Feature request - add --remove_missing

[dwkns]

Add a --remove_missing (or similar) option. This would remove dock items which are 'missing' their target applications and are therefore showing a '?' instead of the application icon.

Is this even possible?

[dwkns]

Turns out it is possible. Here is a Bash Script that does just that. I'd create a pull request however you wouldn't be able to stop laughing at my Python. Would be a worthwhile feature add maybe?

echo "---------Remove broken icons from the Dock----------"
myArray=()
# create a loop to cycle through all the persistant items in the dock.
for ((x=0;x>=0;x+=1));
do
# get the name of the App at position x
  name=`/usr/libexec/PlistBuddy -c "Print persistent-apps:$x" ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.dock.plist | grep -a "file-label"`

  if [ ! $? -eq 0 ]; then
      # the command failed so we've got to the end of the dock items. Break out.
      echo "Plist Buddy comand failed so we got to the end of the dock items; breaking out"
      break;
  fi

    echo $name
  #remove some chars from the beginning of the string to clean it up.
  name=${name:21}
  echo "App is : $name"

  # get the file location of the App
  location=`/usr/libexec/PlistBuddy -c "Print persistent-apps:$x" ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.dock.plist | grep -a "_CFURLString"`
  location=${location:68}

  # clean up the location string. 
  replace="%20"
  with=" "
  result_string="${location/\%20/ }"

  echo "App path is : $result_string"
  # test to see if the App exists (actually that it doesn't exist)

  if [ ! -d  "$result_string" ]
   then 
   # doesn't exist therefore it has a broken icon. Add it to our array.
    echo "$name has a broken icon"
    myArray=("${myArray[@]}" "$name")
  fi
  echo ""
done

echo ${myArray[@]} 
for i in "${myArray[@]}"
    do
      dockutil --remove "$i"
done

echo echo "---------Done Removing broken icons from the Dock----------"

[kcrawford]

I like the idea but we may need to do more validation. I haven't looked into it, but I suspect problems if the path is on a server that is not mounted. Or it might not be a file or folder dock item.

Kyle

On Oct 23, 2014, at 5:10 PM, dwkns [email protected] wrote:

Turns out it is possible. Here is a Bash Script that does just that. I'd create a pull request however you wouldn't be able to stop laughing at my Python. Would be a worthwhile feature add maybe?

echo "---------Remove broken icons from the Dock----------" myArray=()

create a loop to cycle through all the persistant items in the dock.

for ((x=0;x>=0;x+=1)); do

get the name of the App at position x

name=/usr/libexec/PlistBuddy -c "Print persistent-apps:$x" ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.dock.plist | grep -a "file-label"

if [ ! $? -eq 0 ]; then # the command failed so we've got to the end of the dock items. Break out. echo "Plist Buddy comand failed so we got to the end of the dock items; breaking out" break; fi

echo $name

#remove some chars from the beginning of the string to clean it up. name=${name:21} echo "App is : $name"

get the file location of the App

location=/usr/libexec/PlistBuddy -c "Print persistent-apps:$x" ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.dock.plist | grep -a "_CFURLString" location=${location:68}

clean up the location string.

replace="%20" with=" " result_string="${location/%20/ }"

echo "App path is : $result_string"

test to see if the App exists (actually that it doesn't exist)

if [ ! -d "$result_string" ] then

doesn't exist therefore it has a broken icon. Add it to our array.

echo "$name has a broken icon"
myArray=("${myArray[@]}" "$name")

fi echo "" done

echo ${myArray[@]} for i in "${myArray[@]}" do dockutil --remove "$i" done

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