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script to automatically google error messages printed to STDERR, using firefox
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| #! /bin/bash | |
| usage="\nWill google the error message from COMMAND, using Firefox. | |
| \nUsage: COMMAND |& $0 \n or COMMAND 2>&1 >/dev/null | $0 (to silence STDIN) \n or $0 ERROR_MESSAGE" | |
| if [ "$*" ] ; then | |
| input="$*" | |
| else | |
| read -t0.2 -d'' -r input | |
| fi | |
| # replace all whitespace with simple spaces | |
| input=${input//[[:space:]]/ } | |
| if [ -z "$input" ] ; then | |
| echo -e $usage | |
| exit 0 | |
| fi | |
| wid=`xdotool search --onlyvisible --name "Mozilla Firefox" | head -1` | |
| if [ "$wid" = "" ] ; then | |
| exec firefox & | |
| sleep 3s | |
| fi | |
| wid=`xdotool search --onlyvisible --name "Mozilla Firefox" | head -1` | |
| actual=`xdotool getactivewindow` | |
| if [ $wid != $actual ]; then | |
| xdotool windowactivate $wid | |
| fi | |
| # google arguments | |
| xdotool key ctrl+t | |
| xdotool key ctrl+j | |
| xdotool type "$input" | |
| xdotool key Return | |
| echo "Finished googling the following error message:" | |
| echo -e $input | |
| exit 0 |
Known Issue: xdotool won't type special characters like "Umlaute" (ä, ö, ü) that may be contained in the error message.
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Will use an existing firefox window to open a new tab or start a new firefox window, and search the error message in the default search engine. Requires xdotool.