#!/bin/bash START_TIME=`date +"%b %d, %Y %T"` LOG_FILE_BAR1="${XDG_STATE_HOME}"/polybar1.log LOG_FILE_BAR2="${XDG_STATE_HOME}"/polybar2.log echo "--- ${START_TIME} ---" > "$LOG_FILE_BAR1" echo "--- ${START_TIME} ---" > "$LOG_FILE_BAR2" # Terminate already running bar instances #killall -q polybar # needed if ipc disabled polybar-msg cmd quit # Wait until the processes have been shut down while pgrep -u $UID -x polybar >/dev/null; do sleep 1; done # Launch Polybar polybar one -r --config=~/.config/polybar/config.ini 2>&1 | tee -a "$LOG_FILE_BAR1" & disown polybar two -r --config=~/.config/polybar/config.ini 2>&1 | tee -a "$LOG_FILE_BAR2" & disown echo "Polybar launched..."