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Uses bash+awk+find+XDG_DATA_DIRS to launch an application by searching the first x-desktop that starts with the argument (you can use wildcards, remember to escape them)
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xdg-launch.sh
#!/usr/bin/env bash
set -euo pipefail
LAUNCH_SEARCHING="$1"
exec $(awk '/^Exec=/{sub(/^Exec=/, ""); print $1}' $(echo -n "$XDG_DATA_DIRS" |\
xargs -d ':' -ri \
find -H '{}/applications/' -iname "${LAUNCH_SEARCHING}*.desktop" 2>/dev/null |\
head -n 1))
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