strange problem with command execution at xwsh startup

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From: Vamsee Lakamsani
Date: Tue, 05 Jan 1993 21:16

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%xwsh -e rlogin <any-host>

The above command works on this SGI (Indigo 4.0.5A). But,

%xwsh -e /bin/ls
%xwsh -e cd /usr/people/vamsee/junk
%xwsh -e chdir /usr/people/vamsee/junk
%xwsh -e cd /usr/people/vamsee/junk; vi <somefile>

don't work. The man page says:

" The -e option will pass all trailing arguments to xwsh , to be
   executed as a command line."

What's the difference ? Why does rlogin work and the others don't?
There must be a way to do this simple thing. Any help is appreciated.

Vamsee

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From: vamsee@abgen.tamu.edu (Vamsee Lakamsani)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sgi.misc,comp.sys.sgi.apps,comp.sys.sgi
Subject: strange problem with command execution at xwsh startup
Date: 5 Jan 1993 21:16:10 GMT
Organization: Center for Macromolecular Design, Texas A&M University.
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