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Sean Bone
Asked: 2013-09-30 10:03:40 +0800 CST

Open terminal window and execute Python script on startup

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I have a Python script which I would like to execute at every startup. I can run it by adding this to the startup applications:

python3 /path/to/script.py

That works, but it doesn't open a terminal window, so I can't see the program's output. How could I make it open a terminal window and execute the script in there?

Note: I get the window to stay open with input(' ') at the end of the Python script. Thanks!

12.04

2 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    This one should work:

    gnome-terminal -e "python3 /path/to/script.py"
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  2. To run an application in a system's default terminal we may define a .desktop file we can then add to our startup applications in ~/.config/autostart with the following content:

    [Desktop Entry]
Encoding=UTF-8
Name=Name of Application
Exec=python3 path/to/application.py
Terminal=true
Type=Application
StartupNotify=true
NoDisplay=true

    Note that the terminal will close on termination of our script only if our terminal profile is set to do so (default in gnome-terminal but editable from profile settings).

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