How to execute sh script from a desktop shortcut?

Im trying to make a shortcut to login my ssh server:

ssh x.x.x.x

I made the following file:

ssh_home.sh

Made it executable:

sudo chmod +x ./ssh_home

Checked by right clicking properties to check if it was executable and it was..

But whatever I do, when double clicking it, it will launch gedit.
I tried "Open With" but no terminal app is shown there.
I searched the net but only found a way to link to the file while not integrating it in one "shortcut file"

edited Sep 20 '13 at 0:31

kiri

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asked May 23 '13 at 11:48

michel

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Did you add #! /usr/bin/sh at the beginning of the file (the first line)?

– Misery
May 23 '13 at 11:50

Out of interest, what version of Ubuntu are you running? In principle it should be just a case of marking the file as executable in Properties/Permissions, but on 13.04 this seems not to work for me (even directly on the .sh file, with #! /bin/bash at the start...)

– Jez W
May 23 '13 at 11:59

Also check owner and permissions. Does user clicking it have permission to run it?

– Misery
May 23 '13 at 12:04

1

Your commands can't be correct - You're referring to ssh_home.sh and /ssh_home, which are not the same files.

– l0b0
May 23 '13 at 12:04

1

@Misery: It's /bin/sh, not /usr/bin/sh. (/usr/bin/sh will happen to work on systems where /bin and /usr/bin are the same directory; I don't think that's the case for Ubuntu>)

– Keith Thompson
Jul 10 '15 at 21:05

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Im trying to make a shortcut to login my ssh server:

ssh x.x.x.x

I made the following file:

ssh_home.sh

Made it executable:

sudo chmod +x ./ssh_home

Checked by right clicking properties to check if it was executable and it was..

edited Sep 20 '13 at 0:31

kiri

19.2k1359105

asked May 23 '13 at 11:48

michel

154124

2

Did you add #! /usr/bin/sh at the beginning of the file (the first line)?

– Misery
May 23 '13 at 11:50

Out of interest, what version of Ubuntu are you running? In principle it should be just a case of marking the file as executable in Properties/Permissions, but on 13.04 this seems not to work for me (even directly on the .sh file, with #! /bin/bash at the start...)

– Jez W
May 23 '13 at 11:59

Also check owner and permissions. Does user clicking it have permission to run it?

– Misery
May 23 '13 at 12:04

1

Your commands can't be correct - You're referring to ssh_home.sh and /ssh_home, which are not the same files.

– l0b0
May 23 '13 at 12:04

1

@Misery: It's /bin/sh, not /usr/bin/sh. (/usr/bin/sh will happen to work on systems where /bin and /usr/bin are the same directory; I don't think that's the case for Ubuntu>)

– Keith Thompson
Jul 10 '15 at 21:05

|
show 4 more comments

Im trying to make a shortcut to login my ssh server:

ssh x.x.x.x

I made the following file:

ssh_home.sh

Made it executable:

sudo chmod +x ./ssh_home

Checked by right clicking properties to check if it was executable and it was..

edited Sep 20 '13 at 0:31

kiri

19.2k1359105

asked May 23 '13 at 11:48

michel

154124

Im trying to make a shortcut to login my ssh server:

ssh x.x.x.x

I made the following file:

ssh_home.sh

Made it executable:

sudo chmod +x ./ssh_home

Checked by right clicking properties to check if it was executable and it was..

bash shortcuts

edited Sep 20 '13 at 0:31

kiri

19.2k1359105

asked May 23 '13 at 11:48

michel

154124

edited Sep 20 '13 at 0:31

kiri

19.2k1359105

asked May 23 '13 at 11:48

michel

154124

edited Sep 20 '13 at 0:31

kiri

19.2k1359105

edited Sep 20 '13 at 0:31

kiri

19.2k1359105

edited Sep 20 '13 at 0:31

kiri

19.2k1359105

asked May 23 '13 at 11:48

michel

154124

asked May 23 '13 at 11:48

michel

154124

asked May 23 '13 at 11:48

michel

154124

2

Did you add #! /usr/bin/sh at the beginning of the file (the first line)?

