#!/bin/bash desktop_files="/usr/share/applications" desktop_files_home="${HOME}/.local/share/applications" list_desktop_files() { if [ -d "${desktop_files}" ] ; then ls -1 "${desktop_files}/" | grep ".desktop" fi if [ -d "${desktop_files_home}" ] ; then ls -1 "${desktop_files_home}/" | grep ".desktop" fi } list_desktop_icons() { list_desktop_files | while read current_desktop ; do echo " ${current_desktop}" done } rundesk () { if [ -z ${1} ] ; then echo "No file entry" else if [ -f "${1}" ] ; then eval "$(awk -F= '$1=="Exec"{$1=""; print}' "$1")" else echo "File does not exist" fi fi } if [ -f /usr/bin/dex ] ; then runDesktop="dex" else runDesktop="rundesk" fi #list_output=$(list_desktop_files | dmenu "$@") #if [ -f "${desktop_files}/${list_output}" ] ; then # ${runDesktop} "${desktop_files}/${list_output}" #elif [ -f "${desktop_files_home}/${list_output}" ] ; then # ${runDesktop} "${desktop_files_home}/${list_output}" #fi list_output=$(list_desktop_icons | dmenu "$@") run_output=$(echo ${list_output} | cut -c 4-999) system_file=$(echo -n ${desktop_files}/ ; echo ${run_output}) home_file=$(echo -n ${desktop_files_home}/ ; echo ${run_output}) if [ -f "${system_file}" ] ; then ${runDesktop} "${system_file}" elif [ -f "${home_file}" ] ; then ${runDesktop} "${home_file}" fi