xbar plugin for showing tasks in Things 3's "Today" list

thingstoday.180s.sh

#!/bin/bash

# This is based off the "Thing 3 Today" plugin by Max Clayton Clowes (maxcc@me.com)
# 
# Modifications:
# - Task count is shown in menu bar
# - Whitespace stripped from task names

function tellthings() {
	osascript -e "tell application \"Things3\"
	$1
end tell"
}

if [ "$1" = 'launch' ]; then
	tellthings 'activate'
	exit
fi

case "$1" in
	'show quick entry panel' | 'log completed now' | 'empty trash')
		tellthings "$1"
		exit
esac

if [ "$1" = 'complete' ]; then
	tellthings "set toDo to to do named \"$2\" of list \"Today\"
	set status of toDo to completed
	delay 1.3"
	exit
fi

if [ "$(osascript -e 'application "Things3" is running')" = "false" ]; then
	echo "☑ ❌"
	echo "---"
	echo "Things 3 is not running"
	echo "Launch Things3 | bash='$0' param1=launch terminal=false"
	exit
fi

items=$(tellthings 'set targetList to {}
repeat with n from 1 to count of to dos of list "Today"
	set toDo to item n of to dos of list "Today"
	if activation date of toDo is equal to missing value then
	else
		copy name of toDo & "|" & status of toDo to the end of the targetList
	end if
	if n > 20 then
		return targetList
	end if
end repeat
return targetList');

count=0
IFS=","
for i in $items; do
	count=$(($count+1))
done

echo "☑ ${count}"

echo "---"

echo "Today..."

IFS=","
for i in $items; do
	IFS="|";
	# shellcheck disable=SC2086
	set "--" ${i};
	name=$(echo ${1} | xargs)		# This trims whitespace (had a space at front)
	
	if [ "$2" = "open" ]; then
		item="☐ ${name}";
	else 
		item="☑ ${name}";
	fi
	echo "${item} | bash=$0 param1=complete param2='${1}' terminal=false"
done

echo "View more... | color=#aaaaaa bash='$0' param1=launch terminal=false"

echo "---"

echo "New to do | bash='$0' param1='show quick entry panel' terminal=false"

echo "Log completed | bash='$0' param1='log completed now' terminal=false"

echo "Empty trash | bash='$0' param1='empty trash' terminal=false"

echo '---'

echo "Open Things 3 | bash='$0' param1=launch terminal=false"