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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Script Works But Need It to Exit Upon Closing Program Post 303031643 by jakefish on Sunday 3rd of March 2019 03:18:18 PM
Old 03-03-2019
Script Works But Need It to Exit Upon Closing Program [SOLVED]

Running Xubuntu 16.04 with shell version "GNU bash, version 4.3.48(1)-release (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu)," I have a working script that consistently renames a Chrome window:

Code:
#!/bin/sh
while sleep 1; do
	xdotool search --name chrome 2>/dev/null | while read id; do 
		xdotool set_window --name "Chrome" $id
	done
done

I can run this script in the background upon boot, but I would prefer to start it upon opening Chrome, then kill it upon closing Chrome.

I've tried a lot of if statements, etc and failed miserably--setting the variables is well above my skills.

May I ask veteran script-ers for assistance in setting up a script that starts the commands listed above when Chrome is opened, then terminates everything when Chrome is closed?

I very much appreciate your patience for my first post, and please let me know if I haven't made things clear enough.

Many thanks.

Edit: listed OS and shell version

Last edited by jakefish; 03-03-2019 at 06:12 PM.. Reason: SOLVED
 

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RBASH(1)						      General Commands Manual							  RBASH(1)

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rbash - restricted bash, see bash(1) RESTRICTED SHELL
If bash is started with the name rbash, or the -r option is supplied at invocation, the shell becomes restricted. A restricted shell is used to set up an environment more controlled than the standard shell. It behaves identically to bash with the exception that the follow- ing are disallowed or not performed: o changing directories with cd o setting or unsetting the values of SHELL, PATH, ENV, or BASH_ENV o specifying command names containing / o specifying a file name containing a / as an argument to the . builtin command o specifying a filename containing a slash as an argument to the -p option to the hash builtin command o importing function definitions from the shell environment at startup o parsing the value of SHELLOPTS from the shell environment at startup o redirecting output using the >, >|, <>, >&, &>, and >> redirection operators o using the exec builtin command to replace the shell with another command o adding or deleting builtin commands with the -f and -d options to the enable builtin command o using the enable builtin command to enable disabled shell builtins o specifying the -p option to the command builtin command o turning off restricted mode with set +r or set +o restricted. These restrictions are enforced after any startup files are read. When a command that is found to be a shell script is executed, rbash turns off any restrictions in the shell spawned to execute the script. SEE ALSO
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