Desktop shortcut from a .sh with a delay

Pinedours

12/17/23, 11:37 AM

I want to have a desktop shortcut for TWO apps in .sh format with a 15 seconds' delay between them during the launch. Is it possible? What kind of script I have to do for that? If anyone can give me an exemple please? (Ubuntu desktop 22.04)

Thx guys!

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guiverc

12/17/23, 12:14 PM

there is a BASH/shell command `sleep` that allows you to specify how many seconds to delay; why not use it between the execution of apps?

Pinedours

12/17/23, 1:19 PM

Normally I launch the two apps with cli. But it's for launch rapidly with double click for users who doesn't know bash command..

Pinedours

12/17/23, 1:20 PM

I don't know what I have to write in the script, I never did that. Usually I copy paste existent scripts I find on internet, but I didnt find this. '

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vanadium

12/18/23, 11:47 AM

For sure it is possible! In any .sh script, you can combine as many commands as you wish! Then use the sleep command to include a delay.

1. Create a launcher script: Thus, if you have two apps, myapp1.sh and myapp2.sh, make a third app for example myapplauncher.sh, with the contents

#!/bin/bash
myapp1.sh &
sleep 15
myapp2.sh

This launches the first app and forks it to the background (by adding the &). Thus, the script immediately proceeds with a sleep 15 command, introducing the 15 second pause. Then the second app is launched.

2. Create a .desktop launcher: The next step is to make a .desktop shortcut for myapplauncher.sh.

The easiest way may be to install a tool "Alacarte" or "MenuLibre". This provides a graphical interface to create desktop launchers.

Alternatively, create a .desktop launcher yourself. It should contain at minimum:

[Desktop Entry]
Name=Editor
Exec=gedit
Type=Application

You can add a comment (Comment=...), specify an icon (Icon=...), and more. You can see many examples of .desktop files under /usr/share/applications.

When finished creating the .desktop launcher, copy it into ~/.local/share/applications if it has to appear in the menu of your user only, or into /usr/local/share/applications if the launcher should be available for all users. To achieve the latter, you need root permissions.

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