Paste this into Bash:
get_screen_time() {
since=${1:-today}
until_opt=${2:+--until "$2"}
journalctl --output json -u systemd-logind --since "$since" $until_opt | \
jq -r 'select(.MESSAGE_ID and .__REALTIME_TIMESTAMP) |
if (.MESSAGE | test("Lid opened|Starting systemd-logind|Operation .suspend. finished")) then
.__REALTIME_TIMESTAMP + " start"
elif (.MESSAGE | test("Lid closed|Stopping systemd-logind|system will suspend")) then
.__REALTIME_TIMESTAMP + " stop"
else
empty
end' | \
awk -v current_time=$(date +%s%6N) '
{
if ($2 == "start") {
last_start = $1
} else if ($2 == "stop" && last_start != 0) {
total += ($1 - last_start) / 1000000
last_start = 0
}
}
END {
if (last_start != 0) {
total += (current_time - last_start) / 1000000
}
seconds = int(total)
hours = int(seconds/3600)
minutes = int((seconds%3600)/60)
printf "%02d:%02d", hours, minutes
}'
}
PS1='$(get_screen_time) '$PS1
Now you have screen time for today in your prompt:
00:21 user@asus:~/Documents$
00:21 user@asus:~/Documents$ cd ../Pictures/
00:21 user@asus:~/Pictures$
Cool?


Honestly I don’t understand what this is showing. I guess it’s how long the lid was open?
Speaking of bash prompt: https://mina86.com/2015/bash-right-prompt/
If there is no lid (desktop pc), then it takes into account only systemd start and suspend messages, which is probably enough. Elegant!
Accumulative duration of working sessions. Work session is a period of time limited by any of “start” events and any of “end” events. E.g between “system started” and “suspend on”, or between “lid opened” and “system turn off”. Type of events determined by regex. Effectively it’s a screen time for most of people.