In the terminal you can go "Edit"->"Current Profile"->"Title and Command" and set "When command exits" to "Hold terminal open."
Your example works for me also, so there's another work-around. Note that I'm still new to Linux so I may just be doing something dumb :) -- gnome-terminal with --command option fails after first time https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/157266 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug contact for gnome-terminal in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs