# toggle synaptic touchpad on/off # get current state SYNSTATE=$(synclient -l | grep TouchpadOff | awk '{ print $3 }') # change to other state if [ $SYNSTATE = 0 ]; then synclient touchpadoff=1 elif [ $SYNSTATE = 1 ]; then synclient touchpadoff=0 else echo "Couldn't get touchpad status from synclient" exit 1 fi exit 0