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Bug 84272 - -e COMMAND option not working correctly
-e COMMAND option not working correctly
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 87063
Product: gnome-core
Classification: Deprecated
Component: gnome-terminal
1.4.x
Other Linux
: Normal minor
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Assigned To: gnome-core Maintainers
gnome-core Maintainers
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2002-06-05 19:25 UTC by mrad
Modified: 2004-12-22 21:47 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: ---


Description mrad 2002-06-05 19:25:33 UTC 
Using Gnome Terminal 1.4.0.4, the following command fails:

gnome-terminal --geometry=80x60 -e 'ssh localhost'

From the output of strace, it seems it's trying to exec '80x60'.
However, this command does what you would expect:

gnome-terminal --geometry=80x60 --command='ssh localhost'

So I guess this is just an argument parsing problem, or maybe the help
message describes the -e option wrong.
Comment 1 Kjartan Maraas 2002-08-17 14:12:02 UTC 
Does it work if you remove the '' around the ssh command?
Comment 2 Kjartan Maraas 2002-08-17 14:23:09 UTC 

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 87063 ***