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@@ -31,3 +31,10 @@ updates repositories kept in $HOME/sources by calling 'git pull' using subproces
 
 dependencies:
  - [termcolor](https://pypi.org/project/termcolor)
+
+### launch_polybar.sh
+
+used by i3wm to launch polybar on occasions. ripped it off from arch wiki ;)
+
+dependencies:
+ - [polybar](https://github.com/polybar/polybar)
diff --git a/launch_polybar.sh b/launch_polybar.sh
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@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Terminate already running bar instances
+killall -q polybar
+# If all your bars have ipc enabled, you can also use 
+# polybar-msg cmd quit
+
+# Launch Polybar, using default config location ~/.config/polybar/config
+polybar example 2>&1 | tee -a /tmp/polybar.log & disown