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07-16-2013

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Automate an application using scripting, managing multiple terminals

Hi

I am new to Ubuntu and Bash scripting. I am working on a project to give a demo on an SDN application to my class. I need some help in scripting to create the demo. Please help in case if you have any idea on what am asking.

The demo uses a tool called mininet. I need just one script so that I can automate the whole of my demo.

The commands I need to run are given in order below.

1. Run "sudo mn" on the terminal. This changes the prompt from

/mininet$ sudo mn

to

mininet>

2. Now on this terminal where the prompt is 'mininet>' , I need to run "xterm h1" followed by "xterm h2" to create separate terminals for two hosts created by mininet.

3. I have to access the xterm terminal for h1 and run a command there . eg: ifconfig

4. I have to access the xterm terminal for h2 and run a command there . eg : set ip address

5. I have to run a ping in xterm terminal for h1 and while this is happening, i want to access terminals of h2 and start a ping in xterm terminals of h2.

6. I have to go back to the previous terminal from where the xterm terminals were spawned. 'mininet>' prompt one. and run "exit" and then when the promp goes back to normal '/mininet$' i have to "sudo mn -c" .

All of this should be done from one script. Please ignore the specific command mentioned and give a generic solution or clues.

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xtitle

XTITLE(1)						      General Commands Manual							 XTITLE(1)

NAME

       xtitle - set window title and icon name for an X11 terminal window

SYNOPSIS

       xtitle [ -tiq ] [ -- ] string ...  | [ -V ] [ -h ]

DESCRIPTION

       Xtitle  will set the window title and/or the icon name of the terminal window in which it is run to be its command line arguments.  It does
       this by outputting the appropriate xterm(1) control sequence characters.  Unless suppressed, xtitle will also report the  settings  it  has
       made.

OPTIONS

       --	 Interprets all following arguments as strings instead of options.

       -h, --help
		 Prints a helpful usage message.

       -i, --icon
		 Only set the icon name.  Default sets both.

       -t, --title
		 Only set the window title.  Default sets both.

       -v, --verbose
		 Quiet mode.  Doesn't report the settings performed.

       -V, --version
		 Only prints the program version.

CAVEATS

       Xtitle  is  known  to  work  with  xterm(1)  and  dtterm(1).  The effect of the control sequences in other terminals is not known, though I
       wouldn't expect any problems.

VERSION

       1.0.2

AUTHOR

       Steve Kinzler, kinzler@cs.indiana.edu, Nov 1993/Nov 1998/Mar 2000/Dec 2009

URL

       http://www.cs.indiana.edu/~kinzler/xtitle/

SEE ALSO

       xterm(1), dtterm(1)

								       1.0.2								 XTITLE(1)