How to add a new profile entry to Firefox's profiles.ini using a script?

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Firefox uses a text file named ~/.mozilla/firefox/profiles.ini to hold a list of profiles. The entries look similar to this:



[Profile0]
Name=default
IsRelative=1
Path=default
Default=1

...

[Profile8]
Name=guest
IsRelative=1
Path=guest


I need to add a new entry to profiles.ini using a bash script. The catch is that the profiles need to be numbered sequentially and I do not know in advance how many profiles each user has. In the above example, I would need to add [Profile9]. If instead, I add [Profile8] or [Profile10] or any other number, it will not work correctly.



How can my script figure out which is the highest profile number currently in use, then increment that and append a new profile to profiles.ini?



I have gotten as far as something like this used in a for-loop, but I don't know how to get $NewNumber.



echo "[Profile$NewNumber]
Name=NewProfile
IsRelative=1
Path=NewPath" >> /home/$myuser/.mozilla/firefox/profiles.ini








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    Firefox uses a text file named ~/.mozilla/firefox/profiles.ini to hold a list of profiles. The entries look similar to this:



    [Profile0]
    Name=default
    IsRelative=1
    Path=default
    Default=1

    ...

    [Profile8]
    Name=guest
    IsRelative=1
    Path=guest


    I need to add a new entry to profiles.ini using a bash script. The catch is that the profiles need to be numbered sequentially and I do not know in advance how many profiles each user has. In the above example, I would need to add [Profile9]. If instead, I add [Profile8] or [Profile10] or any other number, it will not work correctly.



    How can my script figure out which is the highest profile number currently in use, then increment that and append a new profile to profiles.ini?



    I have gotten as far as something like this used in a for-loop, but I don't know how to get $NewNumber.



    echo "[Profile$NewNumber]
    Name=NewProfile
    IsRelative=1
    Path=NewPath" >> /home/$myuser/.mozilla/firefox/profiles.ini








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      Firefox uses a text file named ~/.mozilla/firefox/profiles.ini to hold a list of profiles. The entries look similar to this:



      [Profile0]
      Name=default
      IsRelative=1
      Path=default
      Default=1

      ...

      [Profile8]
      Name=guest
      IsRelative=1
      Path=guest


      I need to add a new entry to profiles.ini using a bash script. The catch is that the profiles need to be numbered sequentially and I do not know in advance how many profiles each user has. In the above example, I would need to add [Profile9]. If instead, I add [Profile8] or [Profile10] or any other number, it will not work correctly.



      How can my script figure out which is the highest profile number currently in use, then increment that and append a new profile to profiles.ini?



      I have gotten as far as something like this used in a for-loop, but I don't know how to get $NewNumber.



      echo "[Profile$NewNumber]
      Name=NewProfile
      IsRelative=1
      Path=NewPath" >> /home/$myuser/.mozilla/firefox/profiles.ini








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      Firefox uses a text file named ~/.mozilla/firefox/profiles.ini to hold a list of profiles. The entries look similar to this:



      [Profile0]
      Name=default
      IsRelative=1
      Path=default
      Default=1

      ...

      [Profile8]
      Name=guest
      IsRelative=1
      Path=guest


      I need to add a new entry to profiles.ini using a bash script. The catch is that the profiles need to be numbered sequentially and I do not know in advance how many profiles each user has. In the above example, I would need to add [Profile9]. If instead, I add [Profile8] or [Profile10] or any other number, it will not work correctly.



      How can my script figure out which is the highest profile number currently in use, then increment that and append a new profile to profiles.ini?



      I have gotten as far as something like this used in a for-loop, but I don't know how to get $NewNumber.



      echo "[Profile$NewNumber]
      Name=NewProfile
      IsRelative=1
      Path=NewPath" >> /home/$myuser/.mozilla/firefox/profiles.ini






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