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dex — DesktopEntry Execution is a program to generate and execute DesktopEntry files of the Application ty
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dex command: DesktopEntry Execution is a program to generate and execute DesktopEntry files of the Application type. More information: <https://github.com/jceb/dex#dex>.Solution
dex — DesktopEntry Execution is a program to generate and execute DesktopEntry files of the Application type. More information: <https://github.com/jceb/dex#dex>.Execute all programs in the autostart folders:
dex {{[-a|--autostart]}}Execute all programs in the specified folders:
dex {{[-a|--autostart]}} {{[-s|--search-paths]}} {{path/to/directory1}}:{{path/to/directory2}}:{{path/to/directory3}}:Preview the programs would be executed in a GNOME specific autostart:
dex {{[-a|--autostart]}} {{[-e|--environment]}} {{GNOME}}Preview the programs would be executed in a regular autostart:
dex {{[-a|--autostart]}} {{[-d|--dry-run]}}Preview the value of the DesktopEntry property
Name:dex {{[-p|--property]}} {{Name}} {{path/to/file.desktop}}Create a DesktopEntry for a program in the current directory:
dex {{[-c|--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}}Code Snippets
Execute all programs in the autostart folders
dex {{[-a|--autostart]}}Execute all programs in the specified folders
dex {{[-a|--autostart]}} {{[-s|--search-paths]}} {{path/to/directory1}}:{{path/to/directory2}}:{{path/to/directory3}}:Preview the programs would be executed in a GNOME specific autostart
dex {{[-a|--autostart]}} {{[-e|--environment]}} {{GNOME}}Preview the programs would be executed in a regular autostart
dex {{[-a|--autostart]}} {{[-d|--dry-run]}}Preview the value of the DesktopEntry property `Name`
dex {{[-p|--property]}} {{Name}} {{path/to/file.desktop}}Context
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