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Script that runs only if battery > 50% (tested on Ubuntu 16.04 4.4.0-47-generic)
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run-if-enough-battery.sh
#!/bin/bash
command() {
# enter command here
}
POWER=`upower -i $(upower -e | grep BAT) | grep --color=never -E percentage|xargs|cut -d' ' -f2|sed s/%//`
if [ "$POWER" -gt "50" ]
then
command
else
echo "Refusing to run command, battery is low."
fi
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