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Fragrant1470

Member

From: Poland

Registered: 2025-03-01

Posts: 32

Custom action prefixed $ not working

Hi,

I am trying to utilise the default action prefixed with $ in the app finder which uses the command:

exo-open --launch TerminalEmulator %s

I also tried using the %S flag which results in the terminal being opened with dialog:

Same situation with the flag is %s as seen here:

Please help fix this. From what I understand this is meant for passing commands to the terminal? My purpose is to quickly execute commands like shutdown now or shutdown -r now via the app finder.

The xfce4-terminal is set as the default terminal and that is what's actually opened, so this is not the cause.

eriefisher

Wanderer

From: ON, Canada

Registered: 2008-10-25

Posts: 746

Re: Custom action prefixed $ not working

This is a permission issue. It works as designed.

shutdown -r
Command 'shutdown' is available in the following places
 * /sbin/shutdown
 * /usr/sbin/shutdown
The command could not be located because '/usr/sbin:/sbin' is not included in the PATH environment variable.
This is most likely caused by the lack of administrative privileges associated with your user account.
shutdown: command not found

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