[SOLVED] Run terminal automatically after boot

[ApexDestroyer]

How can I open the terminal within a specified directory automatically after boot, run a command and keep the terminal open?

This is for a Google Assistant relay.

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node index.js

[AndyMH]

In your startup applications (menu > preferences > startup applications) add an entry for

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gnome-terminal

this will give you a terminal window, and if you want to run any commands in it, e.g. cd /xxxx/xxx, alternatively add a script, e.g.

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gnome-terminal myscript.bsh

[ApexDestroyer]

I'm doing something wrong.
All I get is the terminal at boot in the default dir.
The script runs correctly outside of startup manager.

startup command:
/home/michael/assistant-relay-master/autostart.bsh

autostart.bsh:

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#! /bin/bash
# script to run Google Assistant APK on startup
gnome-terminal cd /home/michael/assistant-relay-master
node index.js

[Flemur]

autostart.bsh:

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#! /bin/bash
# script to run Google Assistant APK on startup
gnome-terminal cd /home/michael/assistant-relay-master
node index.js

http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/xen ... nal.1.html
I think you need this bit:

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OPTIONS
-e, --command=STRING
Execute the argument to this option inside the terminal.

and

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--working-directory=DIRNAME
                 Set the terminal's working directory to DIRNAME.

"cd" can be weird inside scripts - check the DIRNAME param.

[ZeckeSZ]

Something like this should work:

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gnome-terminal --working-directory=/home/michael/assistant-relay-master -x bash -c "node index.js; bash"

[ApexDestroyer]

After a lot of trial and error I found a combination that worked to open gnome terminal in a specific dir and -x the jsn

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#! /bin/bash
# script to run Google Assistant APK on startup
gnome-terminal --working-directory=assistant-relay-master/	-x node "index.js"

I added this to the startup applications and Bob's your Uncle!