Restart DE without reboot (good for fixing minor glitches, applying modified settings etc.) for Linux

restart-de.sh

#!/bin/bash

# Restarts the running DE without rebooting
# Save this file as a .sh file (e.g. restart-de.sh)
# run: chmod +x restart-de.sh
# then to restart DE: ./restart-de.sh
# Supports: LxQt, Openbox, KDE Plasma, GNOME, Mate, JWM, Budgie

xprop_session=$(xprop -id $(xprop -root -notype | awk '$1=="_NET_SUPPORTING_WM_CHECK:"{print $5}') | grep _NET_WM_NAME | awk '{print $3}' | tr -d '"')

if [[ "$DESKTOP_SESSION" =~ "lxqt" ]]; then
	killall lxqt-panel && lxqt-panel &
elif [[ "$DESKTOP_SESSION" =~ "openbox" ]]; then
	openbox --restart &
elif [[ "$DESKTOP_SESSION" =~ "plasma" ]]; then
	kquitapp5 plasmashell && kstart5 plasmashell &
elif [[ "$DESKTOP_SESSION" =~ "gnome" ]]; then
    # killall gnome-panel
	killall -3 gnome-shell && gnome-shell --replace &
elif [[ "$DESKTOP_SESSION" =~ "mate" ]]; then
	mate-panel --replace &
elif [[ "$xprop_session" =~ "JWM" ]]; then
	jwm -restart &
elif [[ "$xprop_session" =~ "Mutter(Budgie)" ]]; then
	budgie-panel --replace &
else
	echo "Error: The DE currently running is not yet supported"
fi