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[ubuntu] calling a bash script from quicklist

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http://ubuntuforums.org – Hi Everyone, I have been using todo.txt a command line script to write todo lists. I'd like to have a launcher in the dock like thing Ubuntu has on the side,so that I can click the icon and have the terminal popup showing the to do list. Usually, I can do this in the terminal by typing t (the alias to call the script) and typing ls - then I see the list. I thought it would be cool to just click an icon in the dock thing and have that happen automatically. I've got the quicklist and I can get it to call a script that almost works. The problem is that about a nano-second after showing me t (Hardware)

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