you can validate .desktop files like this, and it reports all issues:
nazgul@rivendell:~$ desktop-file-validate
/usr/share/app-install/desktop/sonic-visualiser:x-sonicvisualiser.desktop
/usr/share/app-install/desktop/sonic-visualiser:x-sonicvisualiser.desktop:
error: file contains key "Command" in group "Desktop Entry", but keys extending
the format should start with "X-"
/usr/share/app-install/desktop/sonic-visualiser:x-sonicvisualiser.desktop:
error: value "application/x-sonicvisualiser" for string list key "MimeType" in
group "Desktop Entry" does not have a semicolon (';') as trailing character
/usr/share/app-install/desktop/sonic-visualiser:x-sonicvisualiser.desktop:
warning: key "Patterns" in group "Desktop Entry" is deprecated
/usr/share/app-install/desktop/sonic-visualiser:x-sonicvisualiser.desktop:
error: value "*.sv;*.SV" for regexp list key "Patterns" in group "Desktop
Entry" does not have a semicolon (';') as trailing character
/usr/share/app-install/desktop/sonic-visualiser:x-sonicvisualiser.desktop:
warning: value "MimeType" for key "Type" in group "Desktop Entry" is deprecated
/usr/share/app-install/desktop/sonic-visualiser:x-sonicvisualiser.desktop:
error: required key "Name" in group "Desktop Entry" is not present
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