Custom keyboard shortcut to lauch a terminal and run a command in Unity
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Published on 2012-03-26T06:37:00Z
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I know this should be the simplest thing, but coming up empty. ;-(
I would like to create a keyboard shortcut ctrl-alt-P
that opens a terminal window and runs a ping
command:
ping -c 4 somefixeddomain.com
[Useful for quickly checking whether my internet connection is actually working.]
I have attempted to do this (in Unity, Ubuntu v11.10) using:
Settings > Keyboard > Custom Shortcuts
filling in all the obvious stuff, but no luck. All ideas welcome.
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