CONKY TOGGLE INSTRUCTIONS [turn your conky on/off with a keyboard shortcut]

conkytoggle

#CONKY TOGGLE INSTRUCTIONS [turn your conky on/off with a keyboard shortcut]

#Code borrowed from several forums... don't quite rememeber where I found it exactly ;)
#Better used with GNU/Linux CrunchBang <3 #! http://crunchbang.org/donate

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#1) Paste the following uncommented line into a blank file:

if pgrep conky; then pkill conky; else conky; fi

#2)Name the file as something like: 

conkytoggle.sh

#3)Make the file Executable: 

chmod +x conkytoggle.sh

#4)Copy the file into your Home folder (~/ ...or any other folder, like ~/bin for example) 

#5)Assign a Shortcut to this file on your *RC.xml file, ex:

<keybind key="W-c">
<action name="Execute">
<startupnotify>
<enabled>true</enabled>
<name>toggle conky</name>
</startupnotify>
<command>~/conkytoggle.sh</command>
</action>
</keybind>


#6)It should work when you press W + c... but you never know!

To avoid pgrep grabbing the script itself rather than conky (e.g. if its name includes conky) -x should be added to exactly match the pattern.
An updated version would look like:

#!/bin/sh

if pgrep -x conky > /dev/null; then
    # Kill the conky process
    echo "Stopping conky..."
    pkill -x conky
else
    # Start conky
    echo "Starting conky..."
    conky &
fi

see https://linux.die.net/man/1/pgrep

-x
    Only match processes whose name (or command line if -f is specified) exactly match the pattern.