#!/usr/bin/env bash # ***This script was made by Clay Gomera (Drake)*** # - Description: A dwmblocks script to print the wifi status # - Dependencies: dwm, dwmblocks, nmcli ##### ## This function gets the wifi signal strength from nmcli and then converts ## it from dBm to values from 1 to 4 ##### get_wifi_strength() { # Retrieves the wifi signal strength in dBm strength=$(nmcli -t -f active,ssid,signal dev wifi | grep yes | cut -d ":" -f3) # Converts dBm to percentage (0% to 100%) if [ "$strength" -le 30 ]; then echo "1" elif [ "$strength" -le 60 ]; then echo "2" elif [ "$strength" -le 90 ]; then echo "3" else echo "4" fi } # this variable will store the current state of the connection (connected or # disconnected) constate=$(nmcli dev | grep wifi | sed 's/ \{2,\}/|/g' | cut -d '|' -f3 | head -1) # this variable will store the name of the wifi network that the computer is # currently connected to currentwfi=$(nmcli dev | grep wifi | sed 's/ \{2,\}/|/g' | cut -d '|' -f4 | head -1) # Check Ethernet connection ethernet_state=$(nmcli dev | grep ethernet | awk '{print $3}') if [ "$ethernet_state" = "connected" ]; then echo " 󰈀 Ethernet " elif [ "$constate" = "disconnected" ]; then # if the computer is disconnected echo " 󰤮 " elif [ "$constate" = "connected" ]; then # if it's connected strength=$(get_wifi_strength) case "$strength" in "1") icon=" 󰤟 " ;; "2") icon=" 󰤢 " ;; "3") icon=" 󰤥 " ;; "4") icon=" 󰤨 " ;; esac echo "$icon$currentwfi" else echo " 󰤮 " # just in case if nmcli isn't available or something weird is happening fi