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Opening multiple terminals with gnome-terminal

I would like to run a .sh file that launches several terminals in specific folders, each of these executing a specific command.

How would I do this using gnome-terminal?

I checked this page "http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/zesty/man1/gnome-terminal.1.html" but I'm still stuck.

Solution

  • You can have multiple lines like this in your script:

    #!/bin/bash

gnome-terminal --working-directory=/path/to/dir1 --command './some-command1' &
gnome-terminal --working-directory=/path/to/dir2 --command './some-command2' &

    very similar to this answer.

    Note the use of & to run the terminal in background. Other options should be self-explanatory.