#!/bin/bash shopt -s nullglob # We use this to make sure the cache files are sorted bytewise LC_COLLATE=C # Some people copy/paste huge swathes of text that could slow down dmenu line_length_limit=500 declare -A selections ordered_selections=() files=("$HOME/.clipmenu/"*) # We can't use `for ... in` here because we need to add files to # ordered_selections from last to first -- that is, newest to oldest. Incoming # clipboard entries have a ISO datetime prefixed to the front to aid in this. for (( i=${#files[@]}-1; i>=0; i-- )); do file=${files[$i]} # We look for the first line matching regex /./ here because we want the # first line that can provide reasonable context to the user. That is, if # you have 5 leading lines of whitespace, displaying " (6 lines)" is much # less useful than displaying "foo (6 lines)", where "foo" is the first # line in the entry with actionable context. first_line=$(sed -n '/./{p;q}' "$file" | cut -c1-"$line_length_limit") lines=$(wc -l < "$file") if (( lines > 1 )); then first_line+=" ($lines lines)" fi ordered_selections+=("$first_line") selections[$first_line]=$file done # It's okay to hardcode `-l 8` here as a sensible default without checking # whether `-l` is also in "$@", because the way that dmenu works allows a later # argument to override an earlier one. That is, if the user passes in `-l`, our # one will be ignored. chosen_line=$(printf '%s\n' "${ordered_selections[@]}" | uniq | $HOME/.config/i3/dmenu_cmd -l 8 -p "Copy" "$@") [[ $chosen_line ]] || exit 1 for selection in clipboard primary; do if type -p xsel >/dev/null 2>&1; then xsel --logfile /dev/null -i --"$selection" < "${selections[$chosen_line]}" else xclip -sel "$selection" < "${selections[$chosen_line]}" fi done