{"id":5614,"date":"2012-05-25T11:41:48","date_gmt":"2012-05-25T06:11:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tothenew.com\/blog\/?p=5614"},"modified":"2017-05-10T16:53:47","modified_gmt":"2017-05-10T11:23:47","slug":"bash-script-to-open-a-terminal-with-multiple-tabs-on-linux-start-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tothenew.com\/blog\/bash-script-to-open-a-terminal-with-multiple-tabs-on-linux-start-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Bash script to open a terminal with multiple tabs on Linux start-up"},"content":{"rendered":"

All of the tasks performed by us after system startup such as opening a browser, MySql etc can be automated by following the steps mentioned below :<\/p>\n

1. Write a script<\/strong>:-<\/p>\n

[bash]
\nsleep 1m;gnome-terminal –geometry=150×50 –tab –title="echo" -e "bash -c \\"echo "hello";echo "there";exec bash\\"" –tab –title="idea" -e "bash -c \\"\/opt\/idea-IU-111.69\/bin\/idea.sh;exec bash\\"" –tab –title="sql" -e "bash -c \\"mysql -uroot -pigdefault;\\"" –tab –title="firefox" -e "bash -c \\"\/usr\/bin\/firefox www.gmail.com;\\""
\n[\/bash]<\/p>\n

The script above will open a terminal with 4 tabs :<\/p>\n

    \n
  1. echo “hello there”<\/li>\n
  2. Idea<\/li>\n
  3. MySql<\/li>\n
  4. Firefox<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    The script will also set the titles in the terminal for each tab.<\/p>\n

    One can personalize the above script accordingly.<\/p>\n

    Description of the script :-<\/p>\n

    sleep 1m\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 : Executes the script after 1 minute so that system finishes its startup process.
    \ngnome-terminal\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 : Open a terminal.
    \n–geometry=150×50 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 : Set screen size for terminal.
    \n–tab\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 : Open new tab
    \n–title\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 : Set title for the terminal
    \n-e\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 : Execute the argument inside the terminal.
    \nexec bash\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 : Starts a new bash after executing all the commands. This command is required if you do not want to close the current tab .<\/p>\n

    2<\/strong>. Save the script anywhere in the file system and make the file executable using the following command:<\/strong><\/p>\n

    [bash]
    \n$chmod +x file.sh
    \n[\/bash]<\/p>\n

    3. Add this file to startup applications<\/strong> :-<\/p>\n

    Go to\u00a0 System > Preferences > Startup Applications<\/p>\n

    Click on add\u00a0 and in command write-<\/p>\n

    [bash]
    \nbash path\/to\/your\/file.sh
    \n[\/bash]<\/p>\n

    Close and its done!<\/p>\n

    Next time when you start your system, all the tasks mentioned in the script will be automated.<\/p>\n

    Hope this helped!<\/p>\n

     <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    All of the tasks performed by us after system startup such as opening a browser, MySql etc can be automated by following the steps mentioned below : 1. Write a script:- [bash] sleep 1m;gnome-terminal –geometry=150×50 –tab –title="echo" -e "bash -c \\"echo "hello";echo "there";exec bash\\"" –tab –title="idea" -e "bash -c \\"\/opt\/idea-IU-111.69\/bin\/idea.sh;exec bash\\"" –tab –title="sql" -e "bash […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":42,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":37},"categories":[1],"tags":[475,823,260,474,453,821,822],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tothenew.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5614"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tothenew.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tothenew.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tothenew.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/42"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tothenew.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5614"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.tothenew.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5614\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tothenew.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5614"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tothenew.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5614"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tothenew.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5614"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}