Create a link on desktop that prints a specific textfile when clicked

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Create a link on desktop that prints a specific textfile when clicked

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Hi,
I have another weird question for you guys to break your brains on! :roll:

My boss want to have a desktop shortcut that sends a specific textfile (.odt) directly to the printer :?
(So without opening the file in libre-office and printing it from there) to make it idiot-proof for my colleages. :mrgreen:

I have found several options but they all require user interaction like dropping a file in a printer link on the desktop etc.
Thanks in advance for any tips!!
Kevin
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Re: Create a link on desktop that prints a specific textfile when clicked

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Command libreoffice -p "/path/to/filename.odt" should hopefully work to print the file to the default printer. If you need to specify a specific printer use libreoffice --pt "printername" "/path/to/filename.odf" instead.

Test the command first and if it does what you need the next step is to turn it into a script. Scripts usually ask the user what to do with them when executed. It should be simple enough to instead make a short program in a compiled language to call that command so that there is no user confirmation. Any programming languages you already use or have on your system?
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