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Is it possible to see some app's console command from unity dash menu?

For example, I open the Dash via the windows key, type in some app name, it appears in the list below, and I do "something" to see how to start it from the command line.

I am asking this because I came across multiple 3rd party apps whose console command has nothing with the app name, and I was unable to figure out how to open such apps from the console.

Steven
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Navigate to this path in a file manager: /usr/share/applications

For example, with Nautilus you would run (in a terminal)

nautilus /usr/share/applications

Locate your program by name (using search if required).

Right click the file for your program. Select 'Properties'. There should be a 'Command' field which shows the command to be executed. If the program has arguments such as %U, those are file arguments passed when that program is used to open a file.

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