On Thu, Nov 13, 2008 at 4:57 PM, James Sumners <james.sumners at gmail.com> wrote: > How about: > > `xterm -e 'xeyes && bash'` Or with a semicolon instead of "&&" if you want the shell prompt to appear whether the app exits with a success status or not. -- Ed Cashin <ecashin at noserose.net>