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I have 165 desktop files residing in a dedicated directory that need pw-jack inserted after the = in the exec line.

example:

Exec=lsp-plugins-ab-tester-x2-stereo

needs to be converted to

Exec=pw-jack lsp-plugins-ab-tester-x2-stereo

I'm not sure how to setup a script or command to do a replacement, whether the sed command is the right route, or if there is a better approach. Looking for suggestions to point me in the right direction.

Any conditions? Or are you saying that all desktop files in this directory need this replacement?

In this case a
sed -i 's/Exec=/Exec=pw-jack /' /path/to/directory/*.desktop
should do

MochiMoppel wrote: ↑Sat Jan 27, 2024 7:29 am

Any conditions? Or are you saying that all desktop files in this directory need this replacement?

In this case a
sed -i 's/Exec=/Exec=pw-jack /' /path/to/directory/*.desktop
should do

No conditions, they're all the exact same insertion.

Thanks very much, that's a lot simpler than I was thinking it might be, but I haven't used sed in quite awhile.