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Created July 13, 2023 23:46
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launcher-gen.sh
#!/bin/sh
# Create Chromium URL-as-app launcher given name of video and URL
# Example:
# $ sh launcher-gen.sh 'Dark Drum and Bass - VOL 2' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55kZd_JDrfI
NAME="$1"
URL=$2
echo '[Desktop Entry]\nVersion=1.0\nType=Application' > /home/$USER/Desktop/$NAME.desktop
echo "Name=$NAME" >> /home/$USER/Desktop/$NAME.desktop
echo 'Comment=' >> /home/$USER/Desktop/$NAME.desktop
echo "Exec=chromium $URL" >> /home/$USER/Desktop/$NAME.desktop
echo 'Icon=/usr/share/icons/Flat-Remix-Blue-Dark/mimetypes/scalable/application-audio.svg' >> /home/$USER/Desktop/$NAME.desktop
echo 'Path=\nTerminal=false\nStartupNotify=false' >> /home/$USER/Desktop/$NAME.desktop
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Original intention was to create desktop launchers for various music videos; to launch chromium and pass it a preset URL.

  • $NAME (argv[1]) stores the music video name
  • $URL (argv[2]) stores the video URL
  • Icon= could be left empty
  • Comment= could be left empty

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