Opening x-executables in yazi

[echoborealis]

What system are you running Yazi on?

Linux Wayland

What terminal are you running Yazi in?

kitty 0.38.1

yazi --debug output

Yazi
    Version: 0.4.2 (Arch Linux 2024-12-28)
    Debug  : false
    Triple : x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu (linux-x86_64)
    Rustc  : 1.83.0 (90b35a62 2024-11-26)

Ya
    Version: 0.4.2 (Arch Linux 2024-12-28)

Emulator
    Brand.from_env      : Some(Kitty)
    Emulator.detect     : Emulator { kind: Left(Kitty), light: false, cell_size: Some((9, 18)) }
    Emulator.detect_full: Ok(Emulator { kind: Left(Kitty), light: false, cell_size: Some((9, 18)) })

Adapter
    Adapter.matches: Kgp

Desktop
    XDG_SESSION_TYPE           : Some("wayland")
    WAYLAND_DISPLAY            : Some("wayland-1")
    DISPLAY                    : Some(":1")
    SWAYSOCK                   : None
    HYPRLAND_INSTANCE_SIGNATURE: Some("0bd541f2fd902dbfa04c3ea2ccf679395e316887_1735555963_537216339")
    WAYFIRE_SOCKET             : None

SSH
    shared.in_ssh_connection: false

WSL
    WSL: false

NVIM
    NVIM          : false
    Neovim version: 0.10.3

Variables
    SHELL           : Some("/usr/bin/bash")
    EDITOR          : Some("nvim")
    VISUAL          : None
    YAZI_FILE_ONE   : None
    YAZI_CONFIG_HOME: None
    YAZI_ZOXIDE_OPTS: None
    FZF_DEFAULT_OPTS: None

Text Opener
    default     : Some(Opener { run: "${EDITOR:-vi} \"$@\"", block: true, orphan: false, desc: "$EDITOR", for_: None, spread: true })
    block-create: Some(Opener { run: "${EDITOR:-vi} \"$@\"", block: true, orphan: false, desc: "$EDITOR", for_: None, spread: true })
    block-rename: Some(Opener { run: "${EDITOR:-vi} \"$@\"", block: true, orphan: false, desc: "$EDITOR", for_: None, spread: true })

Multiplexers
    TMUX               : 0
    tmux version       : No such file or directory (os error 2)
    tmux build flags   : enable-sixel=Unknown
    ZELLIJ_SESSION_NAME: None
    Zellij version     : No such file or directory (os error 2)

Dependencies
    file          : 5.46
    ueberzugpp    : No such file or directory (os error 2)
    ffmpeg/ffprobe: 7.1 / 7.1
    pdftoppm      : 24.12.0
    magick        : 7.1.1-43
    fzf           : 0.57.0
    fd/fdfind     : 10.2.0 / No such file or directory (os error 2)
    rg            : 14.1.1
    chafa         : No such file or directory (os error 2)
    zoxide        : 0.9.6
    7z/7zz        : 24.09 / No such file or directory (os error 2)
    jq            : 1.7.1

Clipboard
    wl-copy/paste: 2.2.1 / 2.2.1
    xclip        : No such file or directory (os error 2)
    xsel         : No such file or directory (os error 2)

Describe the question

How to control how apps are launched? When I try to open any executable, xdg opens it in chromium and the browser downloads it.

I tried this in .config/yazi/yazi.toml

[opener]
bin_open = [
    { run = "./$0", block = true, orphan = true },
]

[open]
prepend_rules = [
    { mime = "application/x-executable", use = "bin_open"}
]

but it doesn't work. Am I missing something?

I also found #651 and #1673, don't work either.

Anything else?

No response

Checklist

• I have searched the existing discussions/issues

[sxyazi]

{ mime = "application/x-executable", use = "bin_open"}

This mimetype is wrong, Yazi doesn't use x-, spot the file to see what mimetype it exactly has, see https://yazi-rs.github.io/docs/configuration/yazi#open

[echoborealis]

@sxyazi
Hi,
I spotted it, type turned to be application/pie-executable, thanks for this note.

Now I have

[opener]
bin_open = [
    { run = './$0', orphan = true, block = true},
]

[open]
prepend_rules = [
    { mime = "application/pie-executable", use = ["bin_open"]},
]

But it still just "downloads" the executable in the browser. Running ./<app-name> from shell works as expected.

[sxyazi]

run = './$0'

No, this is not valid shell syntax.

Running sh -c './$0' /tmp/my-executable.sh will cause an error:

$ sh -c './$0' /tmp/my-executable.sh
/tmp/my-executable.sh: .//tmp/my-executable.sh: No such file or directory

What you need is run = '"$0"':

$ sh -c '"$0"' /tmp/my-executable.sh
Works!!!

See #1673 (comment)

[echoborealis]

Thanks! It's working now.