Swaybar bash script

.config/sway/config

@@ -218,8 +218,9 @@ bar {
 
     # When the status_command prints a new line to stdout, swaybar updates.
     # The default just shows the current date and time.
-    status_command while date +'%Y-%m-%d %l:%M:%S %p'; do sleep 1; done
-
+    # 
+    #status_command while date +'%Y-%m-%d %l:%M:%S %p'; do sleep 1; done
+    status_command ~/.config/sway/swaybar.sh
     colors {
         statusline #ffffff
         background #323232

.config/sway/swaybar.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+function getPowerValue() {
+	POWER=$(cat /sys/class/power_supply/BAT0/capacity)%
+	echo $POWER
+}
+
+function getDate() {
+	echo $(date +'%Y-%m-%d %H:%M')
+}
+
+
+while [ True ]; do
+	echo "$(getPowerValue) | $(getDate)"
+	sleep 30
+done
+