8 05 2017

#/bin/bash
application=VMware
desktop_space=2
wmctrl -s $desktop_space
wmctrl -i -r `wmctrl -l | grep "$application" | cut -d ' ' -f 1` -t $desktop_space

See also:
https://superuser.com/questions/236526/how-to-open-a-program-on-particular-desktop
https://linux.die.net/man/1/devilspie

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