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by **James Youn** » Sun, 31 Dec 1899 09:00:00

I realize this is normal, but when I "xterm -e ls", the xterm spawns, executes
ls, then exits. How is the best way to have the xterm spawn, execute ls, and
return to a prompt (remain available for use).

Thanks in advance!
Jim

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by **James Youn** » Sun, 31 Dec 1899 09:00:00

Ok - I found an answer that works.. May not be the best, but here it is..

xterm -e bash -c "ls ; exec bash"

That gets the job done.

> I realize this is normal, but when I "xterm -e ls", the xterm spawns, executes
> ls, then exits. How is the best way to have the xterm spawn, execute ls, and
> return to a prompt (remain available for use).
> Thanks in advance!
> Jim
> ======================
> James Young
> james at young dot net

by **Thomas Dicke** » Sun, 31 Dec 1899 09:00:00

> I realize this is normal, but when I "xterm -e ls", the xterm spawns, executes
> ls, then exits. How is the best way to have the xterm spawn, execute ls, and
> return to a prompt (remain available for use).

recent (since about a year) versions of XFree86 xterm implement a -hold option

The XFree86 xterm supports ANSI color and VT220 emulation
There's an faq at
http://dickey.his.com/xterm/xterm.faq.html
ftp://dickey.his.com/xterm

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by **Bill Hudso** » Sun, 31 Dec 1899 09:00:00

> I realize this is normal, but when I "xterm -e ls", the xterm spawns, executes
> ls, then exits. How is the best way to have the xterm spawn, execute ls, and
> return to a prompt (remain available for use).

I use 'expect' and call the expect script with the 'xterm -e ...'
command. At the
end of the expect script is an 'interact' command which leaves me at an
interactive prompt.

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