Linux – is there a linux equivalent of iTerm(mac) sending command to multiple tabs functionality

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in iTerm, you can send a command to execute simultaneously on a set of already opened tabs. Is there a way to do this in linux (with gnome-terminal preferably)?

for instance, supposed that I had 10 tabs already ssh'd into foo@host1.com and sudoed to root and wanted to send a command to run on all 10 tabs.

The goal of this is to be able to stay within a set of tabs and command them, rather than having to use expect scripts to ssh and elevate and run commands. Basically, like how you could do in iTerm.

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If you can use tmux, then you can "set-window-option synchronize-panes". From the manual, it "duplicate[s] input to any pane to all other panes in the same window, except for panes that are not in output mode".

This isn't quite the same as duplicating input to tabs in gnome-terminal, but it gets you the same result.

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Just drop the 'open' and you're set.

Enter the filename and it will open with the appropriate program.

You'll need to consider the path to the file, so executing the above would only work if the file is within the current directory.

Linux – Equivalent Command for ‘Open’ Command on Mac/Windows

xdg-open is what you're looking for.

You might like this snippet I put in my .bashrc files so that whether I'm using cygwin on windows, linux, or OSX, I can use either the start or the open commands and they work great:

case "$OSTYPE" in
   cygwin*)
      alias open="cmd /c start"
      ;;
   linux*)
      alias start="xdg-open"
      alias open="xdg-open"
      ;;
   darwin*)
      alias start="open"
      ;;
esac

Good comments, xdg-open is indeed a better option than gnome-open as explained below. I updated my personal scripts a while ago, but forgot to update this answer.

WARNING: This will override the functionality of both openvt (virtual terminal) and start from init.

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