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Revision: 66965
at July 25, 2014 20:07 by pantuts
Initial Code 
#!/usr/bin/env python
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
# Dependecy: notify2
# sudo pip install notify2
 
import notify2
import shlex
from subprocess import Popen, PIPE
 
upower = shlex.split('upower -i /org/freedesktop/UPower/devices/battery_BAT0')
grp = shlex.split('grep percentage')
ak = shlex.split("awk -F '[^0-9]*' '$0=$2'")
 
proc1 = Popen(upower, stdout=PIPE)
proc2 = Popen(grp, stdin=proc1.stdout, stdout=PIPE)
proc3 = Popen(ak, stdin=proc2.stdout, stdout=PIPE)
proc1.stdout.close()
out = int(proc3.communicate()[0].decode('ascii').rstrip())
# print(out)
 
notify2.init('bat_check')
 
# edit this
# if battery is less than 15%
if out < 15:
    note = notify2.Notification('Battery Check', 'CHARGE CHARGE CHARGE CHARGE CHARGE')
    note.set_category('device')
    note.set_timeout(5000)
    note.show()
Initial URL 
http://pantuts.com/2014/07/25/cron-job-python-script-check-battery-stat/
Initial Description 
for Cron:
# run
$ crontab -e
# then add this
*/1 * * * * export DISPLAY=:0.0 && /home/username/path/to/script.py > /dev/null
 
# then save.
# This cron job will run every minute
Initial Title 
Python: check battery stat and run through cron
Initial Tags 
python
Initial Language 
Python