---
name: "desktop-menu-tool"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "desktop-file-utils"
version: "0.11-1"
release: "Debian 4.0 (Etch)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/desktop-menu-tool"
---

# desktop-menu-tool(1)

do stuff with menu files

## NAME

desktop-menu-tool - do stuff with menu files

## SYNOPSIS

**desktop-menu-tool** *\[options\] file*

## DESCRIPTION

**desktop-menu-tool** does stuff to menu files. Possibly related to the GNOME1 .menu files. Not sure about this. :)

## OPTIONS

- **--dir** *path*

  **Specify the directory where the compat tree should be generated.**

- **--print**

  **Print a human-readable representation of the menu to standard output.**

- **--desktop** *desktop*

  **Specify the current desktop, for the purposes of OnlyShowIn.**

- **--print-available**

  **Print the set of desktop files used for a given menu file.**

- **-h, --help**

  **Show summary of options.**

- **--usage**

  **Display brief usage message.**

- **-v, --version**

  **Show version of program.**

## SEE ALSO

**The Free Desktop .desktop file specification at www.freedesktop.org.**

## AUTHOR

**This manual page was written by Ross Burton \<ross@debian.org\>, for the** **Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).**