when I look up in nautilus for a Desktop file it has the filename showed below:
Then I open in terminal and search for the same file, I found it has another name showed below:
Anybody knows why it is like this? Thanks in advance
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If you `cat` the file in the terminal you will see the `PyCharm` name inside it. That's simply how `.desktop` files work. They are in a way similar to shortcuts in Windows. You can read all about it in the [desktop entry specification](https://standards.freedesktop.org/desktop-entry-spec/latest/). – Some programmer dude Aug 17 '17 at 08:22
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Got it. Thanks ~ – Marti Aug 18 '17 at 15:50
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This is specific to .desktop files.
In GNOME and other freedesktop.org-compliant desktops, an application gets registered into the desktop's menus through a desktop entry, which is a text file with .desktop extension. This desktop file contains a listing of the configurations for your application.
More information can be found here https://developer.gnome.org/integration-guide/stable/desktop-files.html.en
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