gtk-launch
Launch an application
Synopsis
gtk-launch
[APPLICATION] [URI...]
add an example, a script, a trick and tips
examples
no example yet ...
... Feel free to add your own example above to help other Linux-lovers !
description
gtk-launch
launches an application using the given name. The
application is started with proper startup notification on a
default display, unless specified otherwise.
gtk-launch
takes at least one argument, the name of the application to
launch. The name should match application desktop file name,
as residing in /usr/share/application, with or without the
'.desktop' suffix.
If called with
more than one argument, the rest of them besides the
application name are considered URI locations and are passed
as arguments to the launched application.
options
The following
options are understood:
-?,
--help
Prints a short help text and
exits.