need help running bash

Print "bash help"
system_ "/bin/bash --help"
Print "running bash"
system_ "/bin/bash"
Print "done"

ideally I want it to open in a specified directory, failing that a method of running the MacOS terminal application would be better perhaps...

at the moment you type commands in (maxide output window) and it just acts plain stupid

For some reason, adding a space after a command makes it work (depending on the command).
For example:

pwd
/bin/bash: line 8: pwd: command not found
pwd 
/Applications/BlitzMax/tmp

...where the second "pwd" had a space after it.

Looks like a problem with the IDE output window (pipes?), as it works properly when you run it from the terminal.