On Wed 14 Mar 2018 at 20:42:04 (-0500), Richard Owlett wrote: > On 03/14/2018 07:30 PM, Frank M wrote: > > > > > >On 03/14/2018 06:30 PM, Liam O'Toole wrote: > >>On 2018-03-14, Richard Owlett <rowl...@cloud85.net> wrote: > >>>Several months ago I needed a fully custom desktop icon for a shortcut. > >>>I had no trouble creating an appropriate png file and having it display. > >>>Now I need a similar icon. I went to the properties of the shortcut > >>>expecting to be able to discover the location of the image used. > >>> > >>>I could not. Clicking on the icon's image allows replacing it but no > >>>apparent way to discover its location. > >>> > >>>Is there a way? > >>>[for current application creating a new icon will be simple] > >>>[finding the old icon would be convenient] > >>> > >>>TIA > >>> > >>Examine the .desktop file in your ~/Desktop directory. Look for a line > >>beginning with "Icon". > >> > > > > > > Most of them just have the name of the icon with no path. > > > > Why doesn't the OP just do a locate <iconname> ? > > I *AM* OP. > If I knew "<iconname>" .... ..... ;/ > > I have an icon on my desktop. > I know *ABSOLUTELY NOTHING* about it > > except my visual description > > I suspect here is *NO* way to answer my question.
I thought you knew it was a PNG. In which case, $ find ~ -name \*png | sort | less I added the sort as this may group files somewhat. There'll presumably be swathes of pictures in directories that you know aren't involved. Cheers, David.