#!/bin/bash xinput_touchpad_id=$(xinput | grep -i touchpad | sed 's/^.*id=\([0-9]*\).*/\1/') case $1 in enable) xinput enable $xinput_touchpad_id ;; disable) xinput disable $xinput_touchpad_id ;; id) echo $xinput_touchpad_id ;; --help | -h) echo 'Usage: touchpad OPTION' echo 'Used to manipulate touchpad.' echo '' echo ' --help: display this help and exit' echo ' enable: enables touchpad' echo ' disable: disables touchpad' echo ' id: returns the xinput id of the touchpad' ;; "") echo 'No argument provided.' echo 'Try "touchpad --help" for more information.' ;; *) echo 'Invalid argument.' echo 'Try "touchpad --help" for more information' ;; esac