Bash script to download URLs from the clipboard.

download-from-clipboard.sh

#!/bin/bash

# Create a pipe for async communication
pipe=$(mktemp -u)
trap "rm -f $pipe" EXIT
if [[ ! -p $pipe ]]; then
    mkfifo $pipe
fi

download_loop() {
    while true; do
        cat $pipe | while read line; do
            download_file $line
        done
    done
    echo "Exiting download loop."
}

download_file() {
    local url="$1"
    shift
    local name="$@"
    printf "Downloading: % -64s " "$name"
    wget -q "$url" -O "$name"
    printf "done.\n"
}

main() {
    download_loop &
    while clipnotify; do
        link=$(xsel -p 2>/dev/null)
        text=$(zenity --entry)
        if [[ "$text" == "" ]]; then
            continue
        fi
        echo "$link" "$text" >> $pipe &
    done
}

main