Uncached Browser

#!/bin/bash

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# Very basic script to launch a browser without any cache or cookie preloaded
# It needs firefox and chromium installed (or change 'chromium' to 'chrome' it you use it)

TMPPROF="$(mktemp -d)"
mkdir "${TMPPROF}/cache"
export XDG_CACHE_HOME="${TMPPROF}/cache"

case $1 in
 f)
   firefox -profile "$TMPPROF" -new-instance "https://duckduckgo.com"
   ;;
 c)
   chromium --user-data-dir="$TMPPROF" "https://duckduckgo.com/"
   ;;
 *)
   echo -e "launch with\n$0 c or $0 f\nfor chromium or firefox"
   ;;
esac

[ -d "$TMPPROF" ] && rm -rf "$TMPPROF"

exit 0