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