Bashrun – X11 application launcher based on bash

Last Updated on November 17, 2022

Bashrun provides a simple yet powerful application launcher.

It runs a specialized bash session in a small terminal window, conveniently providing bash features like tab-completion and history.

bashrun provides two basic modes of operation. If xdotool is installed, the terminal hosting the bash session will be kept running in the background, hidden from display. Alternatively, a new instance is created on each invocation, immediately terminating after running the first command.

Features include:

• User configurable rules for automatically launching certain commands in a new terminal window.
• Look up manual and info pages.
• Perform dict and google queries.
• Define bookmarks for web pages.
• Pipe command output to the clipboard.
• Add new functionality by defining rules for rewriting command lines based on regular expression matches and file test operators.
• Configurable keybindings.

Website: bashrun.sourceforge.net
Support: Manual Page
Developer: Henning Bekel
License: GNU GPL v2

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