#!/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 $1 not found" exit 1 fi exec xterm -title "$* (`abbr "$PWD"`)" $o -e $p "$@"