Automatic assignment of Superkey+1/9 to shortcuts on the lxde panel

supershortcuts.sh

#!/bin/bash

##PLEASE BACKUP YOUR OPENBOX XML FILE BEFORE USING THIS SCRIPT.
##THIS IS A SAFETY MEASURE IN THE EVENT THAT THE SCRIPT FAILS TO EXECUTE CORRECTLY!

##This script reads the desktop shortcuts from the panel file and adds up to 9 shortcuts to the openbox xml file.
##Allowing you to use super+1/9 to open applications from your panel using the keyboard

##Instructions: To apply shortcuts: "./supershortcuts.sh /path/to/panel/file /path/to/openbox/config/xml/file
##To get rid of the shortcuts again simply type: "./supershortcuts.sh remove /path/to/openbox/config/xml/file


if [ $1 == 'remove' ]; ##if argument 1 is remove then execute the sed command to remove all the shortcuts
then
	sed -i '/<!--SUPERSHORTCUTS-->/,/<!--ENDOFSUPERSHORTCUTS-->/d' $2
else ##else execute the following
	PANELFILE=$1 ##assigning the filepath to PANELFILE for ease of use during writing of script
	OPENBOXCONFIG=$2 ##assigning the filepath to OPENBOXCONFIG for ease of use during writing of script
	PANELFILECOUNT=$(cat $PANELFILE | grep -c .desktop) ##to store the amount of shortcuts needed in case there are less than 9 causing the script to fail otherwise

	if (( $PANELFILECOUNT <= 0 )); ##if there are no .desktop shortcuts to be found it means that the wrong panel file is chosen and nothing will change
	then
		echo "Can't find anything to shortcut. Please make sure you have selected the right file"
	else
		sed -i '/<!--SUPERSHORTCUTS-->/,/<!--ENDOFSUPERSHORTCUTS-->/d' $OPENBOXCONFIG ##remove previous shortcuts added by script to prevent double assignments

		sed -i "/<\/keyboard>/i <!--SUPERSHORTCUTS-->" $OPENBOXCONFIG ##add the line <!--SUPERSHORTCUTS--> at the begining of the newly added shortcuts

		counter=1 ##counter needed for the while loop. 

		while (($counter <= 9 && $counter <= $PANELFILECOUNT)) ##while the counter is lower or equal than 9 and the PANELFILECOUNT keep running the loop to add shortcuts
		do
			input=$(cat $PANELFILE | grep .desktop | sed 's/id=//g' | sed 's/ //g' | sed $counter'q;d') ##grabs the .desktop shortcut depending on which number the counter is
			sed -i "/<\/keyboard>/i <keybind key='W-$counter'>\n  <action name='Execute'>\n   <command>xdg-open \/usr\/share\/applications\/$input<\/command>\n  <\/action>\n<\/keybind>" $OPENBOXCONFIG ## adds the information to the openbox config xml file
			((++counter)) ##increase counter by 1
		done

		sed -i "/<\/keyboard>/i <!--ENDOFSUPERSHORTCUTS-->" $OPENBOXCONFIG ##add the line <!--ENDOFSUPERSHORTCUTS--> at the end of the newly added shortcuts
	fi
fi
openbox --restart ##restart openbox to apply the removal or adding of shortcuts so they can be used right away