Plugin: clock.sh

This is a very simple plugin that gets the current date and time and updates an item's label.

Usage

This script is designed to be run on a timer using the update_freq property.

sketchybar --add item clock right \
           --set clock update_freq=10 \
                       icon= \
                       script="$PLUGIN_DIR/clock.sh"

• update_freq=10: Runs the script every 10 seconds to keep the time reasonably current without excessive updates.

Source Code

#!/bin/sh

# The $NAME variable is passed from sketchybar and holds the name of
# the item invoking this script:
# https://felixkratz.github.io/SketchyBar/config/events#events-and-scripting

sketchybar --set "$NAME" label="$(date '+%d/%m %H:%M')"

Explanation

1. date '+%d/%m %H:%M': The standard date command is used to format the current date and time. The format string +%d/%m %H:%M produces output like 23/10 14:30.
2. sketchybar --set "$NAME" label="...": This command updates the label property of the item that ran the script (identified by the $NAME environment variable) with the formatted date string.