[ale] Easy one for the scripters

[James Sumners]

How about:

`xterm -e 'xeyes && bash'`

On Thu, Nov 13, 2008 at 4:35 PM, John Mills <johnmills at speakeasy.net> wrote:
> ALErs -
>
> I want a script to launch a console app in terminal window (such as an
> Xterm). I want the terminal to stay open with a shell prompt when its app
> exits. Actually I'm going to launch a batch of different apps -- if I can
> get the syntax right for one of them.
>
> 'xterm -e <command> &' doesn't do what I want because it exits when the
> command completes instead of leaving a shell prompt running in the
> terminal.
>
> BASH would be nice.
>
> TIA for suggestions.
>
> (It's not homework, honest! &8-)
>
>  - Mills
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