title: How to open a new terminal and run commands from an already active shell file
body: <p>I am fairly new to Linux, so if I am referencing something with the wrong wording please let me know!</p>
  
  <p>I have created the following shell file, which works perfectly:</p>
  
  <pre><code>#!/bin/bash
  
  cd ~/Desktop/folder/
  cd companion &amp;&amp; npm start
  
  The lines I want to add below:    
  
  Opens New Terminal with the following:
  cd ~/Desktop/folder/
  cd javaclient &amp;&amp; mvn exec:exec
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>When I execute this shell file it works fine and runs my app, however I want to add some lines in there that would open a new terminal window ('lxterminal' works for me) and run a few commands that would start running another app. Does anyone know how I can accomplish this? Any help/suggestions will be much appreciated!</p>
  
  <p>P.S. The whole idea is to run 2 apps in 2 separate terminal windows by only executing 1 shell file.</p>