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Created October 15, 2012 14:33
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Change all associations from gedit to another application
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gedit2subl.sh
#System wide associations:
sudo sed -i 's/gedit.desktop/yournew.desktop/g' /usr/share/applications/defaults.list
# Just your user's associations:
sed -i 's/gedit.desktop/yournew.desktop/g' ~/.local/share/applications/mimeapps.list
# If you're using the PPA for Sublime Text 2, there is already a .desktop file for it
# sitting in `/usr/share/applications/` so you can just run:
sudo sed -i 's/gedit.desktop/sublime-text-2.desktop/g' /usr/share/applications/defaults.list
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