awesome/utils/awesome-client

#!/bin/bash

# rlwrap provides readline to stuff which doesn't know readline by itself
RLWRAP=`which rlwrap 2>/dev/null`

if [ "$RLWRAP" != "" ]
then
    if [ "$A_RERUN" = "" ]
    then
        A_RERUN="no" exec $RLWRAP $0
    fi
else
    USE_READLINE="-e"
fi

DBUS_SEND=dbus-send

which ${DBUS_SEND} > /dev/null
if test $? = 1
then
    echo "E: Unable to find" ${DBUS_SEND}
    exit 1
fi

DBUS_METHOD=org.awesome.Remote.Eval
DBUS_PATH=/
DBUS_DEST=org.awesome

a_dbus_send()
{
    $DBUS_SEND --dest=$DBUS_DEST --type=method_call --print-reply $DBUS_PATH \
        $DBUS_METHOD string:"$1" | tail -n +2
}

while read ${USE_READLINE} -r -p "awesome# " line
do
    a_dbus_send "$line"
done