[SOLVED] shell script

makitso · 2025-06-18 16:00:09

Running xubuntu xfce 4.20

I have a test.sh script on my desktoip:

#! /bin/bash
echo "  Begin"
echo ls -al
sleep 5
echo "  Finished"

Is it possible to execute this script directly (either by clicking on the file or right click "execute" via thunar) and have the script output show on my display?

Last edited by makitso (2025-06-19 19:40:59)

ToZ · 2025-06-19 00:23:34

You mean something like this?

#! /bin/bash

cat << EOF > /tmp/script
#!/bin/bash
echo "  Begin"
ls -al
sleep 1
echo "  Finished" 
EOF

chmod +x /tmp/script

xfce4-terminal -H -T "Script Output" -x /tmp/script
	
exit 0

makitso · 2025-06-19 11:56:11

Well kinda.

I suspect xfce / thunar won't allow me to do what I want unless I either use a launcher or something like your script.

The xfce4-terminal -H -T "Script Output" -x /tmp/script is the clue that I was missing. So, I will mark this topic solved.

Thanks

P.S. How do you marked this topic [Solved] ?

Last edited by makitso (2025-06-19 11:59:35)

ToZ · 2025-06-19 12:16:06

makitso wrote:

P.S. How do you marked this topic [Solved] ?

Edit your original post in this thread and in the subject line, prepend "[SOLVED]".

eriefisher · 2025-06-19 12:16:43

P.S. How do you marked this topic [Solved] ?

Edit your original post title and add [Solved] to the beginning.

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