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#!/bin/sh
# SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
# Copyright (c) 2025 Julian Prein
#
# Usage: kitty-cwd [GROUP_NAME]
#
# Print the current working directory of the focused kitty window. Returns 4 if
# none exist or is focused.
socket_path="${TMPDIR:-/tmp}/kitty.$USER/kitty${1:+-$1}.sock"
# NOTE: the backticks are used for hacky line-continuation, taken from
# https://stackoverflow.com/a/7729087/2092762c9
kitten @ --to unix:"$socket_path" ls \
| jq -er ".[]`
` | select(.is_focused).tabs.[]`
` | select(.is_focused).windows.[]`
` | select(.is_focused).cwd"
# An alternative version that uses recursive descent to find focused objects
# that also have a `.cwd` key:
#
# | jq -er "..`
# ` | objects`
# ` | select(.is_focused)`
# ` | to_entries.[]`
# ` | select(.key == \"cwd\").value"