Launch a new terminal or just find one and bring it to the foreground - meant for a keyboard shortcut or WM menu option

launchOrRaiseTerm.sh

#!/bin/sh

HOSTNAME=`hostname`

# command to launch terminal
TERM_CMD="xfce4-terminal"

# what my terminal window name will always start with
NAME_PREFIX="#!"

# the name of the current terminal window - if more than one just guess and use the first
CURRENT_NAME=`wmctrl -l | grep "$NAME_PREFIX" | sed 's/^.*'"$HOSTNAME"' //' | head -n 1`

if [ -z "$CURRENT_NAME" ]; then
	# not running, launch
	$TERM_CMD &
else
	# bring to foreground
	wmctrl -a "$CURRENT_NAME"
fi