The problem is if i type xterm -e ls /home/nnp the new terminal window flashes up then quickly disappears. Its the same with any terminal.

ANyone know how to make it stay on the screen? If i just open the new terminal using the xterm command or whatever it stays fine.

Cheers,
nnp

baldwonder · 09-01-2005, 11:08 PM

Try the -hold option on xterm (and don't forget quotes around the command you want to run):

xterm -hold -e "ls /home/nnp"

This should leave the xterm window open until you close it by clicking it closed. It doesn't respond to the enter key. If you want to close the window after a certain amount of time, you can try the sleep command:

xterm -e "ls /home/nnp;sleep 5"

This will keep the window open for 5 seconds. Hope this helps.