From e4797dd9324b36c83ff10f5721f1e9841600170d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Ferit=20Yi=C4=9Fit=20BALABAN?= <fyb@duck.com>
Date: Fri, 22 Apr 2022 02:23:06 +0300
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Even less lines by using playerctl itself to format

---
 nowplaying.sh | 6 +-----
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/nowplaying.sh b/nowplaying.sh
index aade69e..c91980f 100755
--- a/nowplaying.sh
+++ b/nowplaying.sh
@@ -1,9 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/bash
-
 if [ $(playerctl status) = 'Playing' ]; then
-    a=$( playerctl metadata artist )
-    t=$( playerctl metadata title )
-    echo "$a - $t"
+    echo $( playerctl -f '{{trunc(xesam:artist, 20)}} - {{trunc(xesam:title, 30)}}' metadata )
 fi
-
 exit 0

From f21f3f71f03c2cdb800d3f16b569e9e985564eda Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Ferit=20Yi=C4=9Fit=20BALABAN?= <fyb@duck.com>
Date: Fri, 22 Apr 2022 15:11:26 +0300
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Fix error message when nothing is playing

---
 nowplaying.sh | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/nowplaying.sh b/nowplaying.sh
index c91980f..146e427 100755
--- a/nowplaying.sh
+++ b/nowplaying.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 #!/bin/bash
-if [ $(playerctl status) = 'Playing' ]; then
+status=$( playerctl status )
+if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
     echo $( playerctl -f '{{trunc(xesam:artist, 20)}} - {{trunc(xesam:title, 30)}}' metadata )
+else
+    echo ""
 fi
 exit 0