19

I've added the following line to the .bashrc file:

alias midos="sh /home/erkanmdr/Belgeler/midos/midos.sh"

This command works fine in the terminal and tty. But not working in my .desktop shortcut file.

midos.desktop file:

[Desktop Entry]
Name=MiDoS
Exec=midos
Icon=/home/erkanmdr/Belgeler/midos-128.png
Terminal=true

How do I execute my midos command in the .desktop shortcut file?

A J
  • 11,367
  • 17
  • 44
  • 59
ErkanMDR
  • 239

3 Answers3

27

While the other answers offer a good workaround for your problem, to answer your question, the right way to use an alias inside a .desktop file is, in your case: 

Exec=bash -ic "midos"

That's because aliases from ~/.bashrc file will work only in a bash interactive shell (-i option is used in this case to start bash interactive).

If another user wants to use the same .desktop file, then he must to have defined as well that alias.

Radu Rădeanu
  • 169,590
6

I would be extremely surprised if the GUI has any idea about your shell. You should put the full path in your desktop file:

Exec=/home/erkanmdr/Belgeler/midos/midos.sh

And make sure that your script is executable.

glenn jackman
  • 17,900
6

Little workaround.

Add this #!/bin/bash to the first line of your script, if it is not there already.

For example your script before:

sometext1
sometext2
sometext3
sometext4

You script after:

#!/bin/bash
sometext1
sometext2
sometext3
sometext4

Now copy your script to /usr/local/bin, and make it executable:

sudo cp /home/erkanmdr/Belgeler/midos/midos.sh /usr/local/bin/midos
sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/midos

After that it should work as you want.

c0rp
  • 9,820
  • 3
  • 38
  • 60