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+++ b/bin/xmoveall.sh	Wed May 15 14:46:05 2013 -0700
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+# move all windows to a desktop
+# by default, the final one (graveyard)
+
+# List  all  desktops  managed  by the window manager. One line is
+# output for each desktop, with the line broken up into space sep‐
+# arated  columns.  The  first  column contains an integer desktop
+# number. The second column contains a '*' character for the  cur‐
+# rent  desktop,  otherwise  it contains a '-' character. The next
+# two columns contain the fixed string DG: and  then  the  desktop
+# geometry as '<width>x<height>' (e.g. '1280x1024'). The following
+# two columns contain the fixed string VP: and then  the  viewport
+# position  in  the  format '<y>,<y>' (e.g. '0,0'). The next three
+# columns after this contains the fixed string WA:  and  then  two
+# columns  with  the workarea geometry as 'X,Y and WxH' (e.g. '0,0
+# 1280x998'). The rest of the line contains the name of the  desktop
+# (possibly containing multiple spaces).
+DESKTOP=$(wmctrl -d | awk '{if ($2 == "*") {print $1}}')
+
+# find the last desktop
+if (( $# ))
+then
+LAST=$1
+else
+LAST=$(wmctrl -d | tail -n 1 | awk '{print $1}')
+fi
+
+#  -l     List the windows being managed by the window manager.
+wmctrl -l | awk '{if ($2 == "'${DESKTOP}'") {print $1}}' | while read line
+do
+# -t <DESK>
+# Move  a window that has been specified with the -r action to the
+# desktop <DESK>.
+echo "wmctrl -r ${line} -t ${LAST}"
+done
+