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I am new in Ubuntu. I have an application which I open in the following way. I type in the console:

cd ~/MyDirectory
./myapp +some arguments

How can I find a solution, so I could launch my application without typing these commands in the console every time? I am thinking of a script, like a bat-script or .lnk in windows.

In other similar questions I didn't find a solution because there was only some mention and discussion of scripting. I didn't find how I can use "cd" command in other questions, and this question is not duplicate of others I suggest.

scripts

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  @steeldriver, no, i didn't found solution at this question. there are no anything about cd command and running app via script.
  
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  #1 Do you want the solution to be an icon you can click on your desktop, or will this be something which you need/want to run from the command prompt? #2 How often will the argument change?
  
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I am new in Ubuntu. I have an application which I open in the following way. I type in the console:

cd ~/MyDirectory
./myapp +some arguments

How can I find a solution, so I could launch my application without typing these commands in the console every time? I am thinking of a script, like a bat-script or .lnk in windows.

In other similar questions I didn't find a solution because there was only some mention and discussion of scripting. I didn't find how I can use "cd" command in other questions, and this question is not duplicate of others I suggest.

scripts

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  @steeldriver, no, i didn't found solution at this question. there are no anything about cd command and running app via script.
  
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  Apr 1 at 13:35
  
  

  
  
  
  


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  #1 Do you want the solution to be an icon you can click on your desktop, or will this be something which you need/want to run from the command prompt? #2 How often will the argument change?
  
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  Apr 1 at 22:23
  

  
  
  
  


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  The conversation (safely in this case) assumes there is a desktop. Quite often in the scripting world there will not be.
  
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  Apr 2 at 0:22
  

  
  
  
  

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I am new in Ubuntu. I have an application which I open in the following way. I type in the console:

cd ~/MyDirectory
./myapp +some arguments

How can I find a solution, so I could launch my application without typing these commands in the console every time? I am thinking of a script, like a bat-script or .lnk in windows.

In other similar questions I didn't find a solution because there was only some mention and discussion of scripting. I didn't find how I can use "cd" command in other questions, and this question is not duplicate of others I suggest.

scripts

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cd ~/MyDirectory
./myapp +some arguments

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A script is quite overkill.

Use a .desktop file like:

[Desktop Entry]
Exec=/bin/bash -c "cd ~/MyDirectory && myapp some_arguments"
Name=Some App
Type=Application

• Save it as some_app.desktop
  


• Make it executable and double click

N.B.

The question is if it needs to be run from its own directory or not. If not, the command could even be simpler:

Exec='/home/MyUserName/MyDirectory/myapp' some_arguments

share|improve this answer

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answered Apr 1 at 13:48

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  Really thank you. .desktop file is enough for this task.
  
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  You're probably right, but this is not the correct answer to the question. I see this as a problem (not the suggestion itself, but this post being the accepted answer), as some scripts may be longer and the actual answer to "how do I make a sequence of commands a script" is another one. Also note that your .desktop file does not do the same as the commands in the question, when MyDirectory does not exist.
  
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  @allo If OP asks for a solution, which isn't the optimal one for his problem, but he isn't aware a better one exists, you should give him the better solution for his problem if you know one. If you don't see that you are quite missing the point on what an answer should be here.
  
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  Apr 1 at 15:34
  
  

  
  
  
  


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  @dessert Thanks for the edit. We might have to deal with paths with spaces :)
  
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  You might want to write ./myapp … instead of just myapp … because the current directory, ., by default is not part of the PATH variable.
  
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  2 days ago
  

  
  
  
  

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Create a file with following content:

#!/bin/bash
cd ~/MyDirectory
./myapp +some arguments

Then make it executable:

chmod u+x scriptname

Now you can call script like: /pathtoscript/scriptname

Make a shortcut to script, place in in ~/.local/share/applications/ and name like somename.desktop with the following content:

[Desktop Entry]
Version=1.0
Name=Script
Comment=
Keywords=Script
Exec=/pathtoscript/scriptname
Terminal=false
X-MultipleArgs=true
Type=Application
Icon=preferences-system
Categories=GTK;Development;
StartupNotify=false

Then it will appear in applications list

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  Your answer is working, thank you. But really sorry, script is too hard, I didn't knew about it. And my answer was concretically in script but not in just finding any way of solution. I will +1 to you.
  
