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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Script Works But Need It to Exit Upon Closing Program Post 303031708 by jakefish on Monday 4th of March 2019 05:10:02 PM
Old 03-04-2019
Code:
#!/bin/sh
( sleep 1
  while pgrep chrome
    do  xdotool search --name Chrome 2>/dev/null | 
        while read id
           do xdotool set_window --name "Chrome" $id
           done
        sleep 1
    done
 ) &
google-chrome-stable

This indeed terminates the script upon exiting google-chrome-stable!

Code:
pgrep google-chrome-stable

did not find the chrome browser, but
Code:
pgrep chrome

did.

Initially, exiting google-chrome-stable left the one instance of the script still running until--because you folks had taught me a certain awareness--I realized that because the script was named "chrome," matters were confused. Renaming the script to something other than "chrome" shut it down entirely after exiting google-chrome-stable.

I should've never used the word "chrome" in the script's name to begin with; I wonder how many other issues I created because of the misleading name.

In fact, because of the poor title, I wonder if bakunin's original suggestion:
Code:
kill -15 %1

would've worked from the onset. I'll have to see.

Code:
ps -fe | grep [s]leep

I was not familiar with that particular use of grep. That would've headed off some earlier problems, I imagine.

Since you all have been so patient/helpful with such a seemingly arcane script, this is the overarching issue:

xubuntu_panel_embedded_in_mate_18.3_window_title_bar - Album on Imgur

That's the screen of a 7" GPD Pocket running Mate 18.3 but with a Xubuntu panel, since it was the only panel I found that can be both transparent and run directly on the window title bar. Joining the panel with the window title bar saves screen real estate, but a text-filled title covers the print-outs of the panel's genmons. So there was a big need to shorten the title, and I've modified the retitling script for the windows of Thunderbird and Links2 as well.

I have a beloved umpc MBook M1, with a 4.8" screen and without these scripts, it's just gibberish across the window title.

bakunin, I don't know why Chrome/Firefox are finicky about multiple instances. Links2 is mingy too--and it doesn't even have tabs, but it is screamingly fast, completely junk-free, and is lightweight enough to run on a abacus. I use it whenever I can for peaceful, unobtrusive browsing, especially news sites.

Once again, thank you both for your help.
 

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LEARN ABOUT SUSE

firefox

FIREFOX(1)							Linux User's Manual							FIREFOX(1)

NAME

       firefox - a Web browser for X11 derived from the Mozilla browser

SYNOPSIS

       firefox [OPTIONS] [URL]

DESCRIPTION

       Mozilla Firefox is an open-source web browser, designed for standards compliance, performance and portability.

USAGE

       firefox is a simple shell script that will set up the environment for the actual executable.

OPTIONS

       A summary of the options supported by firefox is included below.

   GTK options
       --gdk-debug=FLAGS Gdk debugging flags to set

       --gdk-no-debug=FLAGS
	      Gdk debugging flags to unset

       --gtk-debug=FLAGS
	      Gtk+ debugging flags to set

       --gtk-no-debug=FLAGS
	      Gtk+ debugging flags to unset

       --gtk-module=MODULE
	      Load an additional Gtk module

   X11 options
       --display=DISPLAY
	      X display to use

       --sync Make X calls synchronous

       --no-xshm
	      Don't use X shared memory extension

       --xim-preedit=STYLE

       --xim-status=STYLE

       --g-fatal-warnings
	      Make all warnings fatal

   Firefox options
       -h, -help
	      Show summary of options.

       -height value
	      Set height of startup window to value.

       -width value
	      Set width of startup window to value.

       -v, -version
	      Print /usr/bin/firefox-bin version.

       -CreateProfile profile
	      Create profile.

       -P profile
	      Start with profile.

       -ProfileManager
	      Start with profile manager.

       -UILocale lang-region
	      Start with lang-region resources.

       -contentLocale lang-region
	      Start with lang-region resources.

       -remote command
	      Execute command in an already running Firefox process.  For more info, see: http://www.mozilla.org/unix/remote.html

       -no-remote
	      Don't try to control an already running instance.

       -jsconsole
	      Start with Javascript Console

       -chrome url
	      Load the specified chrome.

       -new-window url
	      Open URL in a new window if Firefox is already running.

       -new-tab url
	      Open URL in a new tab if Firefox is already running.

       -preferences
	      Open Firefox preferences menu.

       -safe-mode
	      Disables extensions and themes for this session.

       FILES  /usr/bin/firefox - shell script wrapping firefox
	      /usr/lib/firefox/firefox - firefox executable

VERSION

       3.0

BUGS

       To report a bug, please visit http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/

SEE ALSO

       mozilla(1)

AUTHORS

       The Mozilla Organization
	      http://www.mozilla.org/about.html

firefox 							 January 04, 2006							FIREFOX(1)
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