[Novalug] trying to learn how to pass a command to launched terminal

Bonnie Dalzell bdalzell@qis.net
Thu Jan 10 22:23:52 EST 2013


On Thu, 10 Jan 2013, William Sutton wrote:

> Many terminals (e.g., xterm, eterm) provide a -e option.  Under xterm, for 
> example, you could theoretically do
>
> exo-open --launch 'xterm -e "cat /etc/issue"'

xterm is installed on my system so

xterm from the command line opens an xterm terminal

however

exo-open --launch 'xterm -e "cat /etc/issue"'

generates this error:

(exo-helper-1:9562): exo-helper-WARNING **: Invalid helper type "xterm -e 
"cat /etc/issue""

exo-helper specifically seems to want TerminalEmulator to launch a 
terminal

i have tried it setting the terminal to be launched in Terminalmulator 
(which is settable in Preferred Applications) to xterm.

something is missing - 'frustration!!!'

I havd tried the command with backticks instead of single quotes with the 
same error

>
> William Sutton
>
> On Thu, 10 Jan 2013, Bonnie Dalzell wrote:
>
>> 
>> what i want to do is launch a terminal and run a command in that terminal
>> from another terminal
>> 
>> exo-open --launch TerminalEmulator
>> 
>> will open a new terminal
>> 
>> however i want to run a command within the new terminal and have the
>> terminal remain open to display the result of the command
>> 
>> the command returns the version of Ubuntu
>> 
>> cat /etc/issue
>> 
>> i have spent a lot of time on google but I do not seem to be able to ask
>> the questioon correctly
>> 
>> I cannot figure out how to pass the command to the terminal
>> 
>> exo-open --launch TerminalEmulator `cat \/etc\/issue`
>> 
>> for example this version above gives me an error "Failed to execute child
>> process "Ubuntu" (No such file or directory)"
>> 
>> I am using the xfce-desktop and 12.04 Xubuntu
>> 
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                        Bonnie Dalzell, MA
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shipping address:5100 Hydes Rd 21082 (Hydes Post Office closed Jan 2012)
Freelance anatomist, vertebrate paleontologist, writer, illustrator, dog
breeder, computer nerd & iconoclast... Borzoi info at www.borzois.com.
HOME www.batw.net    ART bdalzellart.batw.net  BUSINESS www.boardingatwedge.com




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