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| From | Eli the Bearded <*@eli.users.panix.com> |
| Newsgroups | comp.os.linux.misc |
| Subject | Re: Need help with shell script. |
| Date | Mon, 10 Aug 2026 01:01:12 -0000 (UTC) |
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In comp.os.linux.misc, pH <wNOSPAMp@gmail.org> wrote: > so I thought I'd make a clickable icon on the Desktop to make it easy for > her. > the file "move_pictures" contains: > !/bin/bash, > mv ~/Desktop/*JPG ~/Desktop/Beckys_stuff/ > mv ~/Desktop/*PDF ~/Desktop/Beckys_stuff/ If that's your script, one issue looks like the first line: #!/bin/bash Start with a # and no comma. > But when I click on it I get an error messaage that pops up in a small > window that says: "There was an error launching the application" There may be more things wrong that are specific to how you created the launcher, but I don't know anything about Mint launchers. Elijah ------ would probably make the script work with lowercase suffixes, too
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Need help with shell script. pH <wNOSPAMp@gmail.org> - 2026-08-09 23:32 +0000
Re: Need help with shell script. Eli the Bearded <*@eli.users.panix.com> - 2026-08-10 01:01 +0000
Re: Need help with shell script. c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-08-10 00:23 -0400
Re: Need help with shell script. pH <wNOSPAMp@gmail.org> - 2026-08-10 05:04 +0000
Re: Need help with shell script. rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-08-10 05:44 +0000
Re: Need help with shell script. pH <wNOSPAMp@gmail.org> - 2026-08-10 19:22 +0000
Re: Need help with shell script. The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-08-10 12:12 +0100
Re: Need help with shell script. vallor <vallor@vallor.earth> - 2026-08-10 11:38 +0000
Re: Need help with shell script. "Stanislav N. aka pztrn" <pztrn@oldproto.invalid> - 2026-08-10 16:40 +0500
Re: Need help with shell script. pH <wNOSPAMp@gmail.org> - 2026-08-10 19:27 +0000
Re: Need help with shell script. Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-08-10 23:58 +0000
Re: Need help with shell script. Farley Flud <ff@gnulinux.rocks> - 2026-08-11 00:19 +0000
Re: Need help with shell script. "Stanislav N. aka pztrn" <pztrn@oldproto.invalid> - 2026-08-10 16:31 +0500
Re: Need help with shell script. c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-08-10 21:14 -0400
Re: Need help with shell script. pH <wNOSPAMp@gmail.org> - 2026-08-10 04:59 +0000
Re: Need help with shell script. rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-08-10 05:41 +0000
Re: Need help with shell script. pH <wNOSPAMp@gmail.org> - 2026-08-10 19:17 +0000
Re: Need help with shell script. gazelle@shell.xmission.com (Kenny McCormack) - 2026-08-10 20:08 +0000
Re: Need help with shell script. Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-08-10 01:36 +0000
Re: Need help with shell script. Nuno Silva <nunojsilva@invalid.invalid> - 2026-08-11 08:56 +0100
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