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Bash script for i3 to run a terminal in the same working directory as the current focused application
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#!/bin/bash | |
# i3 thread: https://faq.i3wm.org/question/150/how-to-launch-a-terminal-from-here/?answer=152#post-id-152 | |
CMD=gnome-terminal | |
CWD='' | |
# Get window ID | |
ID=$(xdpyinfo | grep focus | cut -f4 -d " ") | |
# Get PID of process whose window this is | |
PID=$(xprop -id $ID | grep -m 1 PID | cut -d " " -f 3) | |
# Get last child process (shell, vim, etc) | |
if [ -n "$PID" ]; then | |
TREE=$(pstree -lpAn $PID | tail -n 1) | |
PID=$(echo $TREE | awk -F'---' '{print $NF}' | sed -re 's/[^0-9]//g') | |
# If we find the working directory, run the command in that directory | |
if [ -e "/proc/$PID/cwd" ]; then | |
CWD=$(readlink /proc/$PID/cwd) | |
fi | |
fi | |
if [ -n "$CWD" ]; then | |
cd $CWD && $CMD | |
else | |
$CMD | |
fi |
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