[SOLVED] How to get gnome terminal execute different commands from diff. tabs?

kusti85 · 01-06-2010, 01:23 PM

In gnome terminal it is possible to open multiple tabs with

Quote:

$ gnome-terminal --tab-with-profile=jake_lardasset --tab-with-profile=virtualsexgranny -x alpine

We got even further....

Quote:

gnome-terminal --tab-with-profile=james_treesexer --command pymol --tab-with-profile=loverboy13 --command alpine

and pymol runs, but not in the tab and alpine runs in the tab.

The problem is, that when using a script to check mail it has to be

Quote:

gnome-terminal --tab-with-profile=chrissypink --command alpine --tab-with-profile=jake_hugerichard -x ssh xxxx@xxxx.ut.ee

not the other way around

Is there a simpler way to do this?
And why is it not possible to execute ssh with the --command parameter and -x has to be used ,but top and so on can be executed with --command

bartonski · 01-06-2010, 04:11 PM

This can be solved by quoting commands:

Code:

gnome-terminal --tab-with-profile=chrissypink --command alpine --tab-with-profile=jake_hugerichard -x ssh xxxx@xxxx.ut.ee

can be re-written as

Code:

gnome-terminal --tab-with-profile=jake_hugerichard --command "ssh xxxx@xxxx.ut.ee" --tab-with-profile=chrissypink --command alpine

The problem is that the shell parses the command line into individual words before it executes the program. Let's say that you left off the quotes:

Code:

gnome-terminal --tab-with-profile=jake_hugerichard --command ssh xxxx@xxxx.ut.ee --tab-with-profile=chrissypink --command alpine

Here's how the shell would tokenize that line (i.e. break that line apart):

Code:

gnome-terminal 
--tab-with-profile=jake_hugerichard 
--command 
ssh 
xxxx@xxxx.ut.ee 
--tab-with-profile=chrissypink 
--command 
alpine

'--command' works on the next token... in this case 'ssh'

If you quote it, you get this:

Code:

gnome-terminal 
--tab-with-profile=jake_hugerichard 
--command 
"ssh xxxx@xxxx.ut.ee" 
--tab-with-profile=chrissypink 
--command 
alpine

Because the shell sees "ssh xxxx@xxxx.ut.ee"as a single token.

--command then picks up "ssh xxxx@xxxx.ut.ee"as a single token, and is able to process it correctly.

kusti85 · 01-06-2010, 05:16 PM

Thanks.
That is a lot.....simpler than I thought....