Have script run itself in a virtual terminal 

tty >/dev/null || { urxvt -e /bin/sh -c "tty >/tmp/proc$$; while test x; do sleep 1; done" & while test ! -f /tmp/proc$$; do sleep .1; done; FN=$(cat /tmp/proc$$); rm /tmp/proc$$; exec >$FN 2>$FN <$FN; }

March 9, 2018 — openiduser111

Explanation

  • We begin by testing if the script is not in a terminal with tty.
  • If it is not we start a terminal that runs tty and saves it to a filename. $$ was set by the original script and is its PID. That is opened in the background using & and then the original script waits for the filename to appear, then reads and removes it.
  • Finally, the main command is a special syntax of the bash builtin command exec that contains nothing but redirections (of stdout, stderr, and stdin) so they will apply to every command in the rest of the script file.
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Have script run itself in a virtual terminal 

tty >/dev/null || { urxvt -hold -e "$0" "$@" & exit; }

March 6, 2014 — openiduser111