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~/.fluxbox/find_app.sh
#!/bin/bash
# Find_app
# Author: Lucas van Staden (lvs at dedmeet.com / www.dedmeet.com)
# This little script will try and find the application attempting to start
# in the running processes, and if found, focus the application
# if not found, a new instance will start
# usage:
# find_app.sh
# params
# 1 - application to start (full path)
# helper applications
WMCTRL=`which wmctrl`;
GREP=`which grep`;
APPLICATION=$1;
BASENAME=`basename $APPLICATION`;
BASENAME=`echo $BASENAME | tr “[:upper:]” “[:lower:]“`
FOUND=0;
function findwindow {
# 1 = BASENAME
# 2 = WMCTRL
# 3 = GREP
IFS=$’\n’;
for RUNNING in `$2 -l -x`
do
if [ `echo $RUNNING | tr "[:upper:]” “[:lower:]” | $3 -c $1` -gt 0 ]
then
HOSTNAME=`hostname`
WINDOW=${RUNNING#*${HOSTNAME} }
$2 -a $WINDOW
FOUND=1;
fi;
done
}
findwindow $BASENAME $WMCTRL $GREP;
if [ $FOUND -eq 0 ]
then
$APPLICATION &
sleep 2;
# Try and find the application, after opened
findwindow $BASENAME $WMCTRL $GREP;
if [ $FOUND -eq 0 ]
then
# Still not found, wait a bit more, and try again
sleep 3;
findwindow $BASENAME $WMCTRL $GREP;
fi
fi