# usb Output connected usb storage device info. Supports usb mass storage devices, including those with multiple partitions, including LUKS partitions. ![](images/1.png) ![](images/2.png) ![](images/3.png) ![](images/4.png) # Requirements Dependencies: udev, python3, util-linux ( >= 2.23 ) Suggested: fonts-font-awesome # Installation The recommended i3blocks config is ```INI [usb] command=$SCRIPT_DIR/usb markup=pango signal=1 interval=10 #IGNORE_LIST=[] #IGNORE_LIST=["sdd1", "mapper/sda1_crypt"] #INFO_TEXT_COLOR=white #MOUNTED_COLOR=green #PLUGGED_COLOR=gray #LOCKED_COLOR=gray #UNLOCKED_NOT_MOUNTED_COLOR=yellow #PARTITIONLESS_COLOR=red #PARTITIONLESS_TEXT=no partitions #SEPARATOR= | #LOCKED_INDICATOR= #UNLOCKED_INDICATOR= #READONLY_INDICATOR=ro #TRUNCATE_FS_LABELS=[not set by default, accepts +/- integers] ``` To update the blocklet on plug/unplug device events you can add SUBSYSTEMS=="usb", RUN+="/usr/bin/pkill -RTMIN+1 i3blocks" in `/etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-usb.rules`. You may need to create the file. Then call ```ShellSession sudo udevadm control --reload-rules ``` to activate the new rules. If you do not care about updating the blocklet on plug/unplug, the script works fine on just an interval and you can ignore the udev rule and delete `signal=1` in the config. Now restart your i3 in place with ```ShellSession i3-msg restart ``` Try plugging in a usb device to make sure everything works. # Configuration The IGNORE_LIST variable, if set, must be a valid python representation of a list of strings, e.g. `["sdd1", "mapper/sda1_crypt"]`. Due to the way i3blocks parses config files, newlines are not allowed. The strings are full device paths, with "/dev" optionally omitted. For example, the previous "sdd1" is expanded to "/dev/sdd1" at runtime. The list is safely parsed using ast.literal_eval, NOT eval. If you decide not to install FontAwesome, then you will probably want to change the `LOCKED_INDICATOR` and `UNLOCKED_INDICATOR` variables, as these use unicode symbols provided by FontAwesome (and not many other fonts). You do not need to restart i3 after making a change to the config.