#!/bin/bash PREFIX_PLAY=' ' PREFIX_PAUSE=' ' get_mpd() { current_song=$(mpc current) if [[ "$current_song" = "" ]]; then exit 0 else playpause=$(mpc | awk '/\[.*]/{split($0, a, " "); print a[1]}') if [[ "$playpause" = "[playing]" ]]; then current_song=$PREFIX_PLAY$current_song elif [[ "$playpause" = "[paused]" ]]; then current_song=$PREFIX_PAUSE$current_song fi fi echo $current_song } get_mpd