Keep gnome-terminal from closing when opened from bash script

massivemoisture

4/6/23, 2:56 PM

I wrote a little bash script that opens a new gnome-terminal window. In that window, I need it to run an app which receives some input from the keyboard and produces some output that I want to observe. If the app receives "ex" as the input, it exits. To prevent the terminal from closing immediately when "ex" is the input, I managed to keep it opened with this:

gnome-terminal -- /bin/bash -c "${PATH_TO_APP}; exec /bin/bash -i"

But if I kill the app with Ctrl+C, that terminal will close. How can I keep that terminal window opened when I hit it with a Ctrl+C?

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gnome

command-line

bash

scripts

gnome-terminal

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Ubuntu

Alexander Grytsenko

4/6/23, 4:25 PM

Short answer - add an empty trap handler that catches CTRL+C and does nothing instead of exit:

gnome-terminal -- /bin/bash -c "trap '' INT; ${PATH_TO_APP}; exec /bin/bash -i"

If you need more details on how to handle traps, distinguish between user inputs and interrupts, click here

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alilland

5/24/23, 3:03 AM

unfortunately this doesnt seem to work with ubuntu 22.04 :(

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EN: Keep gnome-terminal from closing when opened from bash script

TH: ป้องกันไม่ให้ปิด gnome-terminal เมื่อเปิดจากสคริปต์ทุบตี

RO: Evitați închiderea terminalului gnome atunci când este deschis din scriptul bash

RU: Не позволяйте gnome-терминалу закрываться при открытии из сценария bash

VI: Giữ gnome-terminal không đóng khi được mở từ tập lệnh bash

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