I figured out my part of my problem, it's not that the command isn't executing, the Terminal just closes upon completion.
I used the "top" command as a test, which held the Terminal windows open until I pressed "q" to quit, then the Window closed.
So it would actually perform the "ls" command, then just close on me, before I realized anything even happened.
Is there a way to keep the Terminal window open after executing a command with the applet parameter "commandline"?
I would like to be returned to the shell, so further manual commands may be executed.
Thanks again,
Jeff