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OPEN

Section: Linux 1.x (1)
Updated: V1.4
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NAME

open - start a program on a new virtual terminal (VT).

SYNOPSIS

open [-c vtnumber] [-s] [-u] [-l] [-v] [--] command command_options

DESCRIPTION

openwill find the first available VT, and run on it the given commandwith the given command options,standard input, output and error are directed to that terminal. The currentsearch path ($PATH) is used to find the requested command. If no command isspecified then the environment variable $SHELL is used.

OPTIONS

-c vtnumber: Use the given VT number and not the first available. Note youmust have write access to the supplied VT for this to work.
-s: Switch to the new VT when starting the command. The VT of the new commandwill be made the new current VT.
-u: Figure out the owner of the current VT, and run login as that user.Suitable to be called by init. Shouldn't be used with -c or -l.
-l: Make the command a login shell. A - is prepended to the name of the commandto be executed.
-v: Be a bit more verbose.
-w: wait for command to complete. If -w and -s are used together thenopenwill switch back to the controlling terminal when the command completes.
--: end of options to open.

NOTE

If open is compiled with a POSIX (Gnu) getopt() and you wish to setoptions to the command to be run, then you must supplythe end of options -- flag before the command.