How to launch another terminal session from within a terminal session?

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How to launch another terminal session from within a terminal session?

Hello. I'm not sure really where to post this within the forum.

I'm new to the MAC OS X, but have used Unix and Linux occasionally (for school). I utilize both xterm and terminal for work.

'm attempting to launch multiple terminal sessions from within a terminal. I know in xterm, running the command:

xterm &

will pop out a new xterm window (while freeing the prompt on your current xterm).

I would like to do the same for terminal. I've tried the following to no avail:

terminal &
term &
term
terminal

Can anybody help me out. I've called Apple support and paid a visit to a local Apple store, but they referred me to the forums.

Thanks in advance! Peace!

Macbook Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.2)

Posted on Mar 11, 2010 2:10 PM

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Answer 1

V.K.

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Mar 11, 2010 2:12 PM in response to skeeloo7

enter command+n in terminal to open a new terminal window or command+t to create a new tab.

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skeeloo7 Author

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Mar 11, 2010 2:16 PM in response to V.K.

Wow. Thank. You answered the question real fast.

I saw that within the menu prompts on top of the screen. However, I want to launch the terminal from within a bash script.

Within a bash script in Linux or Unix, you can issue the the command: xterm & multiple times to automate xterm session windows. I can't figure it out for terminal.

/usr/bin doesn't contain the binary file to launch a terminal. Not sure where it's located. Would you know?

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V.K.

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Mar 11, 2010 2:25 PM in response to skeeloo7

skeeloo7 wrote:
Wow. Thank. You answered the question real fast.

I saw that within the menu prompts on top of the screen. However, I want to launch the terminal from within a bash script.

why? I really don't understand why you'd want to do it that way. you can do this I suppose


osascript -e 'tell application "terminal" to do script ""'

Within a bash script in Linux or Unix, you can issue the the command: xterm & multiple times to automate xterm session windows. I can't figure it out for terminal.

/usr/bin doesn't contain the binary file to launch a terminal. Not sure where it's located. Would you know?

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Rafe H.

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Mar 11, 2010 9:50 PM in response to skeeloo7

If you want to open multiple windows and have them automatically sized and placed exactly as you wish, then first open your windows (command-N), size them, place them, and then choose Windows->Save Windows as Group... from the menu.

To open this configuration later, choose Window->Open Window Group. To manage your Window Groups, visit Terminal->Preferences.

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Mar 14, 2010 1:05 PM in response to V.K.

VK, sorry to hijack this for a moment, but I didn't see any other way to get a msg you. I just wanted to thank you for the help you gave me through John Lincoln and his problem with locked volumes. I had the same problem with two drives and your Terminal commands worked like a charm on both.

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skeeloo7 Author

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Mar 11, 2010 2:48 PM in response to V.K.

Awesome! Thanks!

I'm Not sure what is osascript (scripting language for MAC OS X?), but it works. Thanks. Question answered.

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BobHarris

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Mar 11, 2010 8:02 PM in response to skeeloo7

Hello. I'm not sure really where to post this within the forum.

Mac OS X Technologies > Unix Forum
<http://discussions.apple.com/forum.jspa?forumID=735>

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