How to execute multiple commands after opening a new terminal tab

Question

I need to open a new terminal tab and execute multiple commands on it, how can I do it. I have already tried the following,

gnome-terminal --tab -t "X" -e "cd ~/Desktop/terminal_test;mkdir test"

Here I need to cd into a new directory and create a new folder.

Qmick Zh · Accepted Answer · 2015-02-25 09:51:17Z

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Try this:

gnome-terminal -x bash -c "cmd1; cmd2; …cmdN; exec bash"

answered Feb 25, 2015 at 5:35

Qmick Zh

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@ycrnet I modified it

Thanks alot, this works, The complete command would be gnome-terminal --tab -t "XXX" -x bash -c "cd ~/Desktop/terminal_test; mkdir test; exec bash

SuperNova · Accepted Answer · 2015-11-04 06:30:00Z

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You can use gnome-terminal. The script below will open 3 tabs running the respective commands..

tab="--tab"

cmd01="bash -c 'ls';'pwd';bash"

foo=""

foo+=($tab -e "$cmd01")

gnome-terminal "${foo[@]}"

exit 0

answered Nov 4, 2015 at 6:30

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