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#!/bin/bash | |
stderr() { cat <<< "$@" 1>&2; } | |
toggle_xinput_device() | |
{ | |
declare -r -a device_filters=("$@") | |
if [[ ${#device_filters[*]} -eq 0 ]]; then | |
stderr "No filters provided." | |
return 1 | |
fi | |
local xinput_output | |
if ! xinput_output="$(xinput)"; then | |
stderr "Failed to get xinput" | |
return 1 | |
fi | |
local lines rest="${xinput_output}" | |
for filter in "${device_filters[@]}"; do | |
if ! rest="$(grep -i "${filter}" <<< "${rest}")"; then | |
stderr "Failed find ${filter} in xinput output" | |
return 1 | |
fi | |
done | |
if [[ "$(wc -l <<< "${rest}")" != 1 ]]; then | |
stderr "Too many devices found" | |
stderr "${rest}" | |
return 1 | |
fi | |
local touchpad_line="${rest}" | |
declare id | |
id="$(sed -e 's/^[^=]*id=//' -e 's/[^0-9].*//' <<< "${touchpad_line}")" | |
if [[ -z $id ]]; then | |
stderr "Failed find device ID in xinput output" | |
return 1 | |
fi | |
local enabled | |
enabled="$(xinput list-props "${id}" | awk '/Device Enabled/ {print $NF}')" | |
if [[ $enabled = "1" ]]; then | |
xinput --disable "${id}" | |
elif [[ $enabled = "0" ]]; then | |
xinput --enable "${id}" | |
else | |
stderr "Unknown enabled state: $enabled" | |
return 1 | |
fi | |
} | |
main() | |
{ | |
toggle_xinput_device 'pointer' 'Synaptics TouchPad' | |
} | |
[[ "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" == "${0}" ]] && main "$@" |
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