Better status bar

batterystatus.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+while true; do
+  # Get battery status
+  STATUS=$(upower -i /org/freedesktop/UPower/devices/battery_BAT0 | grep -E "state|to full|percentage" | awk -F': +' '
+        /state:/{s=$2}
+        /time to full:/{split($2,a,",");h=int(a[1])}
+        /percentage:/{gsub(",",".",$2);p=$2}
+        END{if(s=="charging") printf("%dh - %.2f%%\n",h,p)}
+    ')
+
+  # Get current date and time
+  DATE=$(date +'%Y-%m-%d %X')
+
+  # Get volume of the default sink
+  VOLUME=$(pactl get-sink-volume @DEFAULT_SINK@ | awk '{print $5}')
+
+  # Combine the output
+  echo "$STATUS | Volume: $VOLUME | $DATE"
+  sleep 1
+done

config

@@ -227,7 +227,9 @@ bar {
 
     # When the status_command prints a new line to stdout, swaybar updates.
     # The default just shows the current date and time.
-    status_command while echo "$(cat /sys/class/power_supply/BAT0/capacity)% \| $(date +'%Y-%m-%d %X') ; do sleep 1; done
+    #status_command while echo $(upower -i /org/freedesktop/UPower/devices/battery_BAT0 | grep -E "state|to full|percentage" | awk -F': +' '/state:/{s=$2}/time to full:/{split($2,a,",");h=int(a[1])}/percentage:/{gsub(",",".",$2);p=$2} END{if(s=="charging") printf("%dh - %.2f%%\n",h,p)}') \| $(date +'%Y-%m-%d %X') ; do sleep 1; done
+    status_command /home/user/.config/sway/batterystatus.sh
+
   colors {
     background         $base
     statusline         $text