Equivalent terminal command to launcher icon
How can I find the equivalent terminal command of some program I started from the GUI? For example, I open the start menu, go to accessories, and start the image viewer. Is there a way to find the equivalent terminal command for that action?
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How can I find the equivalent terminal command of some program I started from the GUI? For example, I open the start menu, go to accessories, and start the image viewer. Is there a way to find the equivalent terminal command for that action?
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How can I find the equivalent terminal command of some program I started from the GUI? For example, I open the start menu, go to accessories, and start the image viewer. Is there a way to find the equivalent terminal command for that action?
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Right click the menu entry, select properties.
Select the Desktop Entry tab, command shows the terminal command, in this case 'gpicview'.
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Nice succinct answer but can I suggest you clarify that, from this example, the%fis not part of the command that you might try running on the terminal but rather expanded to a filename by the menu entry. Other options are listed here developer.gnome.org/integration-guide/stable/…
– Roger Jones
yesterday
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Right click the menu entry, select properties.
Select the Desktop Entry tab, command shows the terminal command, in this case 'gpicview'.
answered 2 days ago
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Nice succinct answer but can I suggest you clarify that, from this example, the%fis not part of the command that you might try running on the terminal but rather expanded to a filename by the menu entry. Other options are listed here developer.gnome.org/integration-guide/stable/…
– Roger Jones
yesterday
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Right click the menu entry, select properties.
Select the Desktop Entry tab, command shows the terminal command, in this case 'gpicview'.
answered 2 days ago
CoderMikeCoderMike
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Nice succinct answer but can I suggest you clarify that, from this example, the%fis not part of the command that you might try running on the terminal but rather expanded to a filename by the menu entry. Other options are listed here developer.gnome.org/integration-guide/stable/…
– Roger Jones
yesterday
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Right click the menu entry, select properties.
Select the Desktop Entry tab, command shows the terminal command, in this case 'gpicview'.
answered 2 days ago
CoderMikeCoderMike
2,0211312
Right click the menu entry, select properties.
Select the Desktop Entry tab, command shows the terminal command, in this case 'gpicview'.
answered 2 days ago
CoderMikeCoderMike
2,0211312
answered 2 days ago
CoderMikeCoderMike
2,0211312
answered 2 days ago
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answered 2 days ago
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Nice succinct answer but can I suggest you clarify that, from this example, the%fis not part of the command that you might try running on the terminal but rather expanded to a filename by the menu entry. Other options are listed here developer.gnome.org/integration-guide/stable/…
– Roger Jones
yesterday
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Nice succinct answer but can I suggest you clarify that, from this example, the%fis not part of the command that you might try running on the terminal but rather expanded to a filename by the menu entry. Other options are listed here developer.gnome.org/integration-guide/stable/…
– Roger Jones
yesterday
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Nice succinct answer but can I suggest you clarify that, from this example, the
%f is not part of the command that you might try running on the terminal but rather expanded to a filename by the menu entry. Other options are listed here developer.gnome.org/integration-guide/stable/…– Roger Jones
yesterday
Nice succinct answer but can I suggest you clarify that, from this example, the
%f is not part of the command that you might try running on the terminal but rather expanded to a filename by the menu entry. Other options are listed here developer.gnome.org/integration-guide/stable/…– Roger Jones
yesterday
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