– Misery
May 23 '13 at 11:50

Out of interest, what version of Ubuntu are you running? In principle it should be just a case of marking the file as executable in Properties/Permissions, but on 13.04 this seems not to work for me (even directly on the .sh file, with #! /bin/bash at the start...)

– Jez W
May 23 '13 at 11:59

Also check owner and permissions. Does user clicking it have permission to run it?

– Misery
May 23 '13 at 12:04

1

Your commands can't be correct - You're referring to ssh_home.sh and /ssh_home, which are not the same files.

– l0b0
May 23 '13 at 12:04

1

@Misery: It's /bin/sh, not /usr/bin/sh. (/usr/bin/sh will happen to work on systems where /bin and /usr/bin are the same directory; I don't think that's the case for Ubuntu>)

– Keith Thompson
Jul 10 '15 at 21:05

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show 4 more comments

2

Did you add #! /usr/bin/sh at the beginning of the file (the first line)?

– Misery
May 23 '13 at 11:50

Out of interest, what version of Ubuntu are you running? In principle it should be just a case of marking the file as executable in Properties/Permissions, but on 13.04 this seems not to work for me (even directly on the .sh file, with #! /bin/bash at the start...)

– Jez W
May 23 '13 at 11:59

Also check owner and permissions. Does user clicking it have permission to run it?

– Misery
May 23 '13 at 12:04

1

Your commands can't be correct - You're referring to ssh_home.sh and /ssh_home, which are not the same files.

– l0b0
May 23 '13 at 12:04

1

@Misery: It's /bin/sh, not /usr/bin/sh. (/usr/bin/sh will happen to work on systems where /bin and /usr/bin are the same directory; I don't think that's the case for Ubuntu>)

– Keith Thompson
Jul 10 '15 at 21:05

Did you add #! /usr/bin/sh at the beginning of the file (the first line)?

– Misery
May 23 '13 at 11:50

Out of interest, what version of Ubuntu are you running? In principle it should be just a case of marking the file as executable in Properties/Permissions, but on 13.04 this seems not to work for me (even directly on the .sh file, with #! /bin/bash at the start...)

– Jez W
May 23 '13 at 11:59

Also check owner and permissions. Does user clicking it have permission to run it?

– Misery
May 23 '13 at 12:04

Your commands can't be correct - You're referring to ssh_home.sh and /ssh_home, which are not the same files.

– l0b0
May 23 '13 at 12:04

@Misery: It's /bin/sh, not /usr/bin/sh. (/usr/bin/sh will happen to work on systems where /bin and /usr/bin are the same directory; I don't think that's the case for Ubuntu>)

– Keith Thompson
Jul 10 '15 at 21:05

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I know this is a while ago but though if someone else asks I have this answer.

Open nautilus

Files menu -> behaviour tab

Run executable text files when they are opened

In later versions this option is found at: Files menu -> Edit -> Preferences -> behaviour tab

In Ubuntu 14.10 move the mouse to the top of the screen and the File, Edit etc... Menu bar appears. Click EDIT -> Preferences -> Behaviour tab

edited Dec 2 '16 at 14:47

muru

answered Sep 20 '13 at 0:26

Peter

56946

2

This should be the accepted answer IMHO. I was getting rather frustrated trying to figure out why I could not run the shell script from Nautilus.

– David Baucum
Aug 16 '14 at 0:12

What is Files menu? Never seen it.

– IgorGanapolsky
Mar 29 '15 at 16:27

Worked. Right click on my shell script in the file browser. Created link. Then drag and dropped link to desktop. Also did the step above in file browse -> Preferences->run instead of view.

– maxweber
Apr 16 '15 at 15:33

3

One complication is that this affects all executable files. (That might be what you want.)

– Keith Thompson
Jul 10 '15 at 21:06

Great answer! On Ubuntu 18.04, I set it to 'Ask what to do', so I can choose to run or display it every time I double click such a file. Thanks!

– MS Berends
Feb 10 at 16:31

add a comment |

I think it would be better to use a launcher file for your script by creating a ~/Desktop/ssh_home.desktop file with the following contents:

[Desktop Entry]

Version=1.0

Exec=/home/yourname/bin/ssh_home.sh

Name=SSH Server

GenericName=SSH Server

Comment=Connect to My Server

Encoding=UTF-8

Terminal=true

Type=Application

Categories=Application;Network;

That way you will have a clickable icon which will launch your script.

