#!/bin/bash
#choose directory to put file
echo "directory"
read directory
#Choose attributes
echo "Encoding"
read encode   #example UTF-8
echo "Name"
read name		#example Course
iconfile="$name.desktop"  
echo "file will called be called $iconfile and put into the $directory directory."
echo "Type (Application for weblink)"
read type		#example link
echo "weblink"
read weblink		#example https://randomprojectgenerator.com/
#echo "filepath url" #example /home
#read url
echo "icon"
read icon		#example text-html

# move to chosen directory
if [ $directory = "~" ]
then
  cd ~
  directory=$(pwd)
else
  cd $directory
fi

#create file
touch $iconfile

#populate file
echo "[Desktop Entry]" > $iconfile
echo "Encoding=$encode" >> $iconfile
echo "Name=$name" >> $iconfile
echo "Type=$type" >> $iconfile
echo "Exec=firefox $weblink" >> $iconfile
echo "Icon=$icon" >> $iconfile

#!/bin/bash

read -p "Enter directory: " directory
read -p "Choose encoding (ex UTF-8): " encode
read -p "Enter name: " name

iconfile=""$name".desktop"

echo "File is "$iconfile", Directory is "$directory""

read -p "Type (Application for weblink): " type
read -p "Enter weblink: " weblink
read -p "Enter icon: " icon

if [ $directory = "$HOME" ]; then
    cd $HOME
    directory=$(pwd)
else
    cd "$directory"
fi

echo -e "[Desktop Entry]\nEncoding="$encode"\nName="$name" \
Type="$type"\nExec=firefox "$weblink"\nIcon="$icon"" > "$iconfile"

directory=$(readlink -f $directory)
cd $directory

#!/bin/bash

read -rep "Name: " name
read -rep "Directory: " -i "$HOME" directory
read -rep "Encoding: " -i "UTF-8" encoding
read -rep "Type: " -i "link" type
read -rep "Weblink: " -i "https://" weblink
read -rep "Icon: " -i "text-html" icon

directory=$(readlink -f "$directory")

iconfile="$directory/$name.desktop"

# TODO: insert validation and confirmation

echo "Creating file [$iconfile]"

cat > "$iconfile" <<-eof
	[Desktop Entry]
	Encoding=$encoding
	Name=$name
	Type=$type
	Exec=firefox $weblink
	Icon=$icon
eof