Bash Script for Openscad + Pronterface , to Open STL ready to print

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Bash Script for Openscad + Pronterface , to Open STL ready to print. Ever get bored of naming files, saving them, then just to have to open them again? #metoo. here is a simple bash script using xdotool, which is stock standard in Ubuntu and others. ,modify to your tastes! #!/bin/sh AAA=$(date --date=now +%A_%d-%m-%y_%H%M%S) printedpath=/home/charles/3dprinted/ xdotool windowfocus $(xdotool search --class openscad | tail -n 1) key alt+f x s sleep 1 xdotool windowfocus $(xdotool search --class openscad | tail -n 1) key ctrl+a BackSpace type $printedpath xdotool windowfocus $(xdotool search --class openscad | tail -n 1) type $AAA.stl sleep 1 xdotool windowfocus $(xdotool search --class openscad | tail -n 1) key Return xdotool windowfocus $(xdotool search --class openscad | tail -n 1) key alt+r sleep 10 xdotool windowfocus $(xdotool search --class pronterface | tail -n 1) key alt+f o sleep 1 xdotool windowfocus $(xdotool search --class pronterface | tail -n 1) key ctrl+l sleep 0.5 xdotool windowfocus $(xdotool search --class pronterface | tail -n 1) type $printedpath$AAA xdotool windowfocus $(xdotool search --class pronterface | tail -n 1) key Return It is not what I want, but Openscad hasn't a feature to execute a command, like start pronterface with file, and I don't like the webbased octoprinty thing.