script help

[rburkartjo]

running 20.04
i have this script to output local weather
#!/bin/bash
curl http://wttr.in

however when i run i want to have terminal on maximum size
how do i do note terminal is normally set to open at smaller size and want to keep it that way only need change when run this script/tks

[Holger_Gehrke]

wmctrl might be what you want.

wmctrl -r :ACTIVE: -b toggle,maximized_vert,maximized_horz

used in a script will toggle the currently active window - that should be the terminal in which the shell that executes the script is running - to horizontally and vertically maximized and back.

Holger

[rburkartjo]

tks hol but didnt work

[rburkartjo]

okay i can get this script to work
gnome-terminal --window --maximize
however when try to tie to the weather script the terminal opens maxed but cant get the weather script to run in it

[halogen2]

Specify your script on command line of gnome-terminal -

gnome-terminal --window --maximize -- '/full/path/to/your/script'

replacing /full/path/to/your/script with that actual path (keep the quotes as shown in the code box).

With this method, the terminal might automatically close when the script is completed. If you want to get the chance to review the output, you could add the line

read

at the end of your script to require pressing Enter to complete the script and thus close the terminal.

[ActionParsnip]

Make sure you mark your script as executable with:

chmod +x /full/path/to/your/script

[TheFu]

wmctrl might be what you want.

wmctrl -r :ACTIVE: -b toggle,maximized_vert,maximized_horz

used in a script will toggle the currently active window - that should be the terminal in which the shell that executes the script is running - to horizontally and vertically maximized and back.

Holger

Worked for me. I use xterms.
But I really need to set the font to a smaller size for that output to fit on one screen without wrapping.

[rburkartjo]

tks everyone for your input
here is the script that finally worked
#!/bin/bash
wmctrl -r :ACTIVE: -b toggle,maximized_vert,maximized_horz
#!/bin/bash
'/home/ray/weather'

[TheFu]

tks everyone for your input
here is the script that finally worked

#!/bin/bash
wmctrl -r :ACTIVE: -b toggle,maximized_vert,maximized_horz
/home/ray/weather

is probably what you want and if you use curl to hit /usr/bin/curl https://wttr.in/
then just use,

#!/bin/bash
wmctrl -r :ACTIVE: -b toggle,maximized_vert,maximized_horz
/usr/bin/curl   https://wttr.in/

to save a few extra processes from starting.

[rburkartjo]

tks fu