Is there a way I can get total listening time from command line? I want to write a script to keep track of how much time I spend listening to music on a daily basis.
First, using the following command:
pgrep banshee
you can check if Banshee is running.
If yes, you can use:
banshee --query-current-state
command in your bash script to get the current Banshee state (if it's playing or not).
Here is some rudimentary bash code from which you can start and improve your script:
#!/bin/bash
seconds=0
while : ; do
if ( pgrep banshee > /dev/null ); then
if [ "$(banshee --query-current-state | cut -d' ' -f2)" = "playing" ]; then
(( seconds++ ))
echo "Total listening time: $seconds seconds"
fi
fi
sleep 1
done