You may have to also set the executable flag with chmod:

chmod +x ~/Desktop/ssh_home.desktop

edited Jan 18 at 22:09

Olivia Stork

1054

answered May 23 '13 at 12:51

Cyril Laury

62645

1

This method IS working but I prefer a 1 file solution...

– michel
May 23 '13 at 14:16

6

@michel If all the script does is run ssh host, you don't need the script, just change the Exec line to Exec=ssh host.

– geirha
May 23 '13 at 18:33

1

This is the only solution that worked for me.

– Aviad P.
Aug 26 '15 at 16:50

I get Untrusted application launcher message box and it doesn't run my command.

– Matt
Dec 27 '18 at 20:00

@Matt try right clicking on the icon, go to Properties > Permissions then select Allow executing file as program. Also if you copy and pasted the text above into your file, make sure there isnt any trailing whitespace after the lines. That may cause your error message.

– Olivia Stork
Jan 18 at 18:38

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The "trap" for me was that I searched via right-clicking on the file for a way to change the behaviour (to have a script run instead of opened in gedit). Don't right-click ! Rather open from the "regular" menu-bar:

Edit-Preferences-Behaviour and change to "run" or "ask each time".

Comment: For my taste there should be a way to run a program via right-clicking too. Especially since right-clicking leads to the menu "open with", which makes you search for "open with bash", however "bash" is not included as an option...

answered Apr 7 '15 at 3:29

patrick pirker

211

For my taste also...

– Marecky
May 10 '17 at 16:37

add a comment |

imo the simplest answer is -

Check that the .sh file works if clicked or run from its own directory.

If it works there, right-click on it in Files aka Nautilus, select
'Make Link'

This produces a file named 'link to xxxx.sh' in the same directory

Drag this onto the desktop

Rename it how you wish eg clean off 'link to' and 'sh', just leave the name,
it will still work.

edited Apr 13 '16 at 6:36

muru

answered Apr 13 '16 at 6:35

Martin Clark

111

Also you can change the icon of the link too. Right-click it, select Properties, click the default icon in the upper left part of the properties window, and so just navigate until you find the image your want to be the icon.

– Brian Hellekin
May 24 '17 at 4:07

add a comment |

I'd say the easiest way to add a shell script to the shortcuts would be to add the .sh file to the home directory. Once copied to the home directory just go to custom shortcuts and add the command sh yourfile.sh

This was my work around hope it helps you

answered Sep 25 '16 at 1:53

Markovitz Hernandez

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5 Answers
5

active

oldest

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I know this is a while ago but though if someone else asks I have this answer.

Open nautilus

Files menu -> behaviour tab

Run executable text files when they are opened

In later versions this option is found at: Files menu -> Edit -> Preferences -> behaviour tab

In Ubuntu 14.10 move the mouse to the top of the screen and the File, Edit etc... Menu bar appears. Click EDIT -> Preferences -> Behaviour tab

edited Dec 2 '16 at 14:47

muru

answered Sep 20 '13 at 0:26

Peter

56946

2

This should be the accepted answer IMHO. I was getting rather frustrated trying to figure out why I could not run the shell script from Nautilus.

– David Baucum
Aug 16 '14 at 0:12

What is Files menu? Never seen it.

– IgorGanapolsky
Mar 29 '15 at 16:27

Worked. Right click on my shell script in the file browser. Created link. Then drag and dropped link to desktop. Also did the step above in file browse -> Preferences->run instead of view.

– maxweber
Apr 16 '15 at 15:33

3

One complication is that this affects all executable files. (That might be what you want.)

– Keith Thompson
Jul 10 '15 at 21:06

Great answer! On Ubuntu 18.04, I set it to 'Ask what to do', so I can choose to run or display it every time I double click such a file. Thanks!

– MS Berends
Feb 10 at 16:31

add a comment |

I know this is a while ago but though if someone else asks I have this answer.

