http://askubuntu.com/questions/141229/how-to-add-a-shell-script-to-launcher-as-shortcut

First hit via google. But the os and window manager you are using would be
helpful.

On Monday, December 16, 2013, wrote:

> Can In see the script?
> I execute shell scripts from GUIs all day long...
> ET
>
>
> David Lopez writes:
>
>> oh wise men
>> have an executable bash script.
>> can execute it using terminal window - no issues.
>> when i copy the script from the bin dir to desktop, the execute it from
>> there by
>> double clicking on the file name (with a made up icon), it displays
>> buttons:
>>   a) run in terminal
>>   b) run
>>   c) display
>>   d) cancel
>> using either a) or b) above, the program terminates just after a few bytes
>> of output.
>> tried it several times. even tried it when an empty terminal was on the
>> screen.
>> any ideas?
>> david
>> --
>> David López
>> Software Engineer
>>
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