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Mohammad Reza Rezwani
Asked: 2014-07-13 08:47:56 +0800 CST

Write command in one terminal, see result on other one

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I want to run a command foo on one terminal and pass the result to another terminal. Is it possible to do this ?

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2 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    Yes, it is. A picture worth a thousand words:

    radu's terminal

    So, you have to redirect the output of your command using > operator to /dev/pts/#. You can find # using who or w command. If tou want to redirect and the errors, use:

    <command> >& /dev/pts/#
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  2. Something like this for your $HOME/.bashrc :

    ng() { gnome-terminal -x sh -c "$*; bash"; }

    This will run a command and shows the result on a new terminal window.

    Examples:

    ng ls -l
ng echo foo

    Edit: To consider aliases from the $HOME/.bashrc use this instead:

    ng() { gnome-terminal -x bash -ic "$*; bash"; }

    then the output of ls should be colored (thanks to Radu Rădeanu for this hint).

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