Open nautilus

Files menu -> behaviour tab

Run executable text files when they are opened

In later versions this option is found at: Files menu -> Edit -> Preferences -> behaviour tab

In Ubuntu 14.10 move the mouse to the top of the screen and the File, Edit etc... Menu bar appears. Click EDIT -> Preferences -> Behaviour tab

edited Dec 2 '16 at 14:47

muru

answered Sep 20 '13 at 0:26

Peter

56946

2

This should be the accepted answer IMHO. I was getting rather frustrated trying to figure out why I could not run the shell script from Nautilus.

– David Baucum
Aug 16 '14 at 0:12

What is Files menu? Never seen it.

– IgorGanapolsky
Mar 29 '15 at 16:27

Worked. Right click on my shell script in the file browser. Created link. Then drag and dropped link to desktop. Also did the step above in file browse -> Preferences->run instead of view.

– maxweber
Apr 16 '15 at 15:33

3

One complication is that this affects all executable files. (That might be what you want.)

– Keith Thompson
Jul 10 '15 at 21:06

Great answer! On Ubuntu 18.04, I set it to 'Ask what to do', so I can choose to run or display it every time I double click such a file. Thanks!

– MS Berends
Feb 10 at 16:31

add a comment |

I know this is a while ago but though if someone else asks I have this answer.

Open nautilus

Files menu -> behaviour tab

Run executable text files when they are opened

In later versions this option is found at: Files menu -> Edit -> Preferences -> behaviour tab

In Ubuntu 14.10 move the mouse to the top of the screen and the File, Edit etc... Menu bar appears. Click EDIT -> Preferences -> Behaviour tab

edited Dec 2 '16 at 14:47

muru

answered Sep 20 '13 at 0:26

Peter

56946

I know this is a while ago but though if someone else asks I have this answer.

Open nautilus

Files menu -> behaviour tab

Run executable text files when they are opened

In later versions this option is found at: Files menu -> Edit -> Preferences -> behaviour tab

In Ubuntu 14.10 move the mouse to the top of the screen and the File, Edit etc... Menu bar appears. Click EDIT -> Preferences -> Behaviour tab

edited Dec 2 '16 at 14:47

muru

answered Sep 20 '13 at 0:26

Peter

56946

edited Dec 2 '16 at 14:47

muru

edited Dec 2 '16 at 14:47

muru

edited Dec 2 '16 at 14:47

muru

answered Sep 20 '13 at 0:26

Peter

56946

answered Sep 20 '13 at 0:26

Peter

56946

answered Sep 20 '13 at 0:26

Peter

56946

2

This should be the accepted answer IMHO. I was getting rather frustrated trying to figure out why I could not run the shell script from Nautilus.

– David Baucum
Aug 16 '14 at 0:12

What is Files menu? Never seen it.

– IgorGanapolsky
Mar 29 '15 at 16:27

Worked. Right click on my shell script in the file browser. Created link. Then drag and dropped link to desktop. Also did the step above in file browse -> Preferences->run instead of view.

– maxweber
Apr 16 '15 at 15:33

3

One complication is that this affects all executable files. (That might be what you want.)

– Keith Thompson
Jul 10 '15 at 21:06

Great answer! On Ubuntu 18.04, I set it to 'Ask what to do', so I can choose to run or display it every time I double click such a file. Thanks!

– MS Berends
Feb 10 at 16:31

add a comment |

2

This should be the accepted answer IMHO. I was getting rather frustrated trying to figure out why I could not run the shell script from Nautilus.

– David Baucum
Aug 16 '14 at 0:12

What is Files menu? Never seen it.

– IgorGanapolsky
Mar 29 '15 at 16:27

Worked. Right click on my shell script in the file browser. Created link. Then drag and dropped link to desktop. Also did the step above in file browse -> Preferences->run instead of view.

– maxweber
Apr 16 '15 at 15:33

3

One complication is that this affects all executable files. (That might be what you want.)

– Keith Thompson
Jul 10 '15 at 21:06

Great answer! On Ubuntu 18.04, I set it to 'Ask what to do', so I can choose to run or display it every time I double click such a file. Thanks!

