Move the status generation to its own file and give it a testing mode. Greatly enhance the logic and reduce the amount of times each variable gets updated.

files/dwm/dwm-status.function

@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# 2025-11-10 Hyperling
+# Icons: https://fontawesome.com/v4/cheatsheet/
+
+source "`which volume.function`"
+source "`which battery.function`"
+source "`which storage.function`"
+
+function datetime {
+	date +"%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S"
+}
+function dwm-status {
+	cmd="xsetroot -name "
+	if [[ $1 == "-t" || $1 == "--test" || $1 == "test" ]]; then
+		cmd="echo"
+	fi
+
+	if [[ "`storage-root`" == "`storage-home`" ]]; then
+		function dwm-status-storage {
+			echo "`storage-root-dwm`)"
+		}
+	else
+		function dwm-status-storage {
+			echo "(Root `storage-root-dwm`, Home `storage-home-dwm`)"
+		}
+	fi
+	battery=""; storage=""; volume=""; datetime="";
+	while true; do
+		# Reset Variables
+		if [[ $datetime == *"00" ]]; then
+			unset battery
+			unset storage
+		fi
+		if [[ $datetime != "`datetime`" ]]; then
+			unset volume
+			unset datetime
+		fi
+
+		# Set Variables
+		if [[ -z $battery ]]; then
+			battery="`battery-display`"
+		fi
+		if [[ -z $storage ]]; then
+			storage="`dwm-status-storage`"
+		fi
+		if [[ -z $volume ]]; then
+			volume="`volume-display`"
+		fi
+		if [[ -z $datetime ]]; then
+			datetime="`datetime`"
+		fi
+
+		# Display Variables
+		readout="$readout  $battery"
+		readout="$readout |  $storage"
+		readout="$readout |  $volume"
+		readout="$readout | `whoami`@`hostname`"
+		readout="$readout $datetime"
+		$cmd "$readout"
+		readout=""
+		sleep 0.2
+	done
+}
+alias status="dwm-status --test"

files/dwm/dwm.sh

@@ -35,29 +35,8 @@ xsetroot -solid "$purple"
 #exec slstatus &
 
 # Custom Setup #
-# Icons: https://fontawesome.com/v4/cheatsheet/
-source "`which volume.function`"
-source "`which battery.function`"
-source "`which storage.function`"
-if [[ "`storage-root`" == "`storage-home`" ]]; then
-	function dwm-storage {
-		echo "`storage-root-dwm`)"
-	}
-else
-	function dwm-storage {
-		echo "(Root `storage-root-dwm`, Home `storage-home-dwm`)"
-	}
-fi
-while true; do
-	readout="$readout  `battery-display`"
-	readout="$readout |  `dwm-storage`"
-	readout="$readout |  `volume-display`"
-	readout="$readout | `whoami`@`hostname`"
-	readout="$readout `date +"%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S"`"
-	xsetroot -name "$readout"
-	readout=""
-	sleep 0.2
-done &
+source "`which dwm-status.function`"
+dwm-status &
 
 
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