If you want to be able to run console-based applications or scripts by double-clicking icons on the Desktop or in the Tracker, there are several ways to go about it. If you’re just running a script, the easiest way is to make sure you’ve got the magic cookie as the script’s first line, e.g.:<\/p>\n
#!\/bin\/sh<\/pre>\nAnd then make the script executable with, e.g.:<\/p>\n
chmod 755 scriptname<\/pre>\nIf you want to get a little fancier, and make sure the program’s name appears in the title tab of the Terminal windows, you’ll need to invoke them from a secondary script. That script will launch a Terminal session and pass the desired app or script to it as an argument. Create a file on the Desktop with these contents:<\/p>\n
\nTerminal -t \"Window Title Here\" \/bin\/sh --login -i -c your_app_here <\/pre>\nThis starts Terminal with the title of your choice (-t), starts the BASH shell in interactive mode, and passes the command after -c to the shell. Now just make your shell script executable (
chmod a+x yourshellscript<\/code>) from the Terminal.
\nFor example, let’s say you want to run a keepalive<\/a> script to keep your Internet connection awake, and you don’t want to have to launch a Terminal and type the keepalive command by hand each time. Just create an executable text file on the Desktop, containing:<\/p>\n\nTerminal -t \"Connection Keeper\" \/bin\/sh --login -i -c keepalive <\/pre>\n