dex

DesktopEntry Execution is a program to generate and execute DesktopEntry files of the Application type. More information: <https://github.com/jceb/dex>.

Install

All systems
curl cmd.cat/dex.sh
Debian Debian
apt-get install dex
Ubuntu
apt-get install dex
Arch Arch Linux
pacman -S dex
image/svg+xml Kali Linux
apt-get install dex
Fedora
dnf install dex
Windows (WSL2)
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install dex
OS X
brew install dex
Raspbian
apt-get install dex
Dockerfile
dockerfile.run/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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