create-links

#!/usr/bin/python3

import os, sys

if __name__ == '__main__':
    if len(sys.argv) >= 4:
        basedir = os.getcwd()
        icontype = sys.argv[1]
        iconname = sys.argv[2]
        linknames = sys.argv[3:]
        colors = ["", "-Aqua", "-Blue", "-Brown", "-Grey", "-Orange", "-Pink", "-Purple", "-Red", "-Sand", "-Teal", "-Yellow"]
        extensions = [".png", ".svg"]
        for extension in extensions:
            iconname = iconname + extension
            for color in colors:
                for dirname, subdirs, filelist in os.walk("usr/share/icons/Mint-L%s/%s" % (color, icontype)):
                    for filename in filelist:
                        if filename == iconname:
                            print(filename)
                            iconpath = os.path.join(dirname, iconname)
                            if os.path.exists(iconpath):
                                if os.path.islink(iconpath):
                                    print ("!!! SKIPPED: %s is a link! Please fix this manually (it could lead to a circular link situation)." % iconpath)
                                else:
                                    print("--> %s:" % dirname)
                                    os.chdir(dirname)
                                    for linkname in linknames:
                                        linkname = linkname + extension
                                        if os.path.exists(linkname):
                                            print("    rm %s" % linkname)
                                            os.system("rm %s" % linkname)
                                        print ("    ln -s %s %s" % (iconname, linkname))
                                        os.system("ln -s %s %s" % (iconname, linkname))
                                os.chdir(basedir)
    else:
        print("Usage: %s icon-type icon-name link-name [more-link-names]" % sys.argv[0])
        print ("Note: if link-name already exists (whether it's a link or a file), it gets deleted first, and then it is created as a new link pointing to icon-name")