Command Line

The command line application allows running Linux shell commands or scripts to make customizations.

Configuration

General Settings

Setting	Value	Explanation
Autostart	Yes No	Select whether the application should start automatically after login.
Hide icon	Yes Hide on desktop No	Yes: Hide the application icon. Hide on desktop: Remove the icon from the desktop; it'll appear only in the menu and Run dialog. Show the application icon. Show the application icon
Custom icon	File name	Here, assign a custom icon to the application. Save the icon on the openthinclient server in the folder: `<Manager-Home>/nfs/root/custom/icons` Use a file format that's supported. `.png` or `.ico` . Use a size of 32 × 32 or 64 × 64 px.
After closing the application	Leave settings unchanged. Restart the application. Log out the user Restart the thin client Shut down the thin client Shut down ThinClient with a cancel dialog	Perform action after the running program finishes.

Application settings

Setting Value Explanation

Command line

Shell command

Command executed in a shell when the application starts.

Use environment variables, e.g., user-defined variables $CUSTOM1 to $CUSTOM3, name of the ThinClient $HOSTNAME or the logged-in user $USER.

To ensure intended functions and effects, escape control characters manually when entering text. To do this, insert a backslash \ .

Elevated privileges

Allow sudo

Normal user rights

Notes and tips

Execute multiple commands

To execute multiple commands in the command line, write them ; .

To execute a second command only if the previous command succeeds, chain the commands with && (instead of a semicolon).

Example:

sudo mount -t cifs //server/share /mnt/ -o username=X,password=Y,gid=1000,uid=1000,rw && depriv zenity --info --text "Laufwerk wurde verbunden"

Running Your Own Scripts

Instead of individual commands, run a custom script. Save the script in the Custom folder under rootfs to import it into the ThinClient’s file system (see the article “Custom ~~Folder”~~Folder).