#!/bin/sh while true do if [ -S ~/.awesome_ctl.0 ]; then while true do # echo "0 widget_tell clock text " " `date +\"%a, %b %d %I:%M %p \"`" echo "0 widget_tell clock " " `date +\"%a, %b %d %I:%M %p\"` " echo "" # an empty line flushes data inside awesome sleep 1 done | awesome-client else sleep 1 fi done