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diff --git a/nowplaying.rs b/nowplaying.rs
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+use std::process::Command;
+
+fn main() {
+    let output0 = Command::new("/usr/bin/playerctl")
+                     .arg("status")
+                     .output()
+                     .expect("err: call playerctl status");
+
+
+    let status = String::from_utf8_lossy(&output0.stdout);
+
+    if status == "Playing\n" {
+        let output1 = Command::new("/usr/bin/playerctl")
+                              .arg("-f")
+                              .arg("'{{trunc(xesam:artist, 15)}} - {{trunc(xesam:title,     30)}}'")
+                              .arg("metadata")
+                              .output()
+                              .expect("err: call playerctl metadata");
+        let music = &String::from_utf8(output1.stdout).unwrap();
+        println!("{}", &music[1..music.len() - 2]);
+    } else if status == "Paused\n" {
+        println!("Paused\n");
+    } else {
+        println!("");
+    }
+}