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Shell script that toggles a program on/off
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run-toggle.sh
#!/usr/bin/env zsh
# USAGE:
# $ chmod + x run-toggle.sh
# ./run-toggle.sh <program binary path>
export FULL_COMMAND=${@:1}
export PROGRAM_NAME=$1
export PROGRAM_PID=$(pgrep -u $USER -x $PROGRAM_NAME)
if [[ $PROGRAM_PID ]]; then
killall $PROGRAM_NAME
notify-send $PROGRAM_NAME off
else
notify-send $PROGRAM_NAME on
$FULL_COMMAND & # run in bg
fi
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