url.sh


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#!/bin/sh
# vim: shiftwidth=4 tabstop=4 noexpandtab

# constants
data_repo="${HOME}/.local/share/mydata"
data_rel="tables/urls.tsv"
data_abs="${data_repo}/${data_rel}"

# check if data file exists
if ! [ -f "${data_abs}" ]
then
	echo "Data file '""${data_abs}""' not found."
	exit 1
fi

# check dependency and warn user if necessary
if ! command -v bemenu > /dev/null 2>&1
then
	echo 'You have to install bemenu.'
	exit 1
fi

# check dependency and warn user if necessary
if ! command -v firefox > /dev/null 2>&1
then
	echo 'You have to install firefox.'
	exit 1
fi

# let user select the URL
closer="close menu"
line="$(sed "$ a ${closer}" < "${data_abs}" | bemenu -l 10)"
selection="$(echo "${line}" | awk -F '\t' '{print $1}')"

# exit or open URL in browser
if [ "${selection}" = "${closer}" ]
then
	exit 0
else
	firefox "${selection}"
fi