Re: Bash equivalent of cmd /k switch

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From: Nate Eldredge
Date: Tue, 02 Jun 2009 20:56

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Ben <bgold12@gmail.com> writes:

> On Windows, cmd.exe has the /k switch, which lets you execute a
> command given by a command-line argument, and then the shell remains
> open after finishing the execution of the command. I know bash has -c
> which lets you execute a command given by a command-line argument, but
> then the shell closes after finishing the command (this is analogous
> to the cmd.exe /c switch). My question is, is there a bash equivalent
> of the cmd.exe /k switch that can be used to execute a command and
> then remain open?

You could write your command to a file, and use --rcfile to point to
it.  But I'm having a hard time understanding why you want to do this;
most of the things I can imagine to do with this have better ways of
doing them.  What's your goal here?

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