A simple script that opens up xterm with a command or an alias!!!

xtermcmd

#!/bin/bash
# For running commands on xterm startup.

# The newline is needed, because bash does weird things with aliases. Bash
# needs a line before the shopt command takes effect. That was a wild goose
# chase!

# http://www.delorie.com/gnu/docs/bash/bashref_72.html
xtermcmd() {
	xterm -e "bash --rcfile <(echo -e \"shopt -s expand_aliases; . ~/.bashrc;\n$*\")"
}

xtermcmd "$*"

It looks simple, but it was a pain. Partly because of xterm and partly because of weird quirks with bash and aliases. But it works now! You can supply your alias to this simple script and it will run your alias in a terminal! Yahoo!