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<h2><span class="refentrytitle">gtk-launch</span></h2>
<p>gtk-launch — Launch an application</p>
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<h2>Synopsis</h2>
<div class="cmdsynopsis"><p><code class="command">gtk-launch</code> [APPLICATION] [URI...]</p></div>
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<a name="idm140617666774944"></a><h2>Description</h2>
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<span class="command"><strong>gtk-launch</strong></span> launches an application using the given name.
The application is started with proper startup notification on a default
display, unless specified otherwise.
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<span class="command"><strong>gtk-launch</strong></span> takes at least one argument, the name of
the application to launch. The name should match application desktop file name,
as residing in /usr/share/application, with or without the '.desktop' suffix.
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If called with more than one argument, the rest of them besides the application
name are considered URI locations and are passed as arguments to the launched
application.
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<a name="idm140617664852064"></a><h2>Options</h2>
<p>The following options are understood:</p>
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<td><p><span class="term"><code class="option">-?</code>, <code class="option">--help</code></span></p></td>
<td><p>Prints a short help text and exits.</p></td>
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