#!/usr/bin/env bash # ## Terminate already running bar instances killall -q polybar # Wait until the processes have been shut down while pgrep -x polybar >/dev/null; do sleep 1; done # Terminate already running bar instances # If all your bars have ipc enabled, you can use polybar-msg cmd quit # Otherwise you can use the nuclear option: # killall -q polybar # Launch bar1 and bar2 echo "---" | tee -a /tmp/polybar1.log polybar main 2>&1 | tee -a /tmp/polybar1.log & disown echo "Bars launched..."