scripts/getsong

#!/bin/sh
# get current song title and artist from cmus otherwise 'paused'

query=$(cmus-remote -Q 2>/dev/null)
[ -z "${query}" ] && exit 0

echo "${query}" | grep -q -x 'status paused' && echo paused && exit 0

title=$(echo "${query}" \
	| sed -n 's/tag title //p' \
)
artist=$(echo "${query}" \
	| sed -n 's/tag artist //p' \
)

# print at most 20 characters of title and artist each
printf "%s - %s\n" \
	"${title:0:20}" \
	"${artist:0:20}"