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# dex
> DesktopEntry Execution is a program to generate and execute DesktopEntry files of the Application type.
> More information: <https://github.com/jceb/dex>.
- Execute all programs in the autostart folders:
`dex --autostart`
- Execute all programs in the specified folders:
`dex --autostart --search-paths {{path/to/directory1}}:{{path/to/directory2}}:{{path/to/directory3}}:`
- Preview the programs would be executed in a GNOME specific autostart:
`dex --autostart --environment {{GNOME}}`
- Preview the programs would be executed in a regular autostart:
`dex --autostart --dry-run`
- Preview the value of the DesktopEntry property `Name`:
`dex --property {{Name}} {{path/to/file.desktop}}`
- Create a DesktopEntry for a program in the current directory:
`dex --create {{path/to/file.desktop}}`
- Execute a single program (with `Terminal=true` in the desktop file) in the given terminal:
`dex --term {{terminal}} {{path/to/file.desktop}}`