[Klug-general] auto-delete menu entries as part of a bash script

[Sharon Kimble]

I've attached my fluxbox menu so that you can see the actual menu
entries that I want to delete in 'others'. This menu is generated with
'menumaker' and this attached script called 'mengen' which I've also
attached. I want to be able to add the command to delete the menu
entries into 'mengen' so that it is able to delete them from all future
menus. Every-time a new programme is installed into fluxbox/debian and
it generates a new menu item, so a new menu will need to be generated.
These entries are put in place by 'menumaker' which is several python
scripts, but if you want to have a look at 'menumaker' its available at
my git repo, as listed in my sig. Hope this helps?

Sharon.

On Mon, 25 Nov 2013 17:22:46 +0000
James Morris <jwm.art.net at gmail.com> wrote:

> You can use sed with a regular expression:
> sed  '\|\[exec[]]\s[(]\(.*\)[)]\s[{]/usr/lib/xscreensaver/\1
> -root[}]|d' path/to/menufile
> 
> the above command output the menufile to stdout minus matching lines,
> it assumes no variation in spaces between the { and } characters from
> the example you showed.
> 
> once you have confirmed that it works and is not removing lines which
> you do not wish removed, pass the -i option for it to edit the file
> proper.
> 
> i've tested it in debian, using the following file:
> 
> ----8<--------8<--------8<--------8<--------8<----
> 
> [begin] (Fluxbox 1.3.5)
> [encoding] {UTF-8}
>       [exec] (xterm) {xterm}
>       [exec] (firefox) {firefox}
>       [exec]   (Run) {fbrun}
> [submenu] (Terminals)
>       [exec]   (xterm) {xterm}
> [end]
> 
> 
> [exec] (foobar) {/usr/lib/xscreensaver/foobar -root}
> [exec]  (foobar1) {/usr/lib/xscreensaver/foobar1 -root}
> [exec] (foobar)   { /usr/lib/xscreensaver/foobar -root }
> [exec] (fooba3r)  {/usr/lib/xscreensaver/fooba3r  -root }
> [exec] (bar) {/usr/lib/xscreensaver/bar -root}
> [exec] (barf) {/usr/lib/xscreensaver/barf -root}
> 
> ----8<--------8<--------8<--------8<--------8<----
> 
> note it won't remove the menu entries with the extra spaces between
> { }.
> 
> james.
> 
> On 25 November 2013 16:08, Sharon Kimble <boudiccas at talktalk.net>
> wrote:
> >
> > I want to delete menu commands that are in the form of -
> >
> > [exec] (foobar) {/usr/lib/xscreensaver/foobar -root}
> >
> > and there are 50+ commands to be deleted as part of a bash-script.
> > But, how do I do it please? I need some form of commands that I can
> > put into my menu generation script, which will auto-delete them in
> > the future. Can anyone help please?
> >
> > Thanks
> > Sharon.
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