#!/bin/bash

# prevent detection of lid state by unbinding it from the driver because for
# whatever fucking reason some fucking software keeps detecting it and
# suspending the laptop despite that being turned off
echo -n "Disabling lid switch... "
pushd /sys/bus/acpi/drivers/button/ > /dev/null

# get a list of registered buttons for ACPI actions (the janky way)
TEMP=$(find -maxdepth 1 -type l)
# go through the list and if the button has "LID" in its device path file, unbind it
while [ -n "$TEMP" ];
  do
    if [ $(grep -c "LID" $(echo "$TEMP" | head -n1)/path 2>/dev/null) -gt 0 ] 2>/dev/null
      then
        echo "$TEMP" | head -n1 | sed 's/^.\///' > unbind
      fi
    TEMP=$(echo "$TEMP" | sed "1d")
  done

popd > /dev/null
echo "Done."
# lid button hopefully disabled