[solved] bash script and terminal

nTia89 · 2011-12-29 20:08:58

hi to everybody,

i've done a simply script for automatically check package upgrade. then i launch it through a .desktop file

how can i do for opening a terminal when the script starts ???

the script is very simple:

#!/bin/bash
pacman -Syu

Last edited by nTia89 (2011-12-29 22:54:19)

karol · 2011-12-29 20:10:48

Try

#!/bin/bash
xterm -hold -e sudo pacman -Syu

nTia89 · 2011-12-29 20:52:59

if a have more command in my script ???

karol · 2011-12-29 20:55:45

You can do

#!/bin/bash
xterm -hold -e /path/to/some/script

nTia89 · 2011-12-29 21:00:25

but in this way i must make two script:

the first which contain my commands
and the second which launch it in a terminal

?!?!?!?

esa · 2011-12-29 21:04:33

Yeno...
You have the .desktop file wich calls the .sh script.
And you have the script itself... which calls up the new terminal and executes the command.

[Desktop Entry]
Name=(6) Games
Exec=/path/to/script

#!/bin/bash
pacman -Syu

Last edited by esa (2011-12-29 21:38:33)

nTia89 · 2011-12-29 21:20:28

karol wrote:

You can do

#!/bin/bash
xterm -hold -e /path/to/some/script

if this is a script

and script (in /path/to/some/ ) contain command

scripts are two

plus the .desktop file

Last edited by nTia89 (2011-12-29 21:22:43)

dmartins · 2011-12-29 21:25:06

The .desktop file can run xterm directly from the "Exec" key, including the additional parameters needed to make xterm run your script.

This way you have only one script and one .desktop entry.

Exec=xterm -hold -e /path/to/some/script

tomk · 2011-12-29 21:25:33

nTia89 wrote:

but in this way i must make two script

Is that a problem?

karol · 2011-12-29 21:34:28

dmartins wrote:

The .desktop file can run xterm directly from the "Exec" key, including the additional parameters needed to make xterm run your script.
This way you have only one script and one .desktop entry.
Exec=xterm -hold -e /path/to/some/script

+1
I see there's also 'Terminal=true' setting available but don't know how exactly does it work and can't test it ATM. dmartins, would that setting open a terminal automatically? Would it also automatically close it?

Lars Stokholm · 2011-12-29 21:54:20

I use this as the first line in my script:

tty -s; [[ $? -ne 0 ]] && xterm -e $0

This will open the script in a terminal and you only need one script.

Edit: I guess this can be done even shorter: 'tty -s || xterm -e $0'. Lol.

Last edited by Lars Stokholm (2011-12-29 23:09:03)

Trilby · 2011-12-29 22:38:58

While I think there are already great answers above - particularly dmartins's, another alternative nTia, is to learn about here-documents. Generally if you think you'd need two files, and you'd really rather only have one, there's a good chance you can make it work with a here-document. Keep in mind one must be careful with these: different invocations process variables differently - but for me this is one of the coolest parts of shell scripting.

#!/bin/bash                                                                     
                                                                                
xterm -hold -e /bin/bash -c 'sh <<EOF                                           
#your script here ...
echo hello                                                                      
echo bye                                                                        
EOF                                                                             
'

Again, for the present purposes dmartins's answer is *much* better. But if you want to experiment and learn, you can tinker with here-documents.

nTia89 · 2011-12-29 22:54:02

dmartins and Lars Stokholm are what i need.

but i'm curious and i'll see that "here-documents"

thanks to everybody. [fully solved]

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