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Persistent i3blocks blocket displaying VPN connection status
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i3blocks-vpn.sh
#!/bin/sh
ON='{"full_text": "", "color": "#00ff00"}'
OFF='{"full_text": "", "color": "#ff0000"}'
dbus-send --system \
--print-reply \
--dest=org.freedesktop.NetworkManager \
/org/freedesktop/NetworkManager \
org.freedesktop.DBus.Properties.Get \
string:org.freedesktop.NetworkManager string:PrimaryConnectionType \
| sed -n '1d;s/.*string "vpn"/'"${ON}"'/p;t;s/.*/'"${OFF}"'/p'
dbus-monitor --system "\
type='signal', \
sender='org.freedesktop.NetworkManager', \
interface='org.freedesktop.DBus.Properties', \
member='PropertiesChanged', \
arg0='org.freedesktop.NetworkManager'" \
2> /dev/null \
| stdbuf -oL sed -n '/"PrimaryConnectionType"/{n;s/.*string "vpn"/'"${ON}"'/p;t;s/.*/'"${OFF}"'/p}'
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un-def commented Oct 8, 2020 •
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i3blocks config

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[vpn]
command=/path/to/i3blocks-vpn.sh
interval=persist
format=json
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