Leave xterm open after task is complete

From xterm(1):

   -hold   Turn on the hold resource, i.e.,  xterm  will  not  immediately
           destroy  its  window when the shell command completes.  It will
           wait until you use the window manager to destroy/kill the  win‐
           dow,  or  if you use the menu entries that send a signal, e.g.,
           HUP or KILL.

Standard command: xterm -hold "echo I'm a boy"

Gambas Code: exec["xterm", "-hold", "-e", "ps aux"

The problem is that there is no shell running in the xterm for it to go back to when the tests are done.

Try this.

xterm -e "echo hi;bash"

Or

xterm -e "echo hi;read"