#!/bin/bash shopt -s nullglob # We use this to make sure the cache files are sorted bytewise export LC_COLLATE=C cache_file=/tmp/clipmenu.$USER/line_cache # It's okay to hardcode `-l 8` here as a sensible default without checking # whether `-l` is also in "$@", because the way that dmenu works allows a later # argument to override an earlier one. That is, if the user passes in `-l`, our # one will be ignored. chosen_line=$(sed 's/^[^|]\+|//' "$cache_file" | tac | uniq | dmenu -l 8 "$@") [[ $chosen_line ]] || exit 1 # Naive, but performant path, only follow expensive path if it doesn't work out_line=$(grep -F "|$chosen_line" "$cache_file") out_length=$(wc -l <<< "$out_line") if (( out_length == 1 )); then # Cheap path succeded file=${out_line%%|*} elif (( out_length > 1 )); then # Cheap path failed while IFS='|' read -r full_file first_line; do if [[ $first_line == "$chosen_line" ]]; then file=$full_file break fi done <<< "$out_line" else # We didn't find this in cache printf 'FATAL: %s not in cache, run clipmenu-fsck\n' "$chosen_line" >&2 exit 2 fi for selection in clipboard primary; do if type -p xsel >/dev/null 2>&1; then xsel -i --"$selection" < "$file" else xclip -sel "$selection" < "$file" fi done