Script to keep Pidgin available

gistfile1.sh

#!/usr/bin/env bash
# My Lync client and Pidgin fights over whether I'm inactive or not. I got mad and made this script
# to keep Pidgin status as "available"

KEEP_STATUS="available"
while sleep 1 ; do
    status="$( purple-remote getstatus )"
    if ! [ "$status" = "$KEEP_STATUS" ] ; then
        echo "Reset status to $KEEP_STATUS"
        purple-remote setstatus?status=$KEEP_STATUS
    fi  
done