Re: How to open xterm with and a program at once

["E.L. Meijer \(Eric\)" <tgakem@sg10.chem.tue.nl>]

> 
> Hi,
> 
> how do I open xterm with a program? Let's say I want an icon on my desktop
> opening mc or mutt. What would the command be to have an xterm with one of
> these programs open automatically with xterm?

xterm -e <program>

This, by the way, is in the man page of xterm.  If you'd type `man
xterm', and then `/execute', you'd find yourself in the middle of the
description of this option.

HTH,
Eric

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 E.L. Meijer (tgakem@chem.tue.nl)
 Eindhoven Univ. of Technology
 Lab. for Catalysis and Inorg. Chem. (SKA)