script that opens the new console and does it's stuff in there

frankie_DJ · 08-15-2005, 09:04 PM

Hi guys,

I want my script to open another terminal and execute itself in there, while I am doing my stuff in the old terminal. How do I put this in the script?

My script is piece of cake, to display the time every 10 seconds.

Code:

$cat ticktack
trap 'echo clock killed; exit 1' 2
while true
do
clear
date +%r
sleep 10
done

BUt I wanna be able to just type ticktack and another small console opens in the corner with the clock working in there. Thanks.

maxfacta · 08-15-2005, 10:37 PM

From the context, I would assume that by 'console' you mean a terminal emulator runing under X, such as xterm or Eterm?
A lot of these programs can take an option of a program to execute in the window:

# xterm -e ticktack
# Eterm -e ticktack

frankie_DJ · 08-16-2005, 10:36 AM

As I said, I want to just type ticktack, with instructions to be executed in another window placed in the script itself.

Hko · 08-16-2005, 11:55 AM

Code:

#!/bin/bash

xterm -e bash -c "
  trap 'echo clock killed; sleep 1; exit 1' 2
  while true
  do
    clear
    date +%r
    sleep 10
  done
"

frankie_DJ · 08-16-2005, 12:22 PM

Thanks Hko, that works just as I want it. I read that option in the man pages, but didn't realize that that's what I am looking for. Cheers.