Allocate Workspaces to Applications in Ubuntu

allocateWindowsToWorkspaces.sh

#!/bin/bash
function allocateByName() {
    ID=$(getWindowIdByTitle "$1")

    if [ "$ID" = "" ]; then
        echo "Window $1 not found."
        echo ""
    else
        allocateByIds "$ID" $2 "$1" "$3"
    fi
}

function allocateByIds() {
    WINDOWIDS="$1"
    WORKSPACEID="$2"
    NAME="$3"
    HINT="$4"
    while read -r line; do
        allocateById "$line" $WORKSPACEID "$NAME" "$HINT"
    done <<< "$WINDOWIDS"
}

function allocateById() {
    WINDOWID="$1"
    WORKSPACEID="$2"
    NAME="$3"
    HINT="$4"
    if [ "$HINT" != "" ]; then
        NAME="$NAME ($HINT)"
    fi
    
    CALLOUT=""
    if [ "$NAME" = "" ]; then
        CALLOUT="$WINDOWID"
    else
        CALLOUT="$NAME (#$WINDOWID)"
    fi

    wmctrl -i -r $WINDOWID -t $WORKSPACEID
    echo "Moved window $CALLOUT to workspace $2."
    echo ""
}

function getWindowIdByTitle() {
    wmctrl -l | grep "$1" | awk '{print $1}'
} 

function listWindows {
    echo "-------------------------------------"
    wmctrl -l
    echo "-------------------------------------"
    echo ""
}

listWindows

# main workspace
allocate "Some Workspace 0 Application" 0
allocate "Another Workspace 0 Application" 0

# workspace 1
allocate "Some Workspace 1 Application" 1 "Display name, because the title isn't obvious"

# workspace 2
allocate "Some Workspace 2 Application" 2

# workspace 3
allocate "Some Workspace 3 Application" 3