[SOLVED] close all except selected window

blueray · 12-18-2020, 10:32 AM

I want to close all instance of nemo file browser except the selected window.

I have to following script to do that.

Code:

#!/bin/bash

not_to_close=$(xdotool selectwindow)
class_name=$(xprop WM_CLASS | cut -d '"' -f2)

for i in $(xdotool search --desktop 0 --class "$class_name"); do
    if [ "$not_to_close" != "$i" ]; then
        xdotool windowclose "$i"
    fi
done

However, it has a small issue. I have to click twice (once for xdotool once for xprop), which I do not want to do.

How can I reduce the click to one?

P.S. I know I can hardcode the class name using --class "nemo", but it has other issues in addition to not being generic.

pan64 · 12-18-2020, 11:25 AM

do you mean something like this?

Code:

xprop -id $not_to_close WM_CLASS

blueray · 12-18-2020, 11:40 AM

Thank you very much.

My end result looks like:

Code:

#!/bin/bash

not_to_close=$(xdotool selectwindow)
selected_window_class_name=$(xprop -id $not_to_close WM_CLASS | cut -d '"' -f2)

for i in $(xdotool search --desktop 0 --class "$selected_window_class_name"); do
    if [ "$not_to_close" != "$i" ]; then
        xdotool windowclose "$i"
    fi
done