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Like `wpctl set-default` but accepts a case-insensitive sink-name instead of an id
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#!/bin/sh | |
query="$1" | |
debug="$2" | |
if [ -z "$query" ]; then | |
echo "Usage: $(basename "$0") <query> [debug]" | |
exit 1 | |
fi | |
COL_GREEN='\e[0;32m' | |
COL_YELLOW='\e[1;33m' | |
COL_GRAY='\e[1;30m' | |
COL_RESET='\e[0m' | |
COL_CURRENT=$COL_RESET | |
log() { | |
if [ "$debug" != "debug" ]; then | |
return | |
fi | |
printf '%b%s\n' "$COL_CURRENT" "$*" >&2 | |
printf '%b' "$COL_RESET" >&2 | |
} | |
findSinkIdByName() { | |
inAudioSection=false | |
inSinkSection=false | |
wpctl status | while read -r line; do | |
if echo "$line" | grep -Eq '^Audio'; then | |
inAudioSection=true | |
COL_CURRENT=$COL_YELLOW | |
log "$line" | |
continue | |
fi | |
if echo "$line" | grep -q ' Sinks:'; then | |
inSinkSection=true | |
COL_CURRENT=$COL_YELLOW | |
log "$line" | |
continue | |
fi | |
if ! $inAudioSection || ! $inSinkSection; then | |
COL_CURRENT=$COL_GRAY | |
log "$line" | |
continue | |
fi | |
id=$(echo "$line" | grep -E '[0-9]+\. ' | sed -E 's/[^0-9]*([0-9]+)\..*/\1/' | xargs) | |
if [ -z "$id" ]; then | |
COL_CURRENT=$COL_GRAY | |
log "$line" | |
break | |
fi | |
name=$(echo "$line" | sed -E 's/[^.]*\.([^[]+).*/\1/' | xargs) | |
if echo "$name" | grep -iq "$query"; then | |
COL_CURRENT=$COL_GREEN | |
log "$line" | |
log '' | |
echo "$id:$name" | |
break | |
fi | |
COL_CURRENT=$COL_GRAY | |
log "$line" | |
done | |
} | |
sink=$(findSinkIdByName "$query") | |
sinkId=$(echo "$sink" | cut -d ":" -f1) | |
sinkName=$(echo "$sink" | cut -d ":" -f2) | |
if [ -z "$sinkId" ]; then | |
echo "No sink found with name: $query" >&2 | |
exit 1 | |
fi | |
echo "Setting default sink to: $sinkId ($sinkName)" | |
wpctl set-default "$sinkId" |
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