[NTLUG:Discuss] Shell script?

[Lance Simmons]

* Wayne Patterson <wjpatterson at charter.net> [040112 20:01]:
> I'm sure this is an easy thing to do IF you know how, and I don't.  I
> want to write a script that will open a console, cd to a certain
> directory and execute a command to start another program in that
> console.  Does that make any sense? And if so what would it look like?

When you say open a console, do you mean open an xterm?  If so, how
about:

	xterm -e 'cd /foo/bar; /bin/foo'

(you can look at the man page for whatever x terminal emulator you're
using, such as gnome-terminal, to see what the syntax is)

if you mean a new shell, how about:

	/bin/sh -c 'cd /foo/bar; /bin/foo'

-- 
Lance Simmons
When Turing machines are outlawed, only outlaws will have
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