HOWTO: make shell scripts run on double-click in Xfce

[JayM]

Problem: Double-clicking a shell script opens it in the Featherpad editor by default instead of running the script. This is by design as a security measure to prevent accidentally running scripts when you didn't intend to, but it's not the behavior that many users expect or want.

Solution: Go to Settings/Mime Type Editor in the "start" menu and search for x-shell


Double-click on application/x-shellscript


Click on Use a custom command and type in bash then click Open


he result will look like this


Afterward all shell scripts will run by double-clicking on them as long as they're executable.

[Captain Brillo]

Thanks, JayM, that's really handy - it was bugging me too.

[PaulM47]

Is it possible to make bash scripts 'Run in Terminal' (as offered in Ubuntu) by default instead of just running ??

PaulM

[ceeslans]

Double-clicking a script In PCManFM will invoke a choice to a) open - or b) execute - or c) execute in terminal.
Have no idea whether this would be possible in Thunar.
This is one of the reasons why I switched to PCManFM (the qt version) as default file manager in Fluxbox

[LionelZaylan]

Problem: Double-clicking a shell script opens it in the Featherpad editor by default instead of running the script. This is by design as a security measure to prevent accidentally running scripts when you didn't intend to, but it's not the behavior that many users expect or want.

Solution: Go to Settings/Mime Type Editor in the "start" menu and search for x-shell


Double-click on application/x-shellscript


Click on Use a custom command and type in bash then click Open


he result will look like this


Afterward all shell scripts will run by double-clicking on them as long as they're executable.

That is OK for advanced users who know what they are doing, but removes an extra layer of security.

Note for newbies: Please don't do that if you don't know what you are doing. You take full responsibility for what you do.

[PaulM47]

Thanks ceesians, install 'pcmanfm-qt' in Mx Linux 19.4 and make sure the scripts have the correct 'shebang' as the first line (#!/bin/bash) and it does indeed offer the 'run' and 'run in terminal' options as I wanted. If the script does not have the correct first line it doesn't work.