Section of Silly Scripts........

Recovering from accident; too much spare time: bare with me.

First was Festival; then after being introduced to xclip (thanks Mr Reed ;), my collection of silly scripts have flooded my $PATH.

Curious. Am I the only one with a bin [somewhat,mostly,completely] full of silly scripts? I can't be.

I'll show mine if you show yours? ;)

Heres one of my favorites, not as useless as the others (it has seen some serious mileage, I tell you what). It derives it's value from key-stroke mapping... (Silly Script Tip: Can't go wrong when keystroke map or festival is involved)

requirements: xclip, firefox (if ran as-is), keystroke software of some kind.....

Usage: select URL -> run script (pref. w/ keystro... you get the picture..)

[ Begin Silliness ]

#!/bin/bash
#Silly Script written by me under GPL - jRedGoldenSon -x- at -x- gmail -x- dot -x- Com
#Barely local/bin quality - like it needs a license ;0)
#reaches local/bin quaility only when mapped to key-stroke....

declare -a ffxtriggas="https:// http:// www. ftp:// ftp. /"

function keybegs {
    length=$(echo -n $1 | wc -m)
    perfix=$(xclip -o | cut -c -$length)
}

if [ -z $(xclip -o) ]; then     #so firefox opens regardless of clipboard....
    /usr/bin/firefox &
    exit        
else
    for i in ${ffxtriggas[@]}; do
        keybegs $i
            if [ "$perfix" = $i ]; then
                /usr/bin/firefox $(xclip -o) &
                exit
            fi
        done
fi

if [ $(xclip -o | cut -c 1) = / ] && [ -x $(xclip -o) ]; then  #yeah, weak, but sufficient
    /usr/bin/firefox $(xclip -o) &
    exit
fi

echo "Sorry: '$(xclip -o)' snot happenin" > /tmp/xclipperdurl.txt && /usr/bin/firefox /tmp/xclipperdurl.txt &
exit


[ End Silliness ]

Now show me yours....
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