movewindow.sh

movewindow.sh

#!/bin/bash
XDO=/usr/bin/xdotool

# This script moves the active window  between different monitors
# usage: movewindow [-vsn] [left|right]
select=0
noop=false
verbose=false

while getopts "h?vsn" opt; do
	case "$opt" in
	v) verbose=true
		;;
	s) select=1
		;;
	n) noop=true
		;;
    	esac
done

shift $((OPTIND-1))

[ "$1" == "--" ] && shift

if [ $select -eq 1 ]
then
	read WINDOW <<< `$XDO selectwindow 2> /dev/null`
else
	read WINDOW <<< `$XDO getactivewindow`
fi
$verbose && echo "WINDOW=$WINDOW"

read DESKTOP_WINDOW DESKTOP_X DESKTOP_Y DESKTOP_WIDTH DESKTOP_HEIGHT DESKTOP_SCREEN <<< `$XDO search --name "Desktop" getwindowgeometry --shell | cut -d= -f2`
$verbose && echo "Desktop width is $DESKTOP_WIDTH"

read DISPLAY_WIDTH DISPLAY_HEIGHT <<< `$XDO getdisplaygeometry --shell |cut -d= -f2`
$verbose && echo "Display width is $DISPLAY_WIDTH"

read WINDOW X Y WIDTH HEIGHT SCREEN  <<< `$XDO getwindowgeometry --shell $WINDOW | cut -d= -f2`
$verbose && echo "Window X is $X"
$verbose && echo "Window width is $WIDTH"

if [ $1 == "left" ]
then
	if [ $X -lt $DISPLAY_WIDTH ]
	then NEW_X=$[$DESKTOP_WIDTH - $DISPLAY_WIDTH + $X]
	else NEW_X=$[$X - $DISPLAY_WIDTH]
	fi
else
	NEW_X=$[$X + $DISPLAY_WIDTH]
	if [ $NEW_X -gt $DESKTOP_WIDTH ]
	then NEW_X=$[$NEW_X - $DESKTOP_WIDTH]
	fi
fi
$verbose && echo "New X is $NEW_X"

CMD="$XDO windowmove $WINDOW $NEW_X y"
if [ $noop == true ]
then
	echo $CMD
	exit 0
fi 
$CMD
#$XDO windowmove $WINDOW $NEW_X y

I found on lines 33, 36, 39 I had to set the delimiter explicitly on Ubuntu 17.04 - by doing "read -d '\t'". I also suggesting quoting "$1" on line 43, consistent with line 23, so that it does not error if you pass no arguments.