#!/usr/bin/env bash capitalize () { toshow="$1" maxlen="$2" sufix="" if test $(echo $toshow | wc -c) -ge $maxlen ; then sufix=" ..." fi echo "${toshow:0:$maxlen}$sufix" } withSafe () { local txt="$1" local safe="$2" if [[ $txt == "" ]]; then echo $safe else echo $txt fi } if [[ $1 == "title" ]]; then capitalize "$(playerctl metadata --format "{{title}}" || echo "Nothing playing")" 18 fi if [[ $1 == "artist" ]]; then withSafe "$(capitalize "$(playerctl metadata --format "{{artist}}" || echo "No artist")" 18)" "No artist detected" fi if [[ $1 == "status" ]]; then playerctl status || echo 'Paused' fi