Opening a new terminal with arguments from an existing terminal

Question

In linux, I can open a new terminal by executing gnome-terminal command on the existing terminal, but how can i open the new terminal with arguments? I tried gnome-terminal --command ls but the new terminal opens and closes quickly before I can see if anything is happening there.. Any suggestions how can I do this?

have you tried using xterm? – Next Door Engineer Jun 16 '13 at 14:33 — Next Door Engineer, Jun 16 '13 at 14:33
ooh, actually it works with xterm, thanks – Muhammad Omer Jun 16 '13 at 14:37 — Muhammad Omer, Jun 16 '13 at 14:37

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 16 '13 at 14:41

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You can use xterm

xterm -e command

xterm -e ls

answered Jun 16 '13 at 14:41

Next Door Engineer

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 16 '13 at 15:46

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You can use virtual teminal:

$openvt ( No need to install anything like xterm, it is available by default in most of linux flavour )

e.g. $openvt ls    (Run the 'ls' on the next free VT)

To switch to a VT, Alt+F<1-12>

answered Jun 16 '13 at 15:46

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Opening a new terminal with arguments from an existing terminal

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