echo_err() { echo "$@" >&2 } fifo_open() { # https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/522940/183147 dd oflag=nonblock conv=notrunc,nocreat count=0 of="$1" \ >/dev/null 2>/dev/null } setup_fifo() { exit_code="${1:-127}" [ -n "$fifo" ] || exit "$exit_code" [ -e "$fifo" ] || exit "$exit_code" fifo_open "$fifo" || exit "$exit_code" } exists() { command -v "$1" >/dev/null } send_image() { path="$(printf '%s' "$1" | sed 's/\\/\\\\/g; s/"/\\"/g')" printf '{ "action": "add", "identifier": "preview", "x": %d, "y": %d, "width": %d, "height": %d, "scaler": "contain", "scaling_position_x": 0.5, "scaling_position_y": 0.5, "path": "%s"}\n' "$x" "$y" "$w" "$h" "$path" > "$fifo" } convert_and_show_image() { setup_fifo [ -n "$cache_valid" ] || "$@" || exit "$?" send_image "$cache_f" exit 1 }