#!/bin/sh # shell script to prepend i3status with more stuff eml(){ maildirs="$HOME/Mail/magazino/INBOX/new/" ml="$(find "$maildirs" -type f | wc -l)" if [ $ml > 0 ]; then echo "$ml" else echo "0" fi } i3status | while : do read line echo "Mails $(eml) | $line" || exit 1 done