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diff --git a/etc/xtopen b/etc/xtopen
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+#!/bin/sh
+
+# xtopen -- run command in xterm
+
+abbr() {
+	case "$1" in
+        /home/$USER/*)	a='~'${1#/home/$USER} ;;
+        /home/$USER)	a='~' ;;
+        /home/*)	a='~'${1#/home/} ;;
+	*)		a=$1 ;;
+	esac
+	printf '%s\n' "$a"
+}
+
+if [ $# -eq 0 ]; then
+	xmessage -buttons sorry:0 -default sorry -nearmouse \
+		"usage: $0 [-o xterm-opt] [-p prefix] cmd ..."
+	exit 1
+fi
+
+o=
+p=
+while getopts o:p: opt; do
+	case $opt in
+	o)	o=$OPTARG ;;
+	p)	p=$OPTARG ;;
+	?)	xmessage -buttons sorry:0 -default sorry -nearmouse \
+			error: "unknown flag $1"
+		exit 1 ;;
+	esac
+done
+shift $((OPTIND-1))
+
+if ! which "$1" >/dev/null; then
+	xmessage -default okay -nearmouse \
+		error: "program $1 not found"
+	exit 1
+fi
+
+export LC_ALL=en_US.ISO8859-1 # speed up xterm start
+exec xterm -title "$* (`abbr "$PWD"`)" $o -e u $p "$@"