Script to Run Multiple Tail Commands in Different Command Line Tabs

run_log_tail_commands.sh

#!/bin/bash
# Blog Post: http://joaoperibeiro.com/command-line-script-to-launch-multiple-tabs/

# Array of commands to run in different tabs
commands=(
    'tail -f /var/log/apache2/access.log'
    'tail -f /var/log/apache2/error.log'
    'tail -f /usr/local/var/postgres/server.log'
)

# Build final command with all the tabs to launch
set finalCommand=""
for (( i = 0; i < ${#commands[@]}; i++ )); do
    export finalCommand+="--tab -e 'bash -c \"${commands[$i]}\"' "
done

# Run the final command
eval "gnome-terminal "$finalCommand

For more info check http://joaoperibeiro.com/command-line-script-to-launch-multiple-tabs/