  – nick
  Apr 1 at 13:54
  

  
  
  
  

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11

A script is quite overkill.

Use a .desktop file like:

[Desktop Entry]
Exec=/bin/bash -c "cd ~/MyDirectory && myapp some_arguments"
Name=Some App
Type=Application

• Save it as some_app.desktop
  


• Make it executable and double click

N.B.

The question is if it needs to be run from its own directory or not. If not, the command could even be simpler:

Exec='/home/MyUserName/MyDirectory/myapp' some_arguments

share|improve this answer

edited Apr 1 at 16:25

answered Apr 1 at 13:48

Jacob VlijmJacob Vlijm

66k9130228

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  Really thank you. .desktop file is enough for this task.
  
  – nick
  Apr 1 at 13:52
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  2
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  You're probably right, but this is not the correct answer to the question. I see this as a problem (not the suggestion itself, but this post being the accepted answer), as some scripts may be longer and the actual answer to "how do I make a sequence of commands a script" is another one. Also note that your .desktop file does not do the same as the commands in the question, when MyDirectory does not exist.
  
  – allo
  Apr 1 at 15:06
  
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  1
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  @allo If OP asks for a solution, which isn't the optimal one for his problem, but he isn't aware a better one exists, you should give him the better solution for his problem if you know one. If you don't see that you are quite missing the point on what an answer should be here.
  
  – Jacob Vlijm
  Apr 1 at 15:34
  
  

  
  
  
  


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  @dessert Thanks for the edit. We might have to deal with paths with spaces :)
  
  – Jacob Vlijm
  Apr 1 at 16:27
  

  
  
  
  


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  You might want to write ./myapp … instead of just myapp … because the current directory, ., by default is not part of the PATH variable.
  
  – PerlDuck
  2 days ago
  

  
  
  
  

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11

A script is quite overkill.

Use a .desktop file like:

[Desktop Entry]
Exec=/bin/bash -c "cd ~/MyDirectory && myapp some_arguments"
Name=Some App
Type=Application

• Save it as some_app.desktop
  


• Make it executable and double click

N.B.

The question is if it needs to be run from its own directory or not. If not, the command could even be simpler:

Exec='/home/MyUserName/MyDirectory/myapp' some_arguments

share|improve this answer

edited Apr 1 at 16:25

answered Apr 1 at 13:48

Jacob VlijmJacob Vlijm

66k9130228

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  2
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  Really thank you. .desktop file is enough for this task.
  
  – nick
  Apr 1 at 13:52
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  2
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  You're probably right, but this is not the correct answer to the question. I see this as a problem (not the suggestion itself, but this post being the accepted answer), as some scripts may be longer and the actual answer to "how do I make a sequence of commands a script" is another one. Also note that your .desktop file does not do the same as the commands in the question, when MyDirectory does not exist.
  
  – allo
  Apr 1 at 15:06
  
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  1
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  @allo If OP asks for a solution, which isn't the optimal one for his problem, but he isn't aware a better one exists, you should give him the better solution for his problem if you know one. If you don't see that you are quite missing the point on what an answer should be here.
  
  – Jacob Vlijm
  Apr 1 at 15:34
  
  

  
  
  
  


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  1
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  @dessert Thanks for the edit. We might have to deal with paths with spaces :)
  
  – Jacob Vlijm
  Apr 1 at 16:27
  

  
  
  
  


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  1
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  You might want to write ./myapp … instead of just myapp … because the current directory, ., by default is not part of the PATH variable.
  
  – PerlDuck
  2 days ago
  

  
  
  
  

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A script is quite overkill.

Use a .desktop file like:

[Desktop Entry]
Exec=/bin/bash -c "cd ~/MyDirectory && myapp some_arguments"
Name=Some App
Type=Application

• Save it as some_app.desktop
  


• Make it executable and double click

N.B.

