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List Applications

List Applications (.desktop) to pick up for example with dmenu

Together with DMenu

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How to use

  • Simple call with out params returns all defined apps in
    /usr/share/applications
    /usr/local/share/applications
  • You can extend it with other directories of course
  • A call with a app name returns the exec part of .desktop

Execute Script DAppsLaunch (lapps+dmenu)

#!/bin/bash
title="Apps:"
app=$(lapps | dmenu -i -c -p "$title"  -l 15)
[[ -z "$app" ]] && exit
echo $app
exec $(lapps "$app")

For what i use it

  • Together with dmenu as app launcher for all the apps defined
    in .desktop-files

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