spawn xterm shell from python, pass command to it, keep it running if parent process dies

Asked Mar 15 '21 at 23:27

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python beginner here! using python 2.7.

my question: from a python process, I want to spawn a new xterm process (and display the gui to the end user) and run a command in it.

NOTE: I know about process.Popen("xterm"), however I could not find a way to send the command to xterm, I tried some examples using pipes, but they seem be attached to input/output/error streams.

My end goal is to display a "xterm" gui that shows the progress of another command, also if the parent python process dies, it should not kill the child xterm gui

edited Mar 16 '21 at 01:50

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asked Mar 15 '21 at 23:27

Khaled

Maybe xterm's `-e command` option might be useful. – Mar 15 '21 at 23:30
This should work : https://stackoverflow.com/a/64145368/2125671 – Philippe Mar 16 '21 at 00:13

spawn xterm shell from python, pass command to it, keep it running if parent process dies

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