spot_track

   1 #!/bin/sh
   2 dbus-send \
   3   --print-reply --session \
   4   --dest=org.mpris.MediaPlayer2.spotify \
   5   /org/mpris/MediaPlayer2 \
   6   org.freedesktop.DBus.Properties.Get \
   7   string:'org.mpris.MediaPlayer2.Player' \
   8   string:'Metadata' \
   9 | awk '/xesam:title/ {getline; title=substr($0, index($0, $3))} /xesam:artist/ {getline; getline; artist=substr($0, index($0, $2))} END { print title " - " artist}' \
  10 | tr -d '"'