#!/bin/bash # Prints out the number of pacman updates (Arch Linux) # Requires an internet connection # Depends on yay and checkupdates (pacman-contrib) # Optional: add --devel flag to the yay cmd to check for *-git package updates. PREFIX=' Updates: ' get_updates() { if ! updates_arch=$(checkupdates 2> /dev/null | wc -l ); then updates_arch=0 fi if ! updates_aur=$(yay -Qum 2> /dev/null | wc -l); then updates_aur=0 fi updates=$(("$updates_arch" + "$updates_aur")) echo "$PREFIX$updates" } if [ $(( 10#$(date '+%M') % 3 )) -eq 0 ] && [ $(( 10#$(date '+%S') )) -eq 5 ]; then get_updates fi