xfce-terminal new window at random location plus echo that value-CodePudding

I want to spawn new xfce-terminal windows and run some arbitrary code. I can get it to generate a random number and use that as the X coordinate for the window location, but I would like to also pass the value and have it (for example) print it in the new window.

So if I have:

TEST=$(( $RANDOM % 100   20 ))
xfce4-terminal --geometry 160x40 $TEST 40 -e 'bash -c "echo the number is $TEST; bash"'

It correctly creates the window at the random location, but the terminal output in the new window is "the number is " without the value attached.

Any insight appreciated, thanks.

CodePudding user response：

Single quotes don't allow variable expansions. Use double quotes instead (which requires switching to single quotes on the inside).

... -e "bash -c 'echo the number is $TEST; bash'"