bash script not working in conky [SOLVED]

[Logansfury]

Hello everyone,

I am working with the following bash script:

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logansfury@OptiPlex-5040:~$ xrandr_output=$(xrandr); resolutions=$(echo "$xrandr_output" | awk '/ connected/{print $1}' | while read -r monitor; do echo "$xrandr_output" | sed -n "/^$monitor/,/\*/p" | awk '/\*/{sub(/\*/,""); print $2 " Hz"}'; done); if [ -z "$resolutions" ]; then echo "No monitor detected"; else echo "$resolutions" | paste -sd ',' -; fi
59.95 Hz,59.95 Hz

In terminal, this displays 59.95 Hz, 59.95 Hz perfectly, but when I put it in a conky the display is blank:

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${color1}${goto 35}Refresh Rates: ${alignr}${color0}${exec xrandr_output=$(xrandr) && resolutions=$(echo "$xrandr_output" | awk '/ connected/{print $1}' | while read -r monitor; do echo "$xrandr_output" | sed -n "/^$monitor/,/\*/p" | awk '/\*/{sub(/\*/,""); print $2 " Hz"}'; done) && if [ -z "$resolutions" ]; then echo "No monitor detected"; else echo "$resolutions" | paste -sd ',' -; fi}

Can anyone please fix this to work?

Thank you for reading,

Logan

[Koentje]

Hello everyone,

I am working with the following bash script:

That's not a bash script, but a command line...
A bash script is a textfile with a load of commands. if statements, strings etc...

[Logansfury]

Hello everyone,

I am working with the following bash script:

That's not a bash script, but a command line...
A bash script is a textfile with a load of commands. if statements, strings etc...

My bad on the terminology. This one should be marked as solved though. I have scripts successfully showing refresh rate in my Display widget.

Just so I have this straight, Is the command line using bash language or is it a unique command line language?

[Koentje]

No it is probably using bash... but a script is a textfile with list of commands.

[Logansfury]

No it is probably using bash... but a script is a textfile with list of commands.

Gotcha! Thank you for you lesson