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  1. #!/bin/bash
  2.  
  3. # Name:       xfconfMonitor
  4. # Descrition: Monitors changes in xfce-configuation and outputs commands to
  5. #             manually make the changes via command line.
  6. #
  7. #             Not thread safe, but shouldn't need to be.
  8.  
  9. pids=()
  10.  
  11. function killallChildren()
  12. {
  13. 	for pid in "${pids[@]}"; do
  14. 		kill -15 "${pid}"
  15. 	done
  16. }
  17.  
  18. function listChannels()
  19. {
  20. 	readarray -t channels < <(xfconf-query -l | grep -v "^Channels:$")
  21.  
  22. 	for channel in "${channels[@]}"; do
  23. 		echo "${channel##* }"
  24. 	done
  25. }
  26.  
  27. function monitorChannel()
  28. {
  29. 	local channelToMonitor="${1}"
  30. 	while read -r line; do
  31. 		# First line from monitor is always:
  32. 		#	Start monitoring channel "${channelToMonitor}":
  33. 		#Subsequent lines from monitor are always
  34. 		#	set: ${changedProperty}
  35. 		#
  36. 		#So, we can just look at last token of each line.
  37. 		changedProperty="${line##* }"
  38. 		if [[ "${changedProperty}" == "\"${channelToMonitor}\":" ]] ; then
  39. 			#Ignore the "Start monitoring channel" line.
  40. 			continue
  41. 		fi
  42.  
  43. 		displayProperty "${channelToMonitor}" "${changedProperty}"
  44. 	done < <(xfconf-query -m -c "${channelToMonitor}")
  45. }
  46.  
  47. function displayProperty()
  48. {
  49. 	local channelToMonitor="${1}"
  50. 	local propertyToMonitor="${2}"
  51. 	if [[ "${channelToMonitor}" == "" ]] ||  [[ "${propertyToMonitor}" == "" ]]; then
  52. 		return
  53. 	fi
  54. 	#shellcheck disable=SC2155 #Ignoring return value. We will display any std output given whether command succeeds or fails.
  55. 	local value="$(xfconf-query -c "${channelToMonitor?}" -p "${changedProperty?}")"
  56.  
  57. 	#We are ignoring type for now.
  58. 	echo "xfconf-query --channel ${channelToMonitor} --property ${propertyToMonitor} --set ${value}"
  59. }
  60.  
  61. readarray -t channels < <(listChannels)
  62.  
  63. for channel in "${channels[@]}"; do
  64. 	monitorChannel "${channel}" 2> /dev/null &
  65. 	pids+=(${!})
  66. done
  67.  
  68. echo "Any changes made to xfce settings though the gui will be logged here."
  69. echo "When finished, simply press [ENTER] to quit"
  70.  
  71. read -r
  72. killallChildren
  73.  
  74.  
  75.  
  76.  
Success #stdin #stdout #stderr 0.01s 5284KB
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Standard input is empty
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Any changes made to xfce settings though the gui will be logged here.
When finished, simply press [ENTER] to quit
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./prog.sh: line 16: xfconf-query: command not found
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