#!/bin/bash # script to launch a new instance of picom in the background set -Euo pipefail # set -Eeuo pipefail # remove the e argument so that it does not stop on any command failure # e.g. having no picom running and having line 15 return non 0 return code verbose=0 justKillIt=0 # if [[ $# -gt 0 && $1 == "-v" ]]; then # verbose=1 # fi while getopts "vk" arg; do case $arg in v) verbose=1;; k) justKillIt=1;; esac done if [[ $justKillIt -eq 1 ]]; then if [[ $verbose -eq 1 ]]; then echo 'Searching for running picom instance' fi if [[ $(pgrep -x "picom") != '' ]]; then PID=$(pidof "picom") if [[ $verbose -eq 1 ]]; then echo 'Found running instance of picom with pid '$PID echo 'Killing instance' fi kill -9 $PID if [[ $verbose -eq 1 ]]; then echo 'Killed picom instance with pid' $PID fi exit 0 else if [[ $verbose -eq 1 ]]; then echo 'No running instance of picom found' fi exit 1 fi fi res=$(pgrep -x picom) if [[ $res != '' ]]; then pid=$(pidof picom) if [[ $verbose -eq 1 ]] then echo 'killing process pid '$pid fi kill -9 $pid while pgrep -x picom >/dev/null; do sleep 1; done fi if [[ $verbose -eq 1 ]]; then picom & else picom &>/dev/null & fi if [[ $verbose -eq 1 ]] then pid=$(pidof picom) echo 'launched new instance of picom with pid '$pid fi