Some bash script utilities for working with BlinkStick

blickstick_utilities

#!/bin/bash

# Source this file to import these utilites into your scripts.

BLINK_LOCK="/tmp/.blinkstick-toggle"
touch "$BLINK_LOCK"

# Choose the python needed for blinkstick and the path to blinkstick
BS="/usr/bin/python /usr/local/bin/blinkstick"

blink_reset() {
    rm "$BLINK_LOCK"
}

blink_is_color() {
    test "$(cat "$BLINK_LOCK" 2>/dev/null)" == "$1"
}

blink_is_red() {
    blink_is_color red
}

blink_is_green() {
    blink_is_color green
}

blink_is_busy() {
    blink_is_color busy
}

blink_set_color() {
    echo "$1" > "$BLINK_LOCK"
    eval "$BS --set-color '$1'"
}

blink_set_busy() {
    echo "busy" > "$BLINK_LOCK"
    eval "$BS --set-color '$1'"
}