HP-Notebook - Disable/Enable touchpad on command-line

touchpad-disable.rb

#!/usr/bin/env ruby

# Simple script to disable TouchPad on HP-Notebook
#
# Usage: touchpad-disable
#
# Installation: save file to ~/bin/touchpad-disable (may chmod +X it)
#
def run(cmd, options = {:show => true})
  puts "> #{cmd}"
  `#{cmd}`.tap { |r| puts(r) if options[:show] && !r.empty? }
end

line = run "xinput list | grep TouchPad"
id   = line[/.*\tid=(\d+)\t.*/, 1]
run "xinput set-prop #{id} 'Device Enabled' 0"

touchpad-enable.rb

#!/usr/bin/env ruby

# Simple script to enable TouchPad on HP-Notebook
#
# Usage: touchpad-enable
#
# Installation: save file to ~/bin/touchpad-enable (may chmod +X it)
#
def run(cmd, options = {:show => true})
  puts "> #{cmd}"
  `#{cmd}`.tap { |r| puts(r) if options[:show] && !r.empty? }
end

line = run "xinput list | grep TouchPad"
id   = line[/.*\tid=(\d+)\t.*/, 1]
run "xinput set-prop #{id} 'Device Enabled' 1"