punktdateien/bash/bin/launch-menu-apps

#!/usr/bin/env bash
set -euo pipefail

# Define associative array
declare -A apps=()

[[ ! -d "${HOME:?}/.config/launch-menu-apps.d" ]] && (
 mkdir -p "${HOME}/.config/launch-menu-apps.d"
 cat << EOF >> "${HOME}/.config/launch-menu-apps.d/template.sh.disabled"
#!/usr/bin/env bash
set -euo pipefail

apps+=(
 ["Example application"]="example-application"
 ["Test script"]="${HOME}/.local/bin/test-script"
)
EOF
)
# shellcheck disable=SC2012
[[ "$(ls -1 "${HOME}"/.config/launch-menu-apps.d/*.sh 2>/dev/null | wc -l)" == "0" ]] && exit 0

# Append entries
for script in "${HOME}"/.config/launch-menu-apps.d/*.sh; do
 echo ":: Sourcing script ${script}"
 # shellcheck disable=SC1090
 source "${script}"
done

# Create new variables
apps_keys=
for app in "${!apps[@]}"; do
 [[ -n "${apps_keys}" ]] && apps_keys="${apps_keys}\n"
 apps_keys=${apps_keys}${app}
done

# Make selection
selection=$(echo -e "${apps_keys}" | ${HOME}/.local/bin/launch-menu "start")

# Execute
# shellcheck disable=SC2086
( eval ${apps[${selection}]} )