#!/bin/bash desktop_files="/usr/share/applications" desktop_files_home="${HOME}/.local/share/applications" list_desktop_files() { if [ -d "${desktop_files}" ] ; then ls -1 "${desktop_files}" fi if [ -d "${desktop_files_home}" ] ; then ls -1 "${desktop_files_home}" fi } rundesk () { if [ -z ${1} ] ; then echo "No file entry" else if [ -f "${1}" ] ; then eval "$(awk -F= '$1=="Exec"{$1=""; print}' "$1")" else echo "File does not exist" fi fi } if [ -f /usr/bin/dex ] ; then runDesktop="dex" else runDesktop="rundesk" fi list_output=$(list_desktop_files | dmenu "$@") if [ -f "${desktop_files}/${list_output}" ] ; then ${runDesktop} "${desktop_files}/${list_output}" elif [ -f "${desktop_files_home}/${list_output}" ] ; then ${runDesktop} "${desktop_files_home}/${list_output}" fi