Problem:
I had a directory with very good collection of my scripts and very organized in folders. The structure is something like this, first I have the broad classification of the category. Then I have the name of the tool/script as the name of the directory. All these are perl/python or shell scripts and luckily labelled so with the extension. I want to add these to the GNome main (Applications) menu.
Solution:
Lets take it stepwise:
1)  Add new menu tools to the Applications menu. Go to /etc/xdg/menus
Open the file applications.menu and add the following before

<!– Test  –>

Test /usr/share/applications/test X-GNOME-test.directory database

2. Now go to directory &#8221;/etc/xdg/menus/applications-merged&#8221; and create a new file called &#8221;test-categories.menu&#8221; and put the following in the file:

Applications Pentest database **** pentest-database.directory database ****

You can include as many directory as you want.

3. Now the fun part of creating the desktop files that link to the perl/python or the shell scripts and actually populate the menu. Note: Until the menu contains any item, the menu will not appear. Okay, go to directory &#8221;/usr/share/applications/test&#8221;. Create a shell script with  the following and run it in the directory containing your scripts, and then &#8221;mv *.desktop /usr/share/applications/test&#8221;:

for i in $(find . -type f -executable)
do

##Get the directory name from the full path
dir=$(dirname $i)
cat=$(echo $dir|awk -F/ '{print $2}&#8217;)
name=$(echo $dir|awk -F/ '{print $3}&#8217;)

## Find the type of the file
[[ &#8221;${i}&#8221;  =~ sh$ ]] && type=sh;
[[ &#8221;${i}&#8221;  =~ pl$ ]] && type=pl;
[[ &#8221;${i}&#8221;  =~ py$ ]] && type=py;
if [[ &#8221;$type&#8221; = &#8221;pl&#8221; ]]
then
exec=perl
elif [[ &#8221;$type&#8221; = &#8221;sh&#8221; ]]
then
exec=bash
else
exec=python
fi
[[ &#8221;${type}&#8221; =~ ^$ ]] || (
##echo &#8221;creating file&#8221;
cat «EOF >test_$(basename $i).desktop

[Desktop Entry]
Type=Application
Encoding=UTF-8
Name=$name – $(basename $i $type)
GenericName=$name – $(basename $i $type)
Exec=xterm -title &#8221;$name – $(basename $i)&#8221; -e &#8217;$exec /tools/pentest/$dir/$(basename $i)&#8217;
Terminal=true
Categories=$cat
EOF
)
##echo $i $dir $cat $type
unset type
done

And you are done.. Do leave me a comment if you like it.<div class="zemanta-pixie"><img class="zemanta-pixie-img" src="http://blog.amit-agarwal.co.in/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/pixy6.gif" alt="" />