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Please be patient - I am a relative newbee (and 69 yrs old)!
* I am running Ubuntu 16 LTS.
* I would like to make a keyboard shortcut to bring up the "System Monitor" - I should be moat grateful if someone could let me know how to do this. I am aware of the Custom Settings in the Keyboard (under System Settings) but can't get this to open the "System Monitor" app.










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    If you already found the Custom Shortcuts: the command you need to enter is gnome-system-monitor
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  • @pomsky yeah, I thought it should be a dupe of something, but can't find it quickly. Converted it into an answer.
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Please be patient - I am a relative newbee (and 69 yrs old)!
* I am running Ubuntu 16 LTS.
* I would like to make a keyboard shortcut to bring up the "System Monitor" - I should be moat grateful if someone could let me know how to do this. I am aware of the Custom Settings in the Keyboard (under System Settings) but can't get this to open the "System Monitor" app.










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    If you already found the Custom Shortcuts: the command you need to enter is gnome-system-monitor
    – Jacob Vlijm
    3 hours ago










  • @pomsky yeah, I thought it should be a dupe of something, but can't find it quickly. Converted it into an answer.
    – Jacob Vlijm
    2 hours ago














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Please be patient - I am a relative newbee (and 69 yrs old)!
* I am running Ubuntu 16 LTS.
* I would like to make a keyboard shortcut to bring up the "System Monitor" - I should be moat grateful if someone could let me know how to do this. I am aware of the Custom Settings in the Keyboard (under System Settings) but can't get this to open the "System Monitor" app.










share|improve this question















Please be patient - I am a relative newbee (and 69 yrs old)!
* I am running Ubuntu 16 LTS.
* I would like to make a keyboard shortcut to bring up the "System Monitor" - I should be moat grateful if someone could let me know how to do this. I am aware of the Custom Settings in the Keyboard (under System Settings) but can't get this to open the "System Monitor" app.







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    If you already found the Custom Shortcuts: the command you need to enter is gnome-system-monitor
    – Jacob Vlijm
    3 hours ago










  • @pomsky yeah, I thought it should be a dupe of something, but can't find it quickly. Converted it into an answer.
    – Jacob Vlijm
    2 hours ago














  • 2




    If you already found the Custom Shortcuts: the command you need to enter is gnome-system-monitor
    – Jacob Vlijm
    3 hours ago










  • @pomsky yeah, I thought it should be a dupe of something, but can't find it quickly. Converted it into an answer.
    – Jacob Vlijm
    2 hours ago








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If you already found the Custom Shortcuts: the command you need to enter is gnome-system-monitor
– Jacob Vlijm
3 hours ago




If you already found the Custom Shortcuts: the command you need to enter is gnome-system-monitor
– Jacob Vlijm
3 hours ago












@pomsky yeah, I thought it should be a dupe of something, but can't find it quickly. Converted it into an answer.
– Jacob Vlijm
2 hours ago




@pomsky yeah, I thought it should be a dupe of something, but can't find it quickly. Converted it into an answer.
– Jacob Vlijm
2 hours ago










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The command you need



If you already found out how to set a custom shortcut: the command you need to set is:



gnome-system-monitor


How to find out the command



To find a command like that is often easy:




  • Open the application


  • Open a terminal, type xprop, click on the application's window. In the terminal output that appears, look for a line like:



    WM_CLASS(STRING) = "gnome-system-monitor", "Gnome-system-monitor"


    ...and there we are, often the lower case version is the command to run the application. There are a few other ways though. One is to look into the corresponding .desktop file in /usr/share/applications and see what (the first) Exec= -line sais.








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    The command you need



    If you already found out how to set a custom shortcut: the command you need to set is:



    gnome-system-monitor


    How to find out the command



    To find a command like that is often easy:




    • Open the application


    • Open a terminal, type xprop, click on the application's window. In the terminal output that appears, look for a line like:



      WM_CLASS(STRING) = "gnome-system-monitor", "Gnome-system-monitor"


      ...and there we are, often the lower case version is the command to run the application. There are a few other ways though. One is to look into the corresponding .desktop file in /usr/share/applications and see what (the first) Exec= -line sais.








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      The command you need



      If you already found out how to set a custom shortcut: the command you need to set is:



      gnome-system-monitor


      How to find out the command



      To find a command like that is often easy:




      • Open the application


      • Open a terminal, type xprop, click on the application's window. In the terminal output that appears, look for a line like:



        WM_CLASS(STRING) = "gnome-system-monitor", "Gnome-system-monitor"


        ...and there we are, often the lower case version is the command to run the application. There are a few other ways though. One is to look into the corresponding .desktop file in /usr/share/applications and see what (the first) Exec= -line sais.








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        The command you need



        If you already found out how to set a custom shortcut: the command you need to set is:



        gnome-system-monitor


        How to find out the command



        To find a command like that is often easy:




        • Open the application


        • Open a terminal, type xprop, click on the application's window. In the terminal output that appears, look for a line like:



          WM_CLASS(STRING) = "gnome-system-monitor", "Gnome-system-monitor"


          ...and there we are, often the lower case version is the command to run the application. There are a few other ways though. One is to look into the corresponding .desktop file in /usr/share/applications and see what (the first) Exec= -line sais.








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        The command you need



        If you already found out how to set a custom shortcut: the command you need to set is:



        gnome-system-monitor


        How to find out the command



        To find a command like that is often easy:




        • Open the application


        • Open a terminal, type xprop, click on the application's window. In the terminal output that appears, look for a line like:



          WM_CLASS(STRING) = "gnome-system-monitor", "Gnome-system-monitor"


          ...and there we are, often the lower case version is the command to run the application. There are a few other ways though. One is to look into the corresponding .desktop file in /usr/share/applications and see what (the first) Exec= -line sais.









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