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callmejoe

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Registered: 2019-11-19

Posts: 75

xfce4-terminal

i want to launch a terminal and then run a command inside it and have it stay open.

I've tried this

xfce4-terminal -H -x ls

and

xfce4-terminal -H -e ls

but terminal never stays open with output of command displayed. 

shouldn't this work?

for some reason this works like i expect.  launches a terminal and runs the ssh command and stays open

xfce4-terminal -e "ssh pi@192.168.1.7"

Last edited by callmejoe (2020-09-30 03:45:10)

ToZ

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From: Canada

Registered: 2011-06-02

Posts: 11,488

Re: xfce4-terminal

shouldn't this work?

Yes. Odd that it doesn't for you.

What version of xfce4-terminal are you running?

xfce4-terminal -V

And what are the contents of your ~/.config/xfce4/terminal/terminalrc file?

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callmejoe

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Registered: 2019-11-19

Posts: 75

Re: xfce4-terminal

version

xfce4-terminal 0.8.9.2 (Xfce 4.14)

terminalrc

[Configuration]
MiscAlwaysShowTabs=FALSE
MiscBell=FALSE
MiscBellUrgent=FALSE
MiscBordersDefault=TRUE
MiscCursorBlinks=FALSE
MiscCursorShape=TERMINAL_CURSOR_SHAPE_BLOCK
MiscDefaultGeometry=90x30
MiscInheritGeometry=FALSE
MiscMenubarDefault=FALSE
MiscMouseAutohide=FALSE
MiscMouseWheelZoom=TRUE
MiscToolbarDefault=FALSE
MiscConfirmClose=TRUE
MiscCycleTabs=TRUE
MiscTabCloseButtons=TRUE
MiscTabCloseMiddleClick=TRUE
MiscTabPosition=GTK_POS_TOP
MiscHighlightUrls=TRUE
MiscMiddleClickOpensUri=FALSE
MiscCopyOnSelect=FALSE
MiscShowRelaunchDialog=TRUE
MiscRewrapOnResize=TRUE
MiscUseShiftArrowsToScroll=FALSE
MiscSlimTabs=FALSE
MiscNewTabAdjacent=FALSE
MiscSearchDialogOpacity=100
MiscShowUnsafePasteDialog=TRUE
BackgroundImageShading=0.600000
BackgroundDarkness=0.000000
FontName=Monospace 11
ScrollingLines=996
ColorForeground=#ffffffffffff
ColorBackground=#0dee211634e7
ColorCursor=#93a1a1
ColorBold=#93a1a1
ColorBoldUseDefault=FALSE
ColorPalette=#073642;#dc322f;#859900;#b58900;#268bd2;#d33682;#2aa198;#eee8d5;#002b36;#cb4b16;#586e75;#657b83;#839496;#6c71c4;#93a1a1;#fdf6e3
TabActivityColor=#dc322f
ColorBoldIsBright=FALSE
ScrollingUnlimited=TRUE
ScrollingBar=TERMINAL_SCROLLBAR_NONE

Erreffel1

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Registered: 2020-05-09

Posts: 5

Re: xfce4-terminal

It seems to work :

xfce4-terminal -H --command 'yourcommand' &

I tried it with the 'df' command ('xfce4-terminal -H --command df &'), and it starts a xfce4-terminal with the output of 'df' in it. The terminal stays open.