Bash script to open multiple terminal widows?

Question

I want to open multiple terminal windows (20 to be specific) through a bash script. Can someone help ?

score 4 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 15 '17 at 21:43

4

This little script should be helpful:

#!/bin/bash

for i in {0..19}
do
    xterm &
done

Explanation:

answered Feb 15 '17 at 21:43

George Udosen

score 4 · Accepted Answer · edited Feb 16 '17 at 03:20

4

Another script

#!/bin/bash
for i in `seq 1 20`;
  do
  gnome-terminal
done

edited Feb 16 '17 at 03:20

muru

answered Feb 15 '17 at 21:48

Emilio Galarraga

1

You need & at the end of gnome-terminal command, otherwise the script will run sequentially, opening one window at a time – Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy Feb 16 '17 at 00:47
What if I want to do the same thing for mac terminal ? – Mar 23 '17 at 14:46

score 3 · Answer 3 · answered Feb 15 '17 at 23:13

3

Try gnu parallel:

parallel -j20 gnome-terminal ::: {1..20}

answered Feb 15 '17 at 23:13

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