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telling if macOS screen is locked from bash script
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#!/usr/bin/env bash | |
set -euo pipefail | |
# from https://stackoverflow.com/a/66723000 | |
function screenIsLocked { [ "$(/usr/libexec/PlistBuddy -c "print :IOConsoleUsers:0:CGSSessionScreenIsLocked" /dev/stdin 2>/dev/null <<< "$(ioreg -n Root -d1 -a)")" = "true" ] && return 0 || return 1; } | |
function screenIsUnlocked { [ "$(/usr/libexec/PlistBuddy -c "print :IOConsoleUsers:0:CGSSessionScreenIsLocked" /dev/stdin 2>/dev/null <<< "$(ioreg -n Root -d1 -a)")" != "true" ] && return 0 || return 1; } | |
if screenIsLocked; then | |
echo "Screen locked" | |
fi | |
if screenIsUnlocked; then | |
echo "Screen unlocked" | |
fi | |
if ! screenIsLocked; then | |
echo "Screen unlocked (inverse logic)" | |
fi | |
if ! screenIsUnlocked; then | |
echo "Screen locked (inverse logic)" | |
fi |
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