Is there a way to save a shell script in a file and then set the file up so that clicking (or double-clicking) on its icon executes the original script?

Alternatively (or perhaps additionally), is there any software available for Linux for running user-created scripts in a quick and convenient way?

At the moment I'm looking mainly for a way to open a folder window and set its size and position, although there are obviously many other useful actions that I may eventually want to set up in the same way.

Thought you weren't going to use Linux at all, based on your last thread:
https://www.linuxquestions.org/quest...ml#post5960469

And unless you provide details, like version/distro of Linux, what desktop GUI you're using, etc., no one is going to be able to suggest much of anything for you. Past the obvious answer of "yes, you can".

I think you are talking about a desktop shortcut, in that case, yes you can do that. While there is a common standard for desktop shortcuts in Linux, it depends on which graphical environment you're using as to exactly how you would create the actual shortcut/desktop icon itself. You could manually type out the required syntax and save it into a .desktop file, or you could use whichever graphical environment to do it instead.

Since Puppy Linux is a "live" distribution, you would need to have persistence so that your desktop shortcut doesn't disappear when you shutdown/restart the system. Since I don't use Puppy Linux myself, it's hard for me to say much more when it comes to Puppy Linux.

You can point the "Exec=" line in the example linked below to your script.

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php...s#File_example

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Most create menus for desktop shortcuts include an entry for whether or not the program requires a terminal. For a script, answer yes.

@ doomitmayconcern:-

Most Pups use JWM & the ROX-Filer 'pinboard'. Easiest way to do what you want is to place the script itself into /root/my-applications/bin. Then simply drag'n'drop to the desktop.

You can dress the script up with an icon, if you wish. Google or DuckDuckGo for a suitable icon; something along the lines of 'PNG icons for xxxxx'. (PNG icons are ideal for this, since their background transparency attribute means no 'white' surround.)

Open ROX-Filer at the location of your PNG icon. Leave this window open. Right-click on your script->File'xxxxx'->Set icon. A small window opens. Drag the PNG icon you wish to use across to this small window, and drop.

It's as simple as that.

If you want your script to run automatically at boot, open one ROX-Filer window at /root/my-applications/bin, followed by a second at /root/Startup. Drag from the first, drop in the second. In the wee window that opens, you get 4 choices:-

Copy
Move
Link (relative)
Link (absolute)

No. 3's your boy - Link (relative). You've just created your first Puppy 'sym-link'.....which in Puppy, is a very powerful function.

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@ TB0ne:- I know, I know; I'm 'spoon-feeding'. I do so much of this on the Murga-Linux 'Puppy' forums, it kinda gets 'automatic' after a while.....

But with Pup at least, you can make the assumption that most Pups are using JWM/Rox by default. Probably less than 5% of the 5000+ 'spins'/re-masters of Pup use alternatives like XFCE or LXDE, etc.....

They're quite rare, comparatively speaking.


Mike.