kill touchpad

#!/bin/bash

# function to enable or disable the trackpad

DEV=`egrep -i 'synap|alps|etps' /proc/bus/input/devices|cut -d "\"" -f 2`
STAT=`xinput list-props "$DEV"|grep "Device Enabled"|sed 's/\t//g'|cut -d ":" -f 2`


case "${STAT}" in
  0)
    xinput --set-prop "${DEV}" "Device Enabled" 1
    echo "Trackpad Enabled"|wall
    ;;
  1)
    xinput --set-prop "${DEV}" "Device Enabled" 0
    echo "Trackpad Disabled"|wall
    ;;
  esac