Where does Dolphin execute scripts?

I want to execute a python script directly by clicking on it in Dolphin.

I've made it executable and added #!/usr/bin/python3 in the file, so now I'm able to execute it simply via ./script.py, but when I open it via Dolphin and choose to execute it, I don't see a terminal window, nor does the built-in terminal show anything, so i wanted to know where (if it is being executed at all) the script is being run.

Any way to make Dolphin execute scripts on konsole/fish would be nice too.

Thanks in advance

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The terminal is more accurately referred to as a terminal emulator, and it typically only displays output for a process if you launch it from the terminal.

Why don't you launch the script from the terminal, so you can keep an eye on it and see what it is doing? You can always toss it into a different workstation if it is in the way.

Edit: another option would be to run ps and just watch while execute the script.

Why don't you try creating a desktop file for it?

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Will a desktop file launch the script on a terminal emulator?

It was just an idea.
You have to try...
https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Desktop_entries#File_example
You could try with
Terminal=true

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yes just successfully ran it before your edit lol
Thanks a lot

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can you please elaborate a bit on your edit, I'm a newbie to most commands for now
(I successfully did what I wanted to do and am just trying to understand that path so is low priority)

You should be able to right-click on it and select “run in konsole” as opposed to having to create a desktop file for each script.

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Exactly , could be a cool feature...

If you run the command ps, it shows in real time the processes running on your machine–whether they were launched from the terminal or not. So you could run ps, then launch your script however you like and see what happens.

It is a feature already…

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oh wait how did my stupid ass not find it before

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