No way to execute a script in the terminal

[Simon]

Double clicking on an executable script in Files executes it in the background.
There should be a way to execute it in the terminal (maybe a "Terminal" entry in "Open with") to see the output of the script.

[Cody Garver (codygarver)]

I seem to recall this is a bug with one of File's underlying technologies, anyone have more details?

[Salvatore Merone (sal-merone)]

Executing scripts by double-clicking is a potentially dangerous behaviour. I suggest to add a "Run" right-click menu entry and some sort of modifier to that entry (Example: Alt+RClick shows "Run in terminal" instead of "Run").

[Zisu Andrei (matzipan)]

Using the same logic, this should also apply to binaries, so all executable files.

[Jeremy Wootten (jeremywootten)]

Branches unlinked and bug marked "Will not Fix" in Files. The simplest way to achieve this is to add a contract in the form:

[Contractor Entry]
Name=Run in Terminal
Icon=terminal
Description=Do something to the selected entry(s)
MimeType=application/x-sh;application/x-executable;
Exec=pantheon-terminal -e %f
Gettext-Domain=pantheon-terminal

An option "Run in Terminal" then appears in the context menu when an appropriate file is right-clicked.

It is debatable whether this should be supplied as standard but that is not a Files issue.

[Jeremy Wootten (jeremywootten)]

User contracts should be added to ~/.local/share/contracts with a filename ending in .contract.

[Damien (youpla-b)]

I would have hoped it could have been set as default, instead of being an undiscoverable option.

[Jeremy Wootten (jeremywootten)]

Damien: You may have a point but that would be a bug in Terminal, which is responsible for publishing its contracts, I think.

[Fabien LOISON (flozz)]

@youpla-b Why you added this issue to the Nautilus Terminal project? I think it is not related.

[Damien (youpla-b)]

It was based on the suggestion from post #7, but I don't know either.

[Fabien LOISON (flozz)]

I think #7 is about GNOME Terminal project and not Nautilus Terminal ;)