#! /bin/bash
# mknoise v0.1
# starts jackd and qjackctl (if not already running) and programs from a
# text file, each program in new line including options

# takes text file as argument: $ ./mknoise text_file

# jackd
if pgrep jackd 
	then true 
	else /usr/bin/jackd -R -dalsa -r44100& > /dev/null 2>&1&
fi

# QJackCTL
if pgrep qjackctl 
	then true 
	else /usr/bin/qjackctl > /dev/null 2>&1&
fi

while [ "$1" ]; do
	# generate musicapplist, cut options 
	sed s"/ [-,a-z,A-Z,0-9,\., ]*$//g" $1 | cat >> .musicapplist
	# loop for programs in text file
	cat $1|while read; do
		X="$REPLY"
		$X > /dev/null 2>&1&
	done
	shift
done