scripts: added exec_on_tag.sh

1 files changed, 26 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/scripts/exec_on_tag.sh b/scripts/exec_on_tag.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+
+TAG="$1"
+EXPIRE="120" # expiry time in seconds
+shift
+
+if [ -z "$TAG" ] || [ -z "$1" ] ;then
+    echo "usage: $0 TAG COMMAND [ARGS ...]" >&2
+    echo "executes a COMMAND on a specific TAG" >&2
+    echo "if TAG doesnot exist, it will be created" >&2
+
+fi
+
+function hc() {
+    herbstclient "$@"
+}
+
+# ensure tag exists
+hc add "$TAG"
+
+# move next window from this process to this tag
+hc rule maxage="$EXPIRE" pid="$$" tag="$TAG" once
+
+exec "$@"
+