– MS Berends
Feb 10 at 16:31

This should be the accepted answer IMHO. I was getting rather frustrated trying to figure out why I could not run the shell script from Nautilus.

– David Baucum
Aug 16 '14 at 0:12

What is Files menu? Never seen it.

– IgorGanapolsky
Mar 29 '15 at 16:27

Worked. Right click on my shell script in the file browser. Created link. Then drag and dropped link to desktop. Also did the step above in file browse -> Preferences->run instead of view.

– maxweber
Apr 16 '15 at 15:33

One complication is that this affects all executable files. (That might be what you want.)

– Keith Thompson
Jul 10 '15 at 21:06

Great answer! On Ubuntu 18.04, I set it to 'Ask what to do', so I can choose to run or display it every time I double click such a file. Thanks!

– MS Berends
Feb 10 at 16:31

add a comment |

I think it would be better to use a launcher file for your script by creating a ~/Desktop/ssh_home.desktop file with the following contents:

[Desktop Entry]

Version=1.0

Exec=/home/yourname/bin/ssh_home.sh

Name=SSH Server

GenericName=SSH Server

Comment=Connect to My Server

Encoding=UTF-8

Terminal=true

Type=Application

Categories=Application;Network;

That way you will have a clickable icon which will launch your script.

You may have to also set the executable flag with chmod:

chmod +x ~/Desktop/ssh_home.desktop

edited Jan 18 at 22:09

Olivia Stork

1054

answered May 23 '13 at 12:51

Cyril Laury

62645

1

This method IS working but I prefer a 1 file solution...

– michel
May 23 '13 at 14:16

6

@michel If all the script does is run ssh host, you don't need the script, just change the Exec line to Exec=ssh host.

– geirha
May 23 '13 at 18:33

1

This is the only solution that worked for me.

– Aviad P.
Aug 26 '15 at 16:50

I get Untrusted application launcher message box and it doesn't run my command.

– Matt
Dec 27 '18 at 20:00

@Matt try right clicking on the icon, go to Properties > Permissions then select Allow executing file as program. Also if you copy and pasted the text above into your file, make sure there isnt any trailing whitespace after the lines. That may cause your error message.

– Olivia Stork
Jan 18 at 18:38

add a comment |

I think it would be better to use a launcher file for your script by creating a ~/Desktop/ssh_home.desktop file with the following contents:

[Desktop Entry]

Version=1.0

Exec=/home/yourname/bin/ssh_home.sh

Name=SSH Server

GenericName=SSH Server

Comment=Connect to My Server

Encoding=UTF-8

Terminal=true

Type=Application

Categories=Application;Network;

That way you will have a clickable icon which will launch your script.

You may have to also set the executable flag with chmod:

chmod +x ~/Desktop/ssh_home.desktop

edited Jan 18 at 22:09

Olivia Stork

1054

answered May 23 '13 at 12:51

Cyril Laury

62645

1

This method IS working but I prefer a 1 file solution...

– michel
May 23 '13 at 14:16

6

@michel If all the script does is run ssh host, you don't need the script, just change the Exec line to Exec=ssh host.

– geirha
May 23 '13 at 18:33

1

This is the only solution that worked for me.

– Aviad P.
Aug 26 '15 at 16:50

I get Untrusted application launcher message box and it doesn't run my command.

– Matt
Dec 27 '18 at 20:00

@Matt try right clicking on the icon, go to Properties > Permissions then select Allow executing file as program. Also if you copy and pasted the text above into your file, make sure there isnt any trailing whitespace after the lines. That may cause your error message.

– Olivia Stork
Jan 18 at 18:38

add a comment |

I think it would be better to use a launcher file for your script by creating a ~/Desktop/ssh_home.desktop file with the following contents:

[Desktop Entry]

Version=1.0

Exec=/home/yourname/bin/ssh_home.sh

Name=SSH Server

GenericName=SSH Server

Comment=Connect to My Server

Encoding=UTF-8

Terminal=true

Type=Application

Categories=Application;Network;

That way you will have a clickable icon which will launch your script.

