Ubuntu – Run command on another(new) terminal window

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How to run any command in another terminal window?

Example: I opened one terminal window and if I run command like apropos editor, then it run and out-puts on that window. But I want to run same command on another terminal window (new window) instead on present window from first terminal.

Further clarification:

I need suggest-command <command> that open new terminal window and run mentioned <command> in that (newly opened) window. (where suggest-command is example of suggestion of command.)

How to do that?

Best Answer

This might be what you search:

gnome-terminal -e "bash -c \"!!; exec bash\""

or (shortly):

gnome-terminal -x sh -c "!!; bash"

It opens gnome-terminal with your last command (!!) executed and it stays open with the command output in the shell, even with an interactive command like top or less...

In your case its:

gnome-terminal -e "bash -c \"apropos editor; exec bash\""

gnome-terminal -x sh -c "apropos editor; bash"

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Ubuntu – How to run command in an already opened terminal through a shell script

I'd suggested the following as a way to keep the shell open:

gnome-terminal -x sudo -u userA bash -c 'PACKAGE_PATH=/home/userA/package1:/home/userA/package2:$PACKAGE_PATH; \
  cd /home/userA/scripts; \
  source varset.sh; \
  bash'

However, the last bash won't be affected by the assignment of $PACKAGE_PATH or from source varset.sh if they aren't exported.

So:

gnome-terminal -x sudo -u userA bash -c 'export PACKAGE_PATH=/home/userA/package1:/home/userA/package2:$PACKAGE_PATH; \
  cd /home/userA/scripts; \
  source varset.sh; \
  bash'

with varset.sh exported should do the trick.

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