Re: xterm: how to open a new xterm and run telnet

From: Stephane CHAZELAS (this.address_at_is.invalid)
Date: 01/30/04 

Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2004 12:22:14 +0100

2004-01-30, 00:54(-08), ajay:
[...]
> xterm -e telnet SERVER2
>
> This works fine if i issue this command from the command line. But
> when i put into alias it doesn't work. Just for a moment new xterm
> window appears and then disappears.
>
> alias black='xterm -e telnet SERVER2 -cr red -ms blue -ls -rw -sb -sk
> -sl
> 200000 -T "SERVER1" -bg black -fg white -vb -fn courr14 -geometry
> 70x30 &'
>
> What's wrong with the above alias?
[...]

it runs telnet SERVER2 -cr red -ms ... in xterm.
Put the "-e" option last.

Note the "resource" mechanism in the xterm man page if you don't
want to issue all those options each time. 

-- 
Stéphane                      ["Stephane.Chazelas" at "free.fr"]

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