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?
Relies on Systemd.
Edit: tryuptime. Or, Linux only,/proc/uptime.Editedit:
uptimeis for uptime. For last login islast -n1or “logged in since <time>” islast -s <time>.Relies on bash
That was mentioned in the title.
This was meant in jest. It does use systemd, which is also mentioned in the post.
Yawn. Oh no youre using a different init than I would have preferred 🥺🥺🥺😣😭
This is what I picture everytime someone complains about systemd.
Systemd is great and at this point y’all just like being contrarian.
Stop complaining. I just mentioned the requirement because you didn’t.
There’s a whole cross-compatible command called
uptimelast, you know?You right I was being mean, sorry.
Does
uptimecount or skip the time a system is in suspend? On mobile, can’t check man
Well yeah, that’s what most people use
Cool. Some don’t. Reason enough to mention requirements.
Uptime shows how long the system has been up, not how long one has been interacting with the system.
Oh, right, my bad. But fret not there’s
last -n1for that.Last shows how long the last user logged in has been logged in. So if your system routinely has multiple users logged in, this may not be a useful metric.


