From 9c504cd8639c82d476c2af41796743185ffd706a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Xander Swan <email>
Date: Wed, 3 Dec 2025 10:00:41 -0500
Subject: Add i3

---
 .config/i3/shellutils.lua | 16 ++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 .config/i3/shellutils.lua

(limited to '.config/i3/shellutils.lua')

diff --git a/.config/i3/shellutils.lua b/.config/i3/shellutils.lua
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cb27943
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.config/i3/shellutils.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+local shell_utils = {}
+
+local temp_file_path = "/tmp/i3luacommandouput"
+
+function shell_utils.get_output(command)
+    os.execute(command .. " > " .. temp_file_path .. " 2> " .. temp_file_path)
+    local file = io.open(temp_file_path, "r")
+    if file == nil then
+        error("Can't read output.")
+    end
+    local output = file:read()
+    file:close()
+    return output or ""
+end
+
+return shell_utils
\ No newline at end of file
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