The question is if it needs to be run from its own directory or not. If not, the command could even be simpler:

Exec='/home/MyUserName/MyDirectory/myapp' some_arguments

share|improve this answer

edited Apr 1 at 16:25

answered Apr 1 at 13:48

Jacob VlijmJacob Vlijm

66k9130228

[Desktop Entry]
Exec=/bin/bash -c "cd ~/MyDirectory && myapp some_arguments"
Name=Some App
Type=Application

Exec='/home/MyUserName/MyDirectory/myapp' some_arguments

share|improve this answer

edited Apr 1 at 16:25

answered Apr 1 at 13:48

Jacob VlijmJacob Vlijm

66k9130228

answered Apr 1 at 13:48

Jacob VlijmJacob Vlijm

66k9130228

answered Apr 1 at 13:48

Jacob VlijmJacob Vlijm

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9

Create a file with following content:

#!/bin/bash
cd ~/MyDirectory
./myapp +some arguments

Then make it executable:

chmod u+x scriptname

Now you can call script like: /pathtoscript/scriptname

Make a shortcut to script, place in in ~/.local/share/applications/ and name like somename.desktop with the following content:

[Desktop Entry]
Version=1.0
Name=Script
Comment=
Keywords=Script
Exec=/pathtoscript/scriptname
Terminal=false
X-MultipleArgs=true
Type=Application
Icon=preferences-system
Categories=GTK;Development;
StartupNotify=false

Then it will appear in applications list

share|improve this answer

answered Apr 1 at 13:36

LeonidMewLeonidMew

956619

• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  Your answer is working, thank you. But really sorry, script is too hard, I didn't knew about it. And my answer was concretically in script but not in just finding any way of solution. I will +1 to you.
  
  – nick
  Apr 1 at 13:54
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment | 

9

Create a file with following content:

#!/bin/bash
cd ~/MyDirectory
./myapp +some arguments

Then make it executable:

chmod u+x scriptname

Now you can call script like: /pathtoscript/scriptname

Make a shortcut to script, place in in ~/.local/share/applications/ and name like somename.desktop with the following content:

[Desktop Entry]
Version=1.0
Name=Script
Comment=
Keywords=Script
Exec=/pathtoscript/scriptname
Terminal=false
X-MultipleArgs=true
Type=Application
Icon=preferences-system
Categories=GTK;Development;
StartupNotify=false

Then it will appear in applications list

share|improve this answer

answered Apr 1 at 13:36

LeonidMewLeonidMew

956619

• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  Your answer is working, thank you. But really sorry, script is too hard, I didn't knew about it. And my answer was concretically in script but not in just finding any way of solution. I will +1 to you.
  
  – nick
  Apr 1 at 13:54
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment | 

Create a file with following content:

#!/bin/bash
cd ~/MyDirectory
./myapp +some arguments

Then make it executable:

chmod u+x scriptname

Now you can call script like: /pathtoscript/scriptname

Make a shortcut to script, place in in ~/.local/share/applications/ and name like somename.desktop with the following content:

[Desktop Entry]
Version=1.0
Name=Script
Comment=
Keywords=Script
Exec=/pathtoscript/scriptname
Terminal=false
X-MultipleArgs=true
Type=Application
Icon=preferences-system
Categories=GTK;Development;
StartupNotify=false

Then it will appear in applications list

share|improve this answer

answered Apr 1 at 13:36

LeonidMewLeonidMew

956619

#!/bin/bash
cd ~/MyDirectory
./myapp +some arguments

chmod u+x scriptname

[Desktop Entry]
Version=1.0
Name=Script
Comment=
Keywords=Script
Exec=/pathtoscript/scriptname
Terminal=false
X-MultipleArgs=true
Type=Application
Icon=preferences-system
Categories=GTK;Development;
StartupNotify=false

share|improve this answer

answered Apr 1 at 13:36

LeonidMewLeonidMew

956619

answered Apr 1 at 13:36

LeonidMewLeonidMew

956619

answered Apr 1 at 13:36

LeonidMewLeonidMew

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