#!/bin/zsh workspaces=$(i3-msg -t get_workspaces | grep -Po '"name":.*?[^\\]"' | sed 's/"name":"\([^"]\+\)"/\1/g') used_numbers=$(echo $workspaces | awk 'BEGIN { FS = ":" } ; { print $1 }') max_number=$(echo $used_numbers | tail -1) largest_gap=$(echo $used_numbers | awk '$1!=p+1{print p+1}{p=$1}') [[ -z $largest_gap ]] && new_number=$(($max_number + 1)) || new_number=$largest_gap target=$(echo $workspaces | dmenu -i -sf green -p "Go to workspace:") [[ ! $target = [0-9]:* ]] && target=$new_number:$target exec i3-msg workspace $target