open - start a program on a new virtual terminal (VT).
SYNOPSIS
open [-c vtnumber] [-s] [-u] [-l] [-v] [--] command com
mand_options
DESCRIPTION
open will find the first available VT, and run on it the
given command with the given command options, standard
input, output and error are directed to that terminal. The
current search path ($PATH) is used to find the requested
command. If no command is specified then the environment
variable $SHELL is used.
OPTIONS
-c vtnumber
Use the given VT number and not the first avail
able. Note you must have write access to the sup
plied VT for this to work.
-s Switch to the new VT when starting the command. The
VT of the new command will be made the new current
VT.
-u Figure out the owner of the current VT, and run
login as that user. Suitable to be called by init.
Shouldn't be used with -c or -l.
-l Make the command a login shell. A - is prepended to
the name of the command to be executed.
-v Be a bit more verbose.
-w wait for command to complete. If -w and -s are used
together then open will switch back to the control
ling terminal when the command completes.
-- end of options to open.
NOTE
If open is compiled with a POSIX (Gnu) getopt() and you
wish to set options to the command to be run, then you
must supply the end of options -- flag before the command.
EXAMPLES
open can be used to start a shell on the next free VT, by
using the command:
open bash
To start the shell as a login shell, use:
To get a long listing you must supply the -- separator:
open -- ls -l
SEE ALSO
login(1), doshell(8), switchto(1).
AUTHOR
Jon Tombs <jon@gtex02.us.es or jon@robots.ox.ac.uk>
-w idea from "sam".
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