[solved] rox run action - open xterm and run command?

Probably a really simple question but I'm not having any luck.
I want to set a run action in rox for mp3 files to bring up xterm and run mpg123 in it. I've tried pipes and redirects but they don't work. Any ideas?

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karol wrote:
xterm -hold -e "cd ~/test/ && ls"
works too.
I don't know what $command do you mean, but this will list th ~/test directory.
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