This does exactly what I need. I knew it had to be simple.

Thanks for everyone's help

Patrick

Mike Miller wrote:
> On Wed, 11 Oct 2006, Patrick McCabe wrote:
> 
>> I am trying to run a script in a new xterm window, but I want the 
>> window to remain after the script completes. Something like
>>
>> $ xterm -e ~/bin/myscript
>>
>> But here the xterm window closes after the script is complete. This
>> seems like an easy problem, but I can't figure out how to do it.
> 
> 
> How does this work for you?...
> 
> $ xterm -e '~/bin/myscript ; bash'
> 
> Mike
>