#!/bin/sh player="spotify" qdbus org.mpris.MediaPlayer2.$player /org/mpris/MediaPlayer2 org.mpris.MediaPlayer2.Player.Metadata >/tmp/currentsong 2> /dev/null artist=$(cat /tmp/currentsong | grep "xesam:artist" | sed 's/.*artist: //') title=$(cat /tmp/currentsong | grep "xesam:title" | sed 's/.*title: //') if [ "${artist}" != "" ] && [ "${title}" != "" ]; then echo ${artist} - ${title} else echo "N/A" fi