You could try this perl script until that Gnome bug is fixed:
#!/usr/bin/perl
while (<>)
{
if (/Exec=(.*)/)
{
exit (system $1) >> 8;
}
}
and pass the name of the desktop file on the command line.
The script looks for the text behind "Exec=" and executes it.
Klaus
ray wrote:
Hi,
How to launch an application from a launcher file such as abc.desktop
in the command line?
Thanks.
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