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-xterm -xrm '​*hold:​ true' -e $1 &   # this is to keep xterm from closing+==== ls by last edited... ==== 
 + 
 +  * return the last edited file  
 + 
 +<code bash>ls -ct1 | head -1</​code>​ 
 + 
 +broken into elements: 
 + 
 +<code bash>ls -c #sorts by ctime, newest first 
 +ls -clt #shows ctime and sorts by ctime 
 +ls -cl #show ctime, sorts by name 
 +</​code>​ 
 + 
 + 
 +==== xterm: keep open ==== 
 + 
 + 
 +  * run a command in xterm, keep xterm open even after the process finished or exited with an error 
 + 
 +<code bash>xterm -xrm '​*hold:​ true' -e $1 &   # this is to keep xterm from closing
 pid1=$! ​ # this is to save the pid, in case you want to close it pid1=$! ​ # this is to save the pid, in case you want to close it
 disown ​  # this is to prevent the finishing shell from closing the xterm disown ​  # this is to prevent the finishing shell from closing the xterm
 +</​code>​
  
 +explained here: http://​stackoverflow.com/​questions/​11668558/​open-several-xterm-windows-from-script-without-closing
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