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Bash shell script to set Firefox homepage
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#!/bin/bash | |
# Script to change Firefox homepage in Linux | |
# | |
# Full path to 'profiles.ini' | |
PROFILES_INI=/home/$(whoami)/.mozilla/firefox/profiles.ini | |
if [ ! $1 ]; then | |
echo "Set URL as 1st argument" | |
exit 1 | |
fi | |
if [ ! -f "$PROFILES_INI" ]; then | |
echo "Could not find profiles.ini:" $PROFILES_INI | |
exit 1 | |
fi | |
# Assumes one Firefox profile | |
prefs_file=$(echo "${PROFILES_INI}" | sed 's/profiles.ini$//g')$(grep "Path=" "$PROFILES_INI" | sed 's/Path=//g')"/prefs.js" | |
if [ ! -f "$prefs_file" ]; then | |
echo "Could not find preferences file:" $prefs_file | |
exit 1 | |
fi | |
echo "Editing prefs.js file:" $prefs_file | |
# Look for: user_pref("browser.startup.homepage", ".*"); | |
sed -i "s/\(^user_pref(\"browser.startup.homepage\", \"\).*\(\");\)/\1${1}\2/g" "$prefs_file" | |
echo "Firefox homepage has been changed to:" $1 | |
exit 0 |
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