CATS="Audio Graphics Network Settings System Utility" for CAT in $CATS; do echo " Submenu = \"$CAT\" {" for CATMATCH in `grep -l "^Categories=.*$CAT.*" /usr/share/applications/*.desktop`; do name=`sed -n '1,/^Name=/ s/^Name=//p' <$CATMATCH` exec=`sed -e 's/ %[UuFf]//' -ne '1,/^Exec=/ s/^Exec=//p' <$CATMATCH` echo " Entry = \"$name\" { Actions = \"Exec $exec\" }" done echo " }" done ##SEDLESS EQUIVALENT## #CATS="Audio Graphics Network Settings System Utility" #for CAT in $CATS; do # echo " Submenu = \"$CAT\" {" # for CATMATCH in `grep -l "^Categories=.*$CAT.*" /usr/share/applications/*.desktop`; do # name=`grep "^Name=" $CATMATCH` # exec=`grep "^Exec=" $CATMATCH`; exec=${exec% %[FfUu]} # echo " Entry = \"${name#Name=}\" { Actions = \"Exec ${exec#Exec=}\" }" # done # echo " }" #done