move-at-start.sh

#!/bin/bash
# invocation
# move-at-start.sh <desktop> <prog> <prog args>

if [ $# -lt 2 ]; then
    echo "invocation: move-at-start.sh <desktop> <prog> <prog args>"
    exit 1
fi

desk=$1
prog=$2
args=""
shift
shift

while (( "$#" )); do
    args="$args ""$1"
    shift
done

$prog $args

windows=$(wmctrl -lp | grep -E "($(echo $(ps -C "$prog" -o pid,user | grep "`whoami`" | sed -E "s/^\ *//" | cut -d\  -f 1) | sed "s/\ /|/g"))" | cut -d\  -f 1)

for w in $windows; do
    wmctrl -i -r $w -t $desk
done

exit 0