Bug 1301075

Summary: gnome-terminal ignores the -e, --command option argument
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Reporter: Jiri Prajzner <jprajzne>
Component: gnome-terminalAssignee: Debarshi Ray <debarshir>
Status: CLOSED WONTFIX QA Contact: Desktop QE <desktop-qa-list>
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Version: 7.6CC: debarshir, extras-qa, mclasen, tpelka
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Last Closed: 2020-02-11 17:04:19 UTC Type: Bug
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Description Jiri Prajzner 2016-01-22 14:24:44 UTC 
+++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug #1299467 +++

Description of problem:
gnome-terminal ignores the -e, --command option argument, thus it's impossible to execute a command in new window or a tab.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
3.18.2

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. execute gnome-terminal -e pwd
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Actual results:
no output from the pwd is printed out

Expected results:
output from pwd is printed out

Additional info:
This option prevents other options like --window or --zoom from working, that's why the severity is set to high
Comment 2 Jiri Prajzner 2018-07-11 11:30:49 UTC 
gnome-terminal -e pwd
# Option “-e” is deprecated and might be removed in a later version of gnome-terminal.
# Use “-- ” to terminate the options and put the command line to execute after it.
gnome-terminal -- pwd 
still doesn't execute the command in new terminal window
Comment 3 Debarshi Ray 2020-02-11 17:01:17 UTC 
I think that this is working as intended.

When you do 'gnome-terminal -- pwd' the new terminal gets closed as soon as the 'pwd' command has finished. This happens almost instantaneously and you don't see the new terminal.

Instead try:
$ gnome-terminal -- sh -c "pwd; sleep 10"

Or:
$ gnome-terminal -- emacs -nw
$ gnome-terminal -- vim
Comment 4 RHEL Program Management 2020-02-11 17:04:19 UTC 
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