When a workday is over and i start to close all programs, the CTRL-D game begins.
The same question raises everyday: Why i have started 10 ssh sessions to the same host!?!
The answer is simple. If i need a session to a host, and i don't find an open one within 5 seconds, i start to get impatient and open a new terminal.
To find my terminals faster, i wrote a bash script, which searches through all window titles for the given string. If the filter matches, it brings up all relevant windows. The search string is entered via a zenity dialog box.
Important: The script only works with a EWMH compliant window manager.
prerequisites:The script should be triggered by a keyboard shortcut. ( ... see my last post how to configure a keyboard shortcut in openbox )
switch_to_window.sh:
#!/bin/bash win_list="init" # read key key=$( zenity --entry --text 'find window:' ) [ "$key" = "" ] && { exit 0; } # get id of the focused window active_win_id=$(xprop -root | awk -F'# 0x' '/_NET_ACTIVE_W/{print $2}') # get list of all windows matching the key # the for loop is a workaround for the missing AND operator in the grep command for k in $key; do if [ "$win_list" = "init" ]; then win_list=$(wmctrl -x -l | grep -i $k | grep -ve "0x${active_win_id} " ); else win_list=$(echo "$win_list" | grep -i $k ); fi done switch_to=$( echo "$win_list" | cut -d' ' -f 1 ) # exit if no match [ "$switch_to" = "" ] && { exit 0; } # switch through all window in list for i in $switch_to; do wmctrl -i -a $i; done
The search string is case insensitive and can be part of the title or the window class. You can also enter multiple space separated keyword.
Examples:
keyword action term ... brings up all terminals lars.st0ne.at ... brings up my browser ( when on page lars.st0ne.at ) and my ssh session to lars.st0ne.at term lars ... brings up only my ssh sessions to lars.st0ne.at
