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#!/usr/bin/env bash
# Check for dependencies
if ! command -v fzf &> /dev/null; then
echo "fzf is required but it's not installed. Exiting."
exit 1
fi
locale="en_US"
locale=${locale%%_*} # Extract just the first part (e.g., "en" from "en_US")
input="$1"
# Determine if input is a URI with a scheme, otherwise get realpath or return an error
if [[ "$input" =~ ^(https?|ftp|mailto|tel|sip|sips|magnet|ssh|sftp|webcal|rtsp|ldap|xmpp|bitcoin|ethereum|litecoin|vnc|steam|geo): ]]; then
uri_scheme="${BASH_REMATCH[1]}"
mime_type="x-scheme-handler/$uri_scheme"
elif [[ -e "$input" ]]; then
file_path=$(realpath "$input")
if [[ -d "$file_path" ]]; then
mime_type="inode/directory"
else
mime_type=$(xdg-mime query filetype "$file_path")
fi
else
echo "Invalid input or path does not exist: ${input}"
exit 1
fi
# Function to parse .desktop files
parse_desktop_files() {
local search_path mime_filter="$1"
declare -A appsExecMap
if [[ -n "$mime_filter" ]]; then
search_path=$(grep -rls "^MimeType=.*$mime_filter" /usr/share/applications/ ~/.local/share/applications/)
else
search_path=$(find /usr/share/applications/ ~/.local/share/applications/ -name "*.desktop")
fi
while IFS= read -r file; do
local name=$(awk -F "=" -v locale="$locale" -v RS="\n" '/^\[Desktop Entry\]/ {flag=1; next} /^\[/ {flag=0} flag && /^Name(\['"$locale"'\])?=/' "$file" | head -n 1 | cut -d= -f2-)
local exec=$(awk -F "=" -v RS="\n" '/^\[Desktop Entry\]/ {flag=1; next} /^\[/ {flag=0} flag && /^Exec=/' "$file" | head -n 1 | cut -d= -f2-)
if [[ -n "$name" && -n "$exec" ]]; then
appsExecMap["$name"]="$exec"
fi
done <<< "$search_path"
for name in "${!appsExecMap[@]}"; do
printf "%s\n" "$name"
done
}
compatible_apps=$(parse_desktop_files "$mime_type")
other_option="Other application"
selected_app=$(printf "%s\n%s" "$compatible_apps" "$other_option" | fzf --prompt="Select an application: ")
if [[ "$selected_app" == "Other application" ]]; then
all_apps=$(parse_desktop_files)
selected_app=$(printf "%s" "$all_apps" | fzf --prompt="Select an application: ")
fi
if [[ "$selected_app" != "Other application" && -n "$selected_app" ]]; then
exec_command=$(grep -rls "^Name=$selected_app" /usr/share/applications/ ~/.local/share/applications/ | xargs grep -hs "^Exec=" | head -n 1 | cut -d "=" -f2-)
# Adjust command placeholders
exec_command=${exec_command//%U/"'$input'"}
exec_command=${exec_command//%u/"'$input'"}
exec_command=${exec_command//%F/"'$file_path'"}
exec_command=${exec_command//%f/"'$file_path'"}
exec_command=${exec_command//%i/""}
exec_command=${exec_command//%c/""}
exec_command=${exec_command//%k/""}
exec_command=${exec_command//%v/""}
echo "Executing: $exec_command"
eval "$exec_command"
else
echo "No application selected or found for execution. Exiting."
exit 1
fi
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