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Recategorise and rename .desktop files to new dir
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stu90


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PostPosted: Mon 30 Jul 2012, 11:20    Post subject:  Recategorise and rename .desktop files to new dir  
Hello,
I made this script to search for .desktop file categories - then based on the found categories to recategorise and rename the .desktop files to a new directory.

While it does work im wondering if there is some better, quicker more logical way to accomplish this task?

thanks.

# time ~/test
real 0m1.439s
user 0m0.190s
sys 0m0.323s
#


Code:

#!/bin/sh

## convert .desktop file categories and name ###########################

OLDDIR="/usr/share/applications"                 
NEWDIR="/root/applications-new"   
 
   
########################################################################
   
    [[ ! -d "$NEWDIR" ]] && mkdir "$NEWDIR"       
   
function CONVERT () {     
   
    GC=`grep "^Categories=" "$OLDDIR"/*.desktop`
    for FILE in `echo "$GC" | awk -F":" '$2 ~ /\<'"$SEARCH"'\>/{print $1}' | xargs -n1 basename` ; do
   
    if [[ ! -f "$NEWDIR/$MENUCAT-$FILE" ]]; then
    sed "s:Categories\=.*:Categories\=$MENUCAT:g" "$OLDDIR/$FILE" > "$NEWDIR/$MENUCAT-$FILE"
    fi
   
   done
}


## DESKTOP #############################################################
 function DESKTOP () {
   SEARCH="X-Desktop|DesktopSettings|Screensaver|Accessibility|Countryn|X-DesktopCountry|Applets|X-DesktopApplets"
   MENUCAT="Desktop"
    CONVERT
}
   DESKTOP   
   
## SYSTEM ##############################################################   
 function SYSTEM () {
   SEARCH="System|Monitor|Security|HardwareSettings|Core|X-SystemMemory|X-SystemSchedule"   
   MENUCAT="System"
    CONVERT
}
   SYSTEM

## SETUP ###############################################################
 function SETUP () {
   SEARCH="Setup|X-SetupEntry|PackageManager|X-SetupWizard|X-SetupUtilit"
   MENUCAT="Setup"
   CONVERT
}
   SETUP

## UTILITY #############################################################
 function UTILITY () {
   SEARCH="Utility|Viewer|Development|Building|Debugger|IDE|Profiling|Translation|GUIDesigner|Archiving|TerminalEmulator|Shell"   
   MENUCAT="Utility"
   CONVERT
}
   UTILITY   
   
## FILESYSTEM ##########################################################
 function FILESYSTEM () {
   SEARCH="FileSystem|FileManager|X-FilesystemMount|X-FilesystemUtility|X-FilesystemFind"
   MENUCAT="FileSystem"
   CONVERT
}

FILESYSTEM
   
## GRAPHIC #############################################################
 function GRAPHIC () {
   SEARCH="Graphic|Graphics|2DGraphics|3DGraphics|Photography|Presentation|Chart|FlowChart|VectorGraphics|RasterGraphics|X-GraphicUtility"
   MENUCAT="Graphic"
   CONVERT
}
   GRAPHIC   
   
## DOCUMENT ############################################################
 function DOCUMENT () {
   SEARCH="Document|Office|X-Document|WordProcessor|WebDevelopment|TextEditor|X-DocumentUtility|Dictionary"
   MENUCAT="Document"
   CONVERT
}
   DOCUMENT
 
## BUISNESS ############################################################
 function BUSINESS () {
   SEARCH="Business|X-Calculate|Finance|Spreadsheet|ProjectManagement|Calculator|X-CalculateUtility"
   MENUCAT="Business"
   CONVERT
}
   BUSINESS

## PERSONAL ############################################################
 function PERSONAL () {
   SEARCH="Personal|X-Personal|Calendar|ContactManagement|X-PersonalUtility"
   MENUCAT="Personal"
   CONVERT
}
   PERSONAL

## NETWORK #############################################################
 function NETWORK () {
   SEARCH="Network|Dialup|Network|HamRadio|RemoteAccess"
   MENUCAT="Network"
   CONVERT
}
   NETWORK
   
## INTERNET ############################################################
 function INTERNET () {
   SEARCH="Internet|X-Internet|WebBrowser|Email|News|InstantMessaging|Telephony|IRCClient|FileTransfer|P2P"
   MENUCAT="Network"
    #MENUCAT="Internet"
   CONVERT
}    
   INTERNET
 
## MULTIMEDIA ##########################################################
 function MULTIMEDIA () {
   SEARCH="Multimedia|AudioVideo|Video|Player|AudioVideoEditing|Recorder|Music|Audio|Midi|Mixer|Sequencer|Tuner|Video|TV|DiskBurning"
   MENUCAT="Multimedia"
   CONVERT
}
   MULTIMEDIA

## FUN #################################################################
 function GAME () {
   SEARCH="Fun|Game|Amusement|ActionGame|AdventureGame|ArcadeGame|BlocksGame|BoardGame|CardGame|KidsGame|LogicGame|RolePlaying|Simulation|SportsGame|StrategyGame"
   MENUCAT="Game"
   CONVERT
}
   GAME
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