How do I autorun an application in a terminal in Ubuntu?
Question
I've created a few autorun
script files on various USB devices that run bash
scripts when they mount. These scripts run "in the background", how do I get them to run in a terminal window? (Like the "Application in Terminal" gnome Launcher type.)
Solution
Run them as a two stage process with your "autorun" script calling the second script in a new terminal eg
gnome-terminal -e top --title Testing
Would run the program "top" in a new gnome terminal window with the title "Testing" You can add additional arguments like setting the geometry to determine the size and location of the window checkout the man page for gnome-terminal and the "X" man page for more details
OTHER TIPS
xterm -e shellscript.sh
or (if xterm
isn't installed)
gnome-terminal -e shellscript.sh
or (if you're using kubuntu / kde)
konsole -e shellscript.sh
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