The man page for the version that I have does not mention '--' nor the fact that the --execute option is obsolete --- BUT! ... the '--' option *does* work and functions as desired with the command-line you gave... the '-h' is echoed properly.
Thank you for taking the time to look into this. The man page probably needs to be updated as even the 'Zesty' version still shows the --command and --execute options (and no '--') with the same description as 16.04 LTS. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-terminal in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1663737 Title: --execute changes following -h to --help Status in gnome-terminal package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: Description: Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS Release: 16.04 gnome-terminal: Installed: 3.18.3-1ubuntu1 Candidate: 3.18.3-1ubuntu1 Version table: *** 3.18.3-1ubuntu1 500 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status Create a bash script called echoParams.sh somewhere in your current path (attached): #!/bin/bash for param in "$@" do echo "param '$param'" done echo -n "Enter to finish..." read junk Execute the following: $ gnome-terminal --execute echoParams.sh -h In a new terminal window the output is: param '--help' Enter to finish... ... meanwhile, back at the command line: $ which gnome-terminal /usr/bin/gnome-terminal $ gnome-terminal --version GNOME Terminal 3.18.3 The '-h' is being translated and passed as '--help' ... which is no help at all if the --execute command expects '-h'. All puns intended. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-terminal/+bug/1663737/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
