#!/bin/bash # desktop-assistant tool: what is playing now. # Copyright (C) 2026 Danilo M. # # This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it # under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as published # by the Free Software Foundation. # # This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but # WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of # MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General # Public License for more details. # # You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along # with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., # 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA. # # playing.sh: the current track from any MPRIS player (playerctl), or from # MPD (mpc) when no MPRIS player is running. set -uo pipefail if out=$(playerctl metadata --format '{{status}}: {{artist}} - {{title}} ({{playerName}})' 2>/dev/null); then echo "$out" elif out=$(mpc status --format '%artist% - %title%' 2>/dev/null) && [ "$(wc -l <<<"$out")" -gt 1 ]; then head -2 <<<"$out" | tac | tr '\n' ' ' echo "(mpd)" else echo "nothing is playing" fi