How do you run a shell script in a new terminal in Linux from a terminal like "start test.bat" in Windows, also it should be working in the console mode.
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1which window environment(s) do you need to support?Brian Cain– Brian Cain2012-11-30 16:12:07 +00:00Commented Nov 30, 2012 at 16:12
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Here's a simple example to get you started:
To write a shell script, do this on your command prompt:
echo -e '#!/bin/sh\n echo "hello world"' > abc.sh
This writes:
#!/bin/sh
echo "hello world"
To a file called abc.sh
Next, you want to set it to executable by:
chmod +x abc.sh
Now, you can run it by:
./abc.sh
And you should see:
hello world
On your terminal.
To run it in a new terminal, you can do:
gnome-terminal -x ./abc.sh
or, if it's xterm:
xterm -e ./abc.sh
Here's a list of different terminal emulators.
Alternatively, you just run it in your current terminal, but background it instead by:
./abc.sh &
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mreaevnia
it works fineThank you so much for your help, and i have a another doubt will all the types of linux os support gnome-terminal command?
sampson-chen
@RaviKumar No, that is not in general true. It largely depends on what desktop environment that linux distro uses: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_terminal_emulators Quite often it's gnome-terminal or xterm
mreaevnia
also i need the command that should be working when i use the linux machine in the telnet session. i hope there will be answer for this.
sampson-chen
@RaviKumar I'm not quite sure what you mean.
Leo
Hi Sampson. The shell script I execute in another window needs to hang there. So my original sh file needs to continue to the next line of commands. How can I do that? Thanks!
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I came here wanting to figure out how to make a script spawn a terminal and run it self in it, so for those who want to do that I figured out this solution:
if [ ! -t 0 ]; then # script is executed outside the terminal?
# execute the script inside a terminal window with same arguments
x-terminal-emulator -e "$0" "$@"
# and abort running the rest of it
exit 0
fi
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As of January 2020, the -e and -x option in gnome-terminal still run properly but throw out the following warnings:
For -e:
# Option “-e” is deprecated and might be removed in a later version of gnome-terminal.
# Use “-- ” to terminate the options and put the command line to execute after it.
For -x:
# Option “-x” is deprecated and might be removed in a later version of gnome-terminal.
# Use “-- ” to terminate the options and put the command line to execute after it.
Based on that information above, I confirmed that you can run the following two commands without receiving any warning messages:
gnome-terminal -- /bin/sh -c '<your command>'
gnome-terminal -- ./<your script>.sh
I hope this helps anyone else presently having this issue :)
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For gnome try this.
Replace ls with the command you want to run
gnome-terminal -x sh -c "ls|less"
I hope this is what you want
