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Anderson Green
Asked: 2012-12-15 23:23:23 +0800 CST

Change the icon for one specific file (from the command line)

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In Ubuntu, is it possible to change the icon for a specific file from the command line? I want to create a shortcut with a custom icon, so I'll need a way to change a specific file's icon. (Instead of changing the icon associated with a filetype, I want to change the icon associated with just one specific file.)

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2 Answers

  1. There are 2 solutions:

    1. You change the icon from the terminal using gio set here is the command you will use:

      gio set -t 'string' FiletoInsertIcon 'metadata::custom-icon' 'file:///home/user/..path to icon/'

      gio set is an update of gsfv for anyone who is familiar wih this command.

    2. You can create a .desktop using the following code:

      [Desktop Entry]
Type=Application
Terminal=false
Name=MyApp
Exec=/path to file/file.py
Icon=/path to icon/icon.png

      and make the desktop entry executable using chmod +x MyApp.desktop

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  2. You can also use desktop-file-edit command as below.

    desktop-file-edit --set-icon=your_icon_path desktop_file_name

    https://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/bionic/man1/desktop-file-install.1.html#edit%20options

    Note:
   You need to set executable permission to the desktop file after running above command.
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