Script disable touchscreen

disable-touchscreen.py

#!/usr/bin/env python
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
from __future__ import print_function

import subprocess
import re

COMMAND_XINPUT = 'xinput'
ARG_COMMAND_XINPUT_DISABLE = 'disable'
PATTERN_TOUCHSCREEN = 'Touchscreen\s+id=\d+'
PATTERN_TOUCHSCREEN_INPUT_ID = 'id=\d+'

try:
    id_xinput = re.findall(PATTERN_TOUCHSCREEN_INPUT_ID, re.findall(PATTERN_TOUCHSCREEN, subprocess.check_output(COMMAND_XINPUT))[0])[0].split('=')[1]
except Exception as e:
    print(e)
    exit(1)
else:
    if id_xinput is None:
        print('xinput id not valid')
        exit(1)

    exit(subprocess.call([COMMAND_XINPUT, ARG_COMMAND_XINPUT_DISABLE, id_xinput]))