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Toggle hiding spotify application icon visibility

curl -s https://gist.githubusercontent.com/vjm/1a873d0b7cd63cb4f8b7/raw/toggle_spotify.sh | bash

#!/bin/bash
val=$(/usr/libexec/PlistBuddy -c 'print ":NSUIElement"' /Applications/Spotify.app/Contents/Info.plist 2>/dev/null)
# Save the exit code, which indicates success v. failure
exitCode=$?
if [ $exitCode == 0 ]; then
toggled=$((val-1))
negative_value=$((toggled < 0))
if [ $negative_value ]; then
toggled=$((toggled*-1))
fi
echo "0 means it will show the icon, 1 means hide it."
echo "currently $val"
echo "toggling to $toggled"
/usr/libexec/PlistBuddy -c "Set :NSUIElement $toggled" /Applications/Spotify.app/Contents/Info.plist
else
echo "element doesn't exist, creating value.."
/usr/libexec/PlistBuddy -c "Add :NSUIElement string '0'" /Applications/Spotify.app/Contents/Info.plist
curl -s https://gist.githubusercontent.com/vjm/1a873d0b7cd63cb4f8b7/raw/toggle_spotify.sh | bash
fi
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