How to find out the command to add program to session startup programs?

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I'd like to add empathy to the list of programs to start up when starting an session, i looked at this page: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/AddingProgramToSessionStartup but I don't think this is adapted to 12.04 (see section "How to find the appropriate startup command")

So, how can i find out the command for a program to add to startup programs?

This answer may help: http://askubuntu.com/a/126423/3940 – Takkat Jun 21 '12 at 18:54 — Takkat, Jun 21 '12 at 18:54

score 3 · Accepted Answer · edited Jun 12 '20 at 14:37

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To find out the command for any program you should type this in the terminal-

whereis *application name*

For example,

If you want to find out the command to run Gedit the type in the terminal-

whereis gedit

and you will get an output like this-
gedit: /usr/bin/gedit /usr/lib/gedit /usr/bin/X11/gedit /usr/share/gedit /usr/share/man/man1/gedit.1.gz

out of that,the very first path you see-/usr/bin/gedit is the path to the executable file...Which should be added in the startup applications list.. :)

Hope it helps

edited Jun 12 '20 at 14:37

Community

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answered Jun 21 '12 at 19:15

Nirmik

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Glad it helped :) – Nirmik Jun 24 '12 at 13:52

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 21 '12 at 18:38

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With

ps x -o args

you can get a list of running processes including the arguments that have been passed to the command.

answered Jun 21 '12 at 18:38

Atmocreations

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How to find out the command to add program to session startup programs?

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