Re: recognizing an xterm running only bash from the CLI

[Mike McClain <mike.junk.46@att.net>]

On Mon, Aug 11, 2025 at 04:23:36PM +0200, Nicolas George wrote:
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> So this was a XY problem.

If you say so but I don't see it that way.

> Do not try to guess which terminal is running ???only bash???, have the

I wasn't trying to guess and you gave me the answer, Thank You.

> Before bash: xterm -e 'something ; $SHELL'

So I made a tiny script in /mc/bin/Xpts whose sole contents are:
tty > ~/.Xpts

In ~/.xinitrc:
xterm -geometry 111x40+1+1 -e '/mc/bin/Xpts; $SHELL' &

The function toX() { echo $* > $(< ~/.Xpts) }
now allows me to put some text in the open xterm running bash
regardless where the xserver puts it.

Again, Thank you,
Mike
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