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17 questions linked to/from How to run a script without closing the terminal?
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Shell script running but not opening terminal [duplicate]
I'm having a problem executing a shell script in ubuntu, the script is set as executable and I enabled the execute instead of view option in Nautilus and the script does what it's meant to do which is ...
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Custom keyboard shortcut to lauch a terminal and run a command without exit in the end [duplicate]
I want to create a shortcut to run a command with keyboard shortcut But when I press "alt+ctrl+a" terminal open and immediately close.
Please help me to edit below command for prevent from close ...
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Terminal profile registering aliases [duplicate]
I'm trying to use the gnome-terminal profiles to cd to a given directory and register some aliases just after the terminal opens.
I have created a script:
~/Document/project1/ops-setup.sh
#!/bin/...
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Stop terminal from closing automatically when a shell script is run [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to run script and don't close a terminal
Whenever I try to run a shell script (with syntax errors) in the terminal on Ubuntu 12.04, the terminal opens and then quickly ...
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bashcript that opens another bashscript [duplicate]
I have a script that opens terminal and list directories. My problem is that the second terminal ls the files but disapears in a flash. how can i make it not disappear? i have tried sleep but not ...
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Run command on another(new) terminal window
How to run any command in another terminal window?
Example: I opened one terminal window and if I run command like apropos editor, then it run and out-puts on that window. But I want to run same ...
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Create a .desktop file that opens and execute a command in a terminal
I would like to know how to write the Exec command of a .desktop file to open a new terminal and execute a shell script in it. The shell script is working and accessible by all users. When launching ...
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Open Terminal with multiple tabs and execute application
I am new to linux shell scripting. I want to write a shell script which will open terminal with multiple tabs; it should run rtsp client app in each tab.
For this, I have gone through question here ...
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How to check if script was executed via command line or double-clicked?
How can I determine if a script was invoked from a command line or via double-click in file manager (Nautilis)?
If the former, I still have a command prompt when the script finishes, but if it was ...
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Open terminal with multiple tabs and execute application which uniquely modifies PS1 variable for each tab
What I'm trying to do:
Write a script to open 3 tabs.
cd into a different folder in each tab (ie: run a unique command).
get each tab to have a unique title by modifying its local PS1 variable
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Run .sh with Desktop entry without closing terminal [duplicate]
Here is my desktop entry to run "PRGM.sh"
[Desktop Entry]
Encoding=UTF-8
Name=PRGM
Comment=Launch PRGM
Exec=gksu /home/markku/PRGM.sh
Icon=utilities-terminal
Type=Application
Terminal=true
The ...
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Desktop file can't run script in terminal
I want to make a button on my lxpanel to launch a program that prints out Hello World! in a pop-up lxterminal, so I use the technique that I successfully implemented before in Debian 7, which is:
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Launching php script through comman line - keeping terminal window open after execution
Oh, my girlfriend really likes it when I launch php scripts! There's something special about them, she says ...
Thus, I coded this script to run throught the CLI (Command Line Interface) - so it's ...
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How to execute a script with a desktop launcher
I have created a desktop launcher to execute a bash script but the problem is with directory. The file to be executed by launcher lies in /home/techy/folder/file.sh
and the desktop launcher is located ...
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A bash script that opens several terminals from different direcotories and operates some funtions on those terminal
Maybe my question was partly answered here but I need full solution.
What I want to do is this:
gnome-terminal --tab -x "cd /ini/experiments/ gedit mytext.txt" --tab -e "cd /ini/myex/ipython"
So I ...
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What does the variable $SHELL do, entered without any command?
I know that $SHELL is an environment-variable, which refers to the current default-shell. echo $SHELL prints the path to stdout.
Here the use of it for keeping the terminal window open:
How to run a ...
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Script runs without echoing
I have a simple shell script that includes the following lines
echo "Hello"
g++ main.cpp -o mainOutput
echo "Shell script ended!"
When I run the script using a terminal, it ...