How can I keep the gnome-terminal open after a program closes?

1. First option: edit gnome-terminal settings

In gnome-terminal, go to preferences, the "Title and command" tab. Then click the drop-down list "When command finishes", choose "Keep terminal open".

2. If you prefer not to have an effect on all terminals

You can add bashas a last command. In my test,

Exec=gnome-terminal -e 'bash -c "gedit; echo Monkey; bash"'

did the job. In your command, you probably need to do it like:

Exec=gnome-terminal --geometry=... --window-with-profile=... --title=... -e 'bash -c "ssh -t -i ~/dsa.key [email protected] sudo -s; bash"'

3. Keep the terminal open until you hit Enter

Another option is to place read line at the end of your commands. In that case, the terminal will stay open until you hit Enter

From my test:

Exec=gnome-terminal -e 'bash -c "gedit; echo Monkey; read line"'

Or in your command probably:

Exec=gnome-terminal --geometry=... --window-with-profile=... --title=... -e 'bash -c "ssh -t -i ~/dsa.key [email protected] sudo -s; read line"'

Notes

• Note that this launcher will "steel" possible other windows from gnome-terminal's own application launcher in the Unity Launcher, since this launcher calls gnome-terminalin its "main" command. Cleaner would be to add the command as a shortcut to the existing gnome-terminal launcher (or any other launcher you'd like).
• Since the command in the launcher already calls gnome-terminal, you do not need to set Terminal=true.

You can do this by simply adding '$SHELL' variable at the end of your command. See below example in Exec=.... line.

[Desktop Entry]
Type=Application
Terminal=true
Name=MDS Control
Icon=utilities-terminal
Exec=gnome-terminal -e "bash -c 'Your command;$SHELL'"
Categories=Application;
Name[en_US]=MDS-Control

I played around with this code for a few minutes. I think I found a solution. Here is my (a bit oversimplified when it comes to the details) code:

[Desktop Entry]
Terminal=true
Type=Application
Name[en_US]=ssh
Exec=gnome-terminal -e 'bash -c "ssh"' && gnome-terminal --geometry=... --window-with-profile=... --title=... -e 'bash'

Hope this helps!

I just added a line of code executing gnome-terminal with raw bash using the && command.

EDIT: I just realized someone already solved it!! Oops!