Create putty status display (service control)

sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/camera-status

 

 #!/bin/bash

show_service()

{

 local label="$1"

 local unit="$2"

 local active

 local enabled

 local state

 active="$(systemctl is-active "$unit" 2>/dev/null || true)"

 enabled="$(systemctl is-enabled "$unit" 2>/dev/null || true)"

 if [ "$active" = "active" ]; then

 state="ACTIVATED"

 else

 state="DEACTIVATED"

 fi

 printf "%-20s %-12s boot: %s\n" "$label:" "$state" "$enabled"

}

echo

echo "================ CAMERA STATUS ================"

show_service "Motion detection" "motion-camera.service"

show_service "Aim stream" "aim-camera.service"

show_service "Timelapse" "timelapse-camera.service"

echo

echo "Commands:"

echo " motion-on motion-off"

echo " aim-on aim-off"

echo " timelapse-on timelapse-off"

echo " camera-status"

echo "================================================"

echo

 

 sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/camera-status

 

 create the commands 

 nano ~/.bashrc

 

 Append at the bottom 

 # Camera service commands

alias motion-on='sudo systemctl start motion-camera.service'

alias motion-off='sudo systemctl stop motion-camera.service'

alias aim-on='sudo systemctl start aim-camera.service'

alias aim-off='sudo systemctl stop aim-camera.service'

alias timelapse-on='sudo systemctl start timelapse-camera.service'

alias timelapse-off='sudo systemctl stop timelapse-camera.service'

alias camera-status='/usr/local/bin/camera-status'

# Show camera status when opening PuTTY/SSH.

if [[ $- == *i* ]]; then

 /usr/local/bin/camera-status

fi

 

 Now apply: 

 source ~/.bashrc