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plittlefield

Member

Registered: 2012-08-13

Posts: 7

Launcher to start Multiple Programs

How would I create a launcher to start multiple programs?

e.g.

[Desktop Entry]
Version=1.0
Encoding=UTF-8
Name=Start Apps
Comment=Start All My Apps At Once
Exec=/path/to/command1 && /path/to/command2 -with-options && /path/to/command3 -with-options -- U%

Needless to say I have tried this but nothing happens.

The apps are all GUI like Terminal, Thunar, Firefox, etc.

Thanks,

Paully

Last edited by plittlefield (2016-08-22 13:26:30)

Jerry3904

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Registered: 2013-11-09

Posts: 863

Re: Launcher to start Multiple Programs

Pretty sure you will want to point the launcher to a script that specifies the apps you want. Many examples can be found with a web search on "linux script to start apps," and I would imagine something like this would work:

#!/bin/bash

/usr/bin/firefox &
/usr/bin/thunar &
/usr/bin/terminal &

exit 0

Be sure to make it executable. (There are others on this Forum who know a lot more about this than I do...)

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plittlefield

Member

Registered: 2012-08-13

Posts: 7

Re: Launcher to start Multiple Programs

Thanks, that worked.