quick workspace

shrinkpdf.sh

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 #!/bin/bash
-#shrinkpdf - resize pdf to smaller size. Warning: if no second file name is provided, the default behavior is to overwrite the original pdf
-# usage:
-#  shrinkpdf.sh large.pdf
-#  shrinkpdf.sh large.pdf small.pdf
-# dependencies:
-#  ps2pdf from Ghostscript
-#  mktemp from GNU Coreutils
+if [ "$1" == "-h" ] ; then
+    echo "
+        shrinkpdf - resize pdf to smaller size. Warning: if no second file name is provided, the default behavior is to overwrite the original pdf
+         usage:
+          shrinkpdf.sh large.pdf
+          shrinkpdf.sh large.pdf small.pdf
+         dependencies:
+          ps2pdf from Ghostscript
+          mktemp from GNU Coreutils
+   
+              Usage: shrinkpdf.sh infile.pdf
+                     shrinkpdf.sh infile outfile.pdf 
+    "
+    exit 0
+fi
+
+set -e
 
 #Setup defaults
 fn=$1

ws

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+#!/bin/bash
+if [ "$1" == "-h" ] ; then
+    echo "
+          ws - quickly setup workspace environment by invoking some terminals
+               - intended to be invoked within a window manager environ like i3
+               - can use a default workDir variable preference if ~/.bashrc.local exists
+    
+              Usage: 
+              #with an existing terminal:
+                     ws  
+                     ws ~/projects 
+                     
+              #with i3wm for example: 
+                     1. select workspace e.g. <\$mod+2>
+                     2. open dbus quick menu <\$mod+d> and type ws
+    "
+    echo "$(tput setaf 6)$workDir $(tput setaf 7)was previous working directory"
+    exit 0
+fi
+
+set -e
+
+myLocalConfig="$HOME/.bashrc.local"
+
+if [[ -e $myLocalConfig ]]; then
+    source $myLocalConfig
+fi
+
+if [[ $1 ]]; then
+    workingDirectory=$1
+else 
+    workingDirectory=${workDir:-~/projects} #e.g. if workDir is defined in .bashrc.local
+fi
+
+# echo $workDir
+# echo $workingDirectory
+
+#urxvt -e "dimr &"
+urxvt -cd $workingDirectory -title "$(basename $workingDirectory) woola" -e bash -ic "$HOME/bin/woola" &
+urxvt -cd $workingDirectory -title "$(basename $workingDirectory) ranger" -e bash -ic "ranger" &
+urxvt -cd $workingDirectory &
+
+if [[ -e $myLocalConfig ]]; then
+    sed -i -E "s|(export workDir=).+|\1$workingDirectory|" "$myLocalConfig"
+    export workDir=$workingDirectory
+fi
+

ws1

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-#!/bin/bash
-#urxvt -e "dimr &"
-urxvt -cd $HOME/projects &
-urxvt &
-urxvt &
-urxvt -cd $HOME/notes &
-