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+#!/bin/bash
+#
+# Setting default browser using xdg utils
+#
+#    This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+#    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+#    the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+#    (at your option) any later version.
+#
+#    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+#    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+#    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+#    GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+#    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+#    along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+#
+# 2021-11-20
+# @linux-aarhus (c) root.nix.dk
+# https://root.nix.dk/en/utility-scripts/set-browser-script
+#
+
+print_usage(){
+    echo "Usage:"
+    echo "  Supply browser desktop file as the first argument"
+    echo "  e.g.   set-browser.sh firefox.desktop"
+    echo "" 
+}
+
+show_available_browsers(){
+    echo "Available browsers (installed)"
+    echo "---"
+    # funny thing with cut when splitting a path
+    # one would expect the column to be number 4 but it is 5
+    # as string starts with `/` and therefore first column is empty
+    # e.g. /usr/share/applications/firefox.desktop
+    grep -rl 'internet' /usr/share/applications | cut -d'/' -f5
+    echo "---"  
+}
+
+set_browser() {
+    # set scheme handlers
+    xdg-mime default "$1" x-scheme-handler/https
+    xdg-mime default "$1" x-scheme-handler/http
+    # set default browser
+    xdg-settings set default-web-browser "$1"
+    echo "Default browser set using $1"
+}
+
+# check if argument is supplied
+if [[ "$1" == "" ]]; then
+    print_usage
+    show_available_browsers
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+# check if desktop file
+if [[ "$1" =~ ".desktop" ]]; then
+    # check if the file exist
+    if [[ -f "/usr/share/applications/$1"  ]]; then
+        set_browser "$1"
+    else
+        echo "$1 - file not found"
+        show_available_browsers
+        exit 1
+    fi
+else
+    echo "$1 is not a .desktop file"
+    show_available_browsers
+    exit 1
+fi