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01-22-2010, 02:21 PM
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Location: Brazil
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"xterm -e ls" and then I want that the xterm window wait
Hi,
I want to shut the command:
"xterm -e ls"
and then I want that the xterm wait until I close window or press some key...
How can I do that?
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01-22-2010, 02:25 PM
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1 members found this post helpful.
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01-22-2010, 02:26 PM
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Registered: Dec 2008
Location: Louisville, OH
Distribution: Debian, CentOS, Slackware, RHEL, Gentoo
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add: read -p "Press any key to close window…"
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1 members found this post helpful.
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01-22-2010, 02:28 PM
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I found the solution by my self:
-hold
Any way, thanks for the answers.
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01-22-2010, 02:39 PM
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That's one of the great things about *nix in general, there are a half dozen ways to approach any problem  |
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