10-02-2012
String generation from user input
Hi
I have one thing I need advice on, and I don't know where to start so I have no sample code.
I want the user to provide input like: 1-3,6,7,9-11
When the input is like this, I want a string to be generated including all the numbers. In the example above, the string would look like:
1 2 3 6 7 9 10 11
I guess this can be done with AWK in some way, but I have no idea how.
Does anyone have a suggestion?
Tobbe
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NAME
i3-input - interactively take a command for i3 window manager
SYNOPSIS
i3-input [-s <socket>] [-F <format>] [-l <limit>] [-P <prompt>] [-f <font>] [-v]
DESCRIPTION
i3-input is a tool to take commands (or parts of a command) composed by the user, and send it/them to i3. This is useful, for example, for
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OPTIONS
-s <socket>
Specify the path to the i3 IPC socket (it should not be necessary to use this option, i3-input will figure out the path on its own).
-F <format>
Every occurence of "%s" in the <format> string is replaced by the user input, and the result is sent to i3 as a command. Default value
is "%s".
-l <limit>
Set the maximum allowed length of the user input to <limit> characters. i3-input will automatically issue the command when the user
input reaches that length.
-P <prompt>
Display the <prompt> string in front of user input text field. The prompt string is not included in the user input/command.
-f <font>
Use the specified X11 core font (use xfontsel to chose a font).
-v
Show version and exit.
EXAMPLES
Mark a container with a single character:
i3-input -F 'mark %s' -l 1 -P 'Mark: '
Go to the container marked with above example:
i3-input -F '[con_mark="%s"] focus' -l 1 -P 'Go to: '
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I3SOCK
i3-input handles the different sources of socket paths in the following order:
o I3SOCK environment variable
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o if neither are available, i3-input reads the socket path from the X11 property, which is the recommended way
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