shell scripting

[jim]

Hi all I'm writing a shell script of common commands I run. I want one of the options to open a new terminal window (which it does) and run a command in that window
E.X

function yum_update
{
  gnome-terminal 
 sudo yum update
}

this executes the opening of a new terminal window but runs the yumupdate in the original window
How can I get it to run in the New window ?


BTW anyone else noticed a problem with Dags repo ?

[AndyGreen]

Try

gnome-terminal --help

On konsole by this method I discover that you can use

konsole -e sudo yum update

[jim]

i'll give it a whirl !

[jim]

gives me a invalid argument
i'll try the -x switch

[jim]

that did it!
Thanks andy

function yum_update
{
  gnome-terminal  -x sudo yum update
}

[jim]

Well since I have this nice little script I want it to get loaded at login. Where is the BEST place to place this script?
I know i can execute it at login with preferences menu Isn't there a better place to run it?

[jtang613]

Originally Posted by fedorajim

BTW anyone else noticed a problem with Dags repo ?

It's a known issue: http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?t=53839

Jason

[tejas]

Add it to the /etc/rc.local

But this is done before login, on system boot

[jim]

Anyother place ?

One other question
I can double click the script on my notebook and it asks me if I want to run it view it or run in the terminal
On my desktop, It does nothing unless i open the terminal and type sh My_commnads,sh then it will run sh files.

Why is this? it really bothers me that something works on my notebook and not on my desktop. They both have the identical setup.