This Bash script creates a menu to an interactive selection to choose which MSX model to use on openMSX emulator.

msxslct.sh

#!/usr/bin/env bash

set -eu

OPENMSX=$( which openmsx )

if [[ ! -f ${OPENMSX} ]]; then
    echo "openMSX not installed!"
    exit 2
else
    echo "Select manufacturer:"
fi

OPENMSX_HOME="/usr/share/openmsx"
OPENMSX_MACHINES="${OPENMSX_HOME}/machines"

get_manufacturer_list(){
    {
        cd ${OPENMSX_MACHINES}
        ls |\
            egrep "[A-Z].*\.xml" |\
            sed "s/Al_Alamiah/AlAlamiah/" |\
            sed "s/_[-A-Za-z0-9]\{2,3\}.*xml$//g" |\
            egrep -v "\.xml$" |\
            sed "s/AlAlamiah/Al_Alamiah/";
    } |\
        sort |\
        uniq
}

get_code_list(){
    {
        cd ${OPENMSX_MACHINES}
        ls ${1}_*.xml |\
            sed "s/${1}_//" |\
            sed "s/.xml//"
    } | sort
}

select manu in $( get_manufacturer_list ); do
    if [[ ${manu} != "" ]]; then
        PS3="${manu} [${REPLY}] #? "
        echo -e "\nSelect model:"
        select code in $( get_code_list ${manu} ); do
            if [[ ${code} != "" ]]; then
                echo -e "\nStarting openMSX..."
                ${OPENMSX} -machine ${manu}_${code} ${*}
                break
            fi
        done
        break
    fi
done

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