Executes a script and shows the result of `stdout` on a label.
Pango markup is supported.
If you want to be able to embed multiple scripts and/or variables, prefer the [label](label) module.
For more advanced use-cases, use [custom](custom).
## Configuration
> Type: `script`
| Name | Type | Default | Description |
|------------|-----------------------|---------|---------------------------------------------------------|
| `cmd` | `string` | `null` | Path to the script on disk |
| `mode` | `'poll'` or `'watch'` | `poll` | See [#modes](#modes) |
| `interval` | `number` | `5000` | Number of milliseconds to wait between executing script |
### Modes
- Use `poll` to run the script wait for it to exit. On exit, the label is updated to show everything the script wrote to `stdout`.
- Use `watch` to start a long-running script. Every time the script writes to `stdout`, the label is updated to show the latest line.
Note this does not work for all programs as they may use block-buffering instead of line-buffering when they detect output being piped.
JSON
```json
{
"end": [
{
"type": "script",
"cmd": "/home/jake/.local/bin/phone-battery",
"mode": "poll",
"interval": 5000
}
]
}
```
TOML
```toml
[[end]]
type = "script"
cmd = "/home/jake/.local/bin/phone-battery"
mode = "poll"
interval = 5000
```
YAML
```yaml
end:
- type: "script"
cmd: "/home/jake/.local/bin/phone-battery"
mode: 'poll'
interval : 5000
```
Corn
```corn
{
end = [
{
type = "script"
cmd = "/home/jake/.local/bin/phone-battery"
mode = "poll"
interval = 5000
}
]
}
```
## Styling
| Selector | Description |
|-----------|---------------------|
| `.script` | Script widget label |
For more information on styling, please see the [styling guide](styling-guide).