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How to create script that toggles one value in synclient?

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http://unix.stackexchange.com – I use synclient touchpadoff=1 to disable touchpad and synclient touchpadoff=0 to enable touchpad. $synclient | grep TouchpadOff TouchpadOff = 1 I'd like to create script that will toggle this value. Then I will bind to key in OpenBox. (HowTos)

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