Shell script to fix the VirtualBox 6.0.0 Create Desktop Shortcut for Linux Host problem

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#/usr/bin/env sh
# This is a shell script to fix the problem VirtualBox 6.0.0 has when creating Desktop Shortcuts on Linux systems. 
# This shell script has been tested on Fedora 28 LXDE
# Bug report https://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/18259 LinuxPhreak2600 aka LinuxPhreak aka Ben P. Dorsi-Todaro
# This shell script is provided by Ben P. Dorsi-Todaro
# To get the most updated version of this GIST go to the repository https://github.com/linuxphreak/vbox-scripts
# or visit the site https://linuxphreak.github.io/vbox-scripts/
echo -e "Which Virtual Machine do you want to make a Desktop Shortcut for?"
read vmname
echo -e "[Desktop Entry]" >> $HOME/Desktop/$vmname.Desktop
echo -e "Encoding=UTF-8" >> $HOME/Desktop/$vmname.Desktop
echo -e "Version=1.0" >> $HOME/Desktop/$vmname.Desktop
echo -e "Name=$vmname" >> $HOME/Desktop/$vmname.Desktop
echo -e "Comment=Starts the VirtualBox machine $vmname" >> $HOME/Desktop/$vmname.Desktop
echo -e "Type=Application" >> $HOME/Desktop/$vmname.Desktop
echo -e "Exec=VBoxManage startvm '$vmname' %u" >> $HOME/Desktop/$vmname.Desktop
echo -e "Icon=virtualbox-vbox.png" >> $HOME/Desktop/$vmname.Desktop
chmod +x "$HOME/Desktop/$vmname.Desktop"