Shell script to run each command from script in different terminal

Question

As I am new to Linux and using ubuntu and I want help to write a script which will be having multiple commands and for each command a respective terminal should be opened and execute the command.

As I have written a script which having commands like:

mvn tomcat:run -Dmaven.tomcat.port=8081

mvn tomcat:run -Dmaven.tomcat.port=8181

So all these two command should be run in different terminal.

Alan Dyke · Accepted Answer · 2015-03-31 00:32:30Z

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Depending on your Linux flavor there are a number of different terminals available, each of which has a potentially different mechanism for specifying a command.

However, it's pretty likely your Linux will have an xterm which will use a '-e' flag and take a command

e.g.

xterm -e "mvn tomcat:run -Dmaven.tomcat.port=8081"

For Ubuntu you can try

gnome-terminal -e "mvn tomcat:run -Dmaven.tomcat.port=808"

edited Mar 31, 2015 at 0:32

answered Mar 30, 2015 at 18:51

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Ravi Over a year ago

Thanks it works. Just for curiosity wanted to ask what is the command to open the default terminal of Ubuntu.

Ravi Over a year ago

works but faced another problem, the new terminal doesn't hold it starts and closes immediately. Please help.

that other guy Over a year ago

@Ravi xterm -e "mvn tomcat:run -Dmaven.tomcat.port=8081; read -p 'Command died. Press enter to close this terminal'"

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