Run command prompt

Karl Auer kauer at biplane.com.au
Sat Dec 6 22:20:00 UTC 2025


On Sat, 2025-12-06 at 17:15 +0000, Jon Cosby via ubuntu-users wrote:
> > Do you mean like a little terminal window that pops up, you can
> > enter a command and when the command is finished it disappears
> > again? I haven't seen that on Ubuntu.
> 
> Yeah. That's too bad, it's convenient in launching an application.
> I'm helping someone with a visual impairment migrate from Windows,
> and want to avoid the terminal where possible.

You could probably create a close facsimile using something like
zenity... A script that pops up a dialogue box, then runs the entered
command (in a terminal, I guess).

Regards, K.

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