Hiding terminal when executing zenity bash script by double click

Question

Is there a way to hide terminal when a bash script for zenity is executed

eg:

szAnswer=$(zenity --entry --text "where are you?" --entry-text "at home"); echo $szAnswer

I want to hide the terminal and only gui-zenity should be visible while executing by double click

How is this script executed when double-clicking? Or on what do you click? — s3lph, Jun 12 '15 at 00:05
I have saved the script as zen.sh its executing without any problem. The problem is when executing the script (double click) terminal also runs with the GUI. I want to prevent this, i want only GUI to run — potholiday, Jun 12 '15 at 00:17
Does the first line of the script say #!/bin/bash? If not, add it. — s3lph, Jun 12 '15 at 07:07

score 5 · Answer 1 · edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:24

To launch a script without the terminal visible, use a .desktop file.

Create a file zen.desktop
Put in the contents of the file using gedit or you favorite text editor(terminal=false will make sure it doesn't show the terminal, although this option should default):
```
[Desktop Entry]
Type=Application
Terminal=false
Name=zenity-app
Exec=/home/user/zen.sh
```
Replace Exec with where your script is located.
Make sure to set the permission to execute on the .desktop file (and your script) - How to make a file (e.g. a .sh script) executable, so it can be run from terminal
Double click the desktop file and see if it works.

Great stuff. Here's the link to the file-format spec. for .desktop files: https://standards.freedesktop.org/desktop-entry-spec/latest/ — mklement0, Nov 01 '18 at 16:08

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