Can't run shell scripts by clicking on them.
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Ayatana Design |
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Bug Description
Regardless of whether a shell script has the executable flag set, a *.sh file cannot be opened by clicking on it or by running Alt-F2 file.sh. Running `sh ./file.sh` from the terminal is not always an adequate solution, depending on what the shell script does. Clicking on an executable shell script will cause the file to open with gedit. When the file is right-clicked, Open with -> Other Application... does not allow the user to select bash unless a *.desktop file has been created in ~/.local/