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I am trying to open a terminal and run a command in it. I am using

os.system("gnome-terminal -e 'bash -c \"exec bash; MY_COMMAND; exec bash\" '")

This opens up a new terminal, but the command is not executed.

Do you need to run this in a terminal? What about subprocess python module? — Raydel Miranda, Apr 10 '17 at 21:04
Well, you don't need that beforehand. What I do is: `MY_COMMAND; echo Hit ^C to close this terminal; while true; do sleep 2; done` — zondo, Apr 10 '17 at 21:17

score 7 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 10 '17 at 21:37

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The exec command replaces the currently running process with a new one, so if you have an exec in a list of commands to run, as soon as exec is run, nothing else will run. So you're replacing 'bash -c \"exec bash; MY_COMMAND; exec bash\" ' with bash, and then nothing after the exec bash is running. Try this instead:

os.system("gnome-terminal -e 'bash -c \"MY_COMMAND\" '")

or if you need a terminal to stay open, try this:

os.system("gnome-terminal -e 'bash -c \"MY_COMMAND; sleep 1000000\" '")

of if you want the terminal to stay open and be in a bash shell, try this:

os.system("gnome-terminal -e 'bash -c \"MY_COMMAND; bash\" '")

answered Apr 10 '17 at 21:37

Christopher Shroba

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Can you tell me how to open a tab and run "MY_COMMAND" instead of new terminal every time? – sutirtha Jun 07 '19 at 08:48
how to close that terminal? – Tanveer Ahmad Mar 13 '23 at 06:18
@sutirtha that would depend on the terminal and whether the terminal supports opening a new tab from within a session. See [this answer](https://apple.stackexchange.com/a/211050/96913) for a way that may work. – Christopher Shroba Mar 22 '23 at 15:50

score 6 · Answer 2 · edited Jun 20 '20 at 09:12

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Here we go...

command="python3 --version"
os.system("gnome-terminal -e 'bash -c \""+command+";bash\"'")

That should do it...

Output:Python 3.6.4

And the output came into a new terminal....

edited Jun 20 '20 at 09:12

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answered Mar 25 '18 at 14:43

Subham Debnath

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Tanveer Ahmad · Answer 3 · 2023-03-13T12:07:39.530

How to open and close that terminal after running the command

You can run this command in python file

os.system("gnome-terminal -e 'bash -c \"sudo -S <<< Notadmin apt-get update && exit; exec bash\"'")

In this command, we have multiple parameters

It will open a terminal first.
it will run simple and sudo commands as well.
after installing it will close automatically.

I m using Ubuntu 20.04 and using this command in my API. and it works fine.

**sudo -S <<< Notadmin apt-get update**

-S this parameter to read password 'Notadmin' is my system password

This will work without sudo

os.system("gnome-terminal -e 'bash -c \"pip install python && exit; exec bash\"'")

open terminal run command python

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