#!/usr/bin/env bash fg="$(xres color0)" light="$(xres color8)" date="%{F$light}time %{F$fg}$(date +%I:%M)" time="%{F$light}date %{F$fg}$(date +"%a, %d %b" | tr A-Z a-z)" while getopts dt options do case $options in d) echo -ne "$date" ;; t) echo -ne "$time" esac done