You may have to also set the executable flag with chmod:

chmod +x ~/Desktop/ssh_home.desktop

edited Jan 18 at 22:09

Olivia Stork

1054

answered May 23 '13 at 12:51

Cyril Laury

62645

I think it would be better to use a launcher file for your script by creating a ~/Desktop/ssh_home.desktop file with the following contents:

[Desktop Entry]

Version=1.0

Exec=/home/yourname/bin/ssh_home.sh

Name=SSH Server

GenericName=SSH Server

Comment=Connect to My Server

Encoding=UTF-8

Terminal=true

Type=Application

Categories=Application;Network;

That way you will have a clickable icon which will launch your script.

You may have to also set the executable flag with chmod:

chmod +x ~/Desktop/ssh_home.desktop

edited Jan 18 at 22:09

Olivia Stork

1054

answered May 23 '13 at 12:51

Cyril Laury

62645

edited Jan 18 at 22:09

Olivia Stork

1054

edited Jan 18 at 22:09

Olivia Stork

1054

edited Jan 18 at 22:09

Olivia Stork

1054

answered May 23 '13 at 12:51

Cyril Laury

62645

answered May 23 '13 at 12:51

Cyril Laury

62645

answered May 23 '13 at 12:51

Cyril Laury

62645

1

This method IS working but I prefer a 1 file solution...

– michel
May 23 '13 at 14:16

6

@michel If all the script does is run ssh host, you don't need the script, just change the Exec line to Exec=ssh host.

– geirha
May 23 '13 at 18:33

1

This is the only solution that worked for me.

– Aviad P.
Aug 26 '15 at 16:50

I get Untrusted application launcher message box and it doesn't run my command.

– Matt
Dec 27 '18 at 20:00

@Matt try right clicking on the icon, go to Properties > Permissions then select Allow executing file as program. Also if you copy and pasted the text above into your file, make sure there isnt any trailing whitespace after the lines. That may cause your error message.

– Olivia Stork
Jan 18 at 18:38

add a comment |

1

This method IS working but I prefer a 1 file solution...

– michel
May 23 '13 at 14:16

6

@michel If all the script does is run ssh host, you don't need the script, just change the Exec line to Exec=ssh host.

– geirha
May 23 '13 at 18:33

1

This is the only solution that worked for me.

– Aviad P.
Aug 26 '15 at 16:50

I get Untrusted application launcher message box and it doesn't run my command.

– Matt
Dec 27 '18 at 20:00

@Matt try right clicking on the icon, go to Properties > Permissions then select Allow executing file as program. Also if you copy and pasted the text above into your file, make sure there isnt any trailing whitespace after the lines. That may cause your error message.

– Olivia Stork
Jan 18 at 18:38

This method IS working but I prefer a 1 file solution...

– michel
May 23 '13 at 14:16

@michel If all the script does is run ssh host, you don't need the script, just change the Exec line to Exec=ssh host.

– geirha
May 23 '13 at 18:33

This is the only solution that worked for me.

– Aviad P.
Aug 26 '15 at 16:50

I get Untrusted application launcher message box and it doesn't run my command.

– Matt
Dec 27 '18 at 20:00

@Matt try right clicking on the icon, go to Properties > Permissions then select Allow executing file as program. Also if you copy and pasted the text above into your file, make sure there isnt any trailing whitespace after the lines. That may cause your error message.

– Olivia Stork
Jan 18 at 18:38

add a comment |

Edit-Preferences-Behaviour and change to "run" or "ask each time".

answered Apr 7 '15 at 3:29

patrick pirker

211

For my taste also...

– Marecky
May 10 '17 at 16:37

add a comment |

Edit-Preferences-Behaviour and change to "run" or "ask each time".

answered Apr 7 '15 at 3:29

patrick pirker

211

For my taste also...

– Marecky
May 10 '17 at 16:37

add a comment |

Edit-Preferences-Behaviour and change to "run" or "ask each time".

answered Apr 7 '15 at 3:29

patrick pirker

211

Edit-Preferences-Behaviour and change to "run" or "ask each time".

answered Apr 7 '15 at 3:29

patrick pirker

211

answered Apr 7 '15 at 3:29

patrick pirker

211

answered Apr 7 '15 at 3:29

patrick pirker

211

answered Apr 7 '15 at 3:29

patrick pirker

211

For my taste also...

