dex
DesktopEntry Execution is a program to generate and execute DesktopEntry files of the Application type. More information: https://github.com/jceb/dex.
- Execute all programs in the autostart folders:
dex --autostart
- Execute all programs in the specified folders:
dex --autostart --search-paths {{path/to/directory1}}:{{path/to/directory2}}:{{path/to/directory3}}:
- Preview the programs would be executed in a GNOME specific autostart:
dex --autostart --environment {{GNOME}}
- Preview the programs would be executed in a regular autostart:
dex --autostart --dry-run
- Preview the value of the DesktopEntry property
Name
:dex --property {{Name}} {{path/to/file.desktop}}
- Create a DesktopEntry for a program in the current directory:
dex --create {{path/to/file.desktop}}
- Execute a single program (with
Terminal=true
in the desktop file) in the given terminal:dex --term {{terminal}} {{path/to/file.desktop}}
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