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This is another simpler and similar script to dmenu_launcher_wmctrl.sh (https://gist.github.com/alvaro-jmp/3a0b1ae132780a56c6b0838e290471c2) using dmenu_path to get a list of the binaries or shell scripts, wmctrl to get the information about the windows.
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dmenu_launcher_wmctrl2.sh
#!/bin/bash
# This is another simpler and similar script to dmenu_launcher_wmctrl.sh (https://gist.github.com/alvaro-jmp/3a0b1ae132780a56c6b0838e290471c2) using compgen to get a list of the binaries or shell scripts, wmctrl to get the information about the windows.
# Print the list of binaries or shell scripts and windows in dmenu
result=$(printf "%s\n%s" "$(wmctrl -l | sort -nk2 | awk '{print "WIN ###", $0}')" "$(compgen -c | awk '{print "RUN >>>", $0}')" | dmenu -l 10)
# To switch between windows
if [[ "$result" =~ ^WIN ]]; then
echo $result | awk '{print $3}' | xargs wmctrl -i -a
# To run applications
elif [[ "$result" =~ ^RUN ]]; then
run=$(echo $result | sed "s/^RUN >>>//")
/bin/bash -c "$run &"
fi
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