– Marecky
May 10 '17 at 16:37

add a comment |

For my taste also...

– Marecky
May 10 '17 at 16:37

For my taste also...

– Marecky
May 10 '17 at 16:37

add a comment |

imo the simplest answer is -

Check that the .sh file works if clicked or run from its own directory.

If it works there, right-click on it in Files aka Nautilus, select
'Make Link'

This produces a file named 'link to xxxx.sh' in the same directory

Drag this onto the desktop

Rename it how you wish eg clean off 'link to' and 'sh', just leave the name,
it will still work.

edited Apr 13 '16 at 6:36

muru

answered Apr 13 '16 at 6:35

Martin Clark

111

Also you can change the icon of the link too. Right-click it, select Properties, click the default icon in the upper left part of the properties window, and so just navigate until you find the image your want to be the icon.

– Brian Hellekin
May 24 '17 at 4:07

add a comment |

imo the simplest answer is -

Check that the .sh file works if clicked or run from its own directory.

If it works there, right-click on it in Files aka Nautilus, select
'Make Link'

This produces a file named 'link to xxxx.sh' in the same directory

Drag this onto the desktop

Rename it how you wish eg clean off 'link to' and 'sh', just leave the name,
it will still work.

edited Apr 13 '16 at 6:36

muru

answered Apr 13 '16 at 6:35

Martin Clark

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Also you can change the icon of the link too. Right-click it, select Properties, click the default icon in the upper left part of the properties window, and so just navigate until you find the image your want to be the icon.

– Brian Hellekin
May 24 '17 at 4:07

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imo the simplest answer is -

Check that the .sh file works if clicked or run from its own directory.

If it works there, right-click on it in Files aka Nautilus, select
'Make Link'

This produces a file named 'link to xxxx.sh' in the same directory

Drag this onto the desktop

Rename it how you wish eg clean off 'link to' and 'sh', just leave the name,
it will still work.

edited Apr 13 '16 at 6:36

muru

answered Apr 13 '16 at 6:35

Martin Clark

111

imo the simplest answer is -

Check that the .sh file works if clicked or run from its own directory.

If it works there, right-click on it in Files aka Nautilus, select
'Make Link'

This produces a file named 'link to xxxx.sh' in the same directory

Drag this onto the desktop

Rename it how you wish eg clean off 'link to' and 'sh', just leave the name,
it will still work.

edited Apr 13 '16 at 6:36

muru

answered Apr 13 '16 at 6:35

Martin Clark

111

edited Apr 13 '16 at 6:36

muru

edited Apr 13 '16 at 6:36

muru

edited Apr 13 '16 at 6:36

muru

answered Apr 13 '16 at 6:35

Martin Clark

111

answered Apr 13 '16 at 6:35

Martin Clark

111

answered Apr 13 '16 at 6:35

Martin Clark

111

Also you can change the icon of the link too. Right-click it, select Properties, click the default icon in the upper left part of the properties window, and so just navigate until you find the image your want to be the icon.

– Brian Hellekin
May 24 '17 at 4:07

add a comment |

Also you can change the icon of the link too. Right-click it, select Properties, click the default icon in the upper left part of the properties window, and so just navigate until you find the image your want to be the icon.

– Brian Hellekin
May 24 '17 at 4:07

Also you can change the icon of the link too. Right-click it, select Properties, click the default icon in the upper left part of the properties window, and so just navigate until you find the image your want to be the icon.

– Brian Hellekin
May 24 '17 at 4:07

add a comment |

This was my work around hope it helps you

answered Sep 25 '16 at 1:53

Markovitz Hernandez

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This was my work around hope it helps you

answered Sep 25 '16 at 1:53

Markovitz Hernandez

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This was my work around hope it helps you

answered Sep 25 '16 at 1:53

Markovitz Hernandez

This was my work around hope it helps you

answered Sep 25 '16 at 1:53

Markovitz Hernandez

answered Sep 25 '16 at 1:53

Markovitz Hernandez

answered Sep 25 '16 at 1:53

Markovitz Hernandez

answered Sep 25 '16 at 1:53

Markovitz Hernandez

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