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Shell script to react to the state of a webcam in macOS Monterey
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camreact.sh
log stream --predicate 'subsystem contains "com.apple.UVCExtension" and composedMessage contains "Post PowerLog"' --style ndjson | while read LOGLINE
do
echo ${LOGLINE} | grep -q '"VDCAssistant_Power_State" = Off' && WEBCAM_STATE='Off'
echo ${LOGLINE} | grep -q '"VDCAssistant_Power_State" = On' && WEBCAM_STATE='On'
echo ${WEBCAM_STATE}
done
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