#!/bin/bash

function startxterm() {
#3 is ssh options such as -C
        if [ "$1" = localhost ] ; then  
                xterm -ls -rv $2 &
        elif [ "$1" != "" ] ; then
                xterm -rv $2 -e ssh $3 "$1" &
        fi
}

startxterm "$1" "-geometry 80x24+1+1"
startxterm "$2" "-geometry 80x24+512+2"
startxterm "$3" "-geometry 80x24+1+346"
startxterm "$4" "-geometry 80x24+512+346"