 <p>You can launch your softwares from the terminal binaries themselves to get a new terminal for each. It would depend on the terminal you use. With <code>konsole</code> you can have</p> <pre><code>konsole -e command [args] ... </code></pre> <p>With gnome-terminal you do:</p> <pre><code>gnome-terminal -e command [args] &amp; </code></pre> <p>With xterm:</p> <pre><code>xterm -e command [args] &amp; </code></pre> <p>Probably refer as well to a similar thread: <a href="http://stackoverflow.com/questions/18669866/run-multiple-sh-scripts-from-one-sh-script-centos">Run multiple .sh scripts from one .sh script? CentOS</a></p>