On Fri, Jul 18, 2003 at 04:07:51PM +0200, David Kaasen wrote: > Hello! > > On Fri, 18 Jul 2003, Chris Green wrote: > > > I would like to start up an rxvt window which executes a command and > > the *doesn't* exit afterwards. I can't find any way to do this. > ... > > I can't get something like 'rxvt -e ls | more &' to work because (I > > think) the command line just doesn't get parsed right for this to > > work. 'rxvt -e "ls | more &"' is no better. Both are very difficult > > to diagnose because the window pops up and then disappears almost > > instantly. > > What about letting rxvt use a shell to run the command with the pipe, > like 'rxvt -e bash -c "ls | more"'? > That works but only as long as the output of the ls (or whatever) is more than a screenful so more waits for input.
It's a pity you can't tell bash/ksh/csh/whatever the run a command (like -c) but then not to exit afterwards, that's what I really want. -- Chris Green ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
