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Dec 21 2025

Avoid desktop switching for KeePassXC dialogs

Daniel Perelman

The problem# I make heavy use of virtual desktops, so I use browser windows on multiple desktops. When logging into a site that uses passkeys, KeePassXC pops up a dialog on the desktop its main window is on, which is usually not the desktop my browser window is on. Then I have to switch over to...

linux bash keepassxc sh x11 read xdotool wajig xprop nohup pgrep ps

Dec 29 2024

Killing pipes from within

Daniel Perelman

The problem# Last week, I mentioned that I needed a hack to kill xprop that seemed like it should be unnecessary. Specifically, I had its output piped to a Bash while read loop and once that had found a line to act on, there was no further need to get more lines from xprop, but break or exit...

linux bash troubleshooting read pkill watch focus immediately pstree pgrep kill ps killall head htop