From cab073ae08de3da46c6bf7b8c14e53a330b4ed9c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Adam T. Carpenter" <atc@53hor.net>
Date: Tue, 19 May 2020 18:51:14 -0400
Subject: hiding certain blocks when nothing to report

---
 i3blocks-mail.sh     | 5 +++--
 i3blocks-news.sh     | 3 ++-
 i3blocks-packages.sh | 3 ++-
 3 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/i3blocks-mail.sh b/i3blocks-mail.sh
index b370f24..2ec5d14 100755
--- a/i3blocks-mail.sh
+++ b/i3blocks-mail.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 icon=󰶋
 
-unread=$(ls -l ~/.mail/gmail/Inbox/new | wc -l | cut -w -f2)
-[ $unread -gt 0 ] && printf "%s%s\n" $icon $unread && notify-send "$unread unread email(s)"
+unread=$(ls ~/.mail/gmail/Inbox/new/ | wc -l | cut -w -f2)
+[ $unread -gt 0 ] && printf "%s%s" $icon $unread && notify-send "$unread unread email(s)"
+printf "\n"
diff --git a/i3blocks-news.sh b/i3blocks-news.sh
index 9e5e92f..290fb04 100755
--- a/i3blocks-news.sh
+++ b/i3blocks-news.sh
@@ -2,4 +2,5 @@
 icon=󰎕
 
 unread=$(newsboat -x print-unread | cut -d' ' -f1)
-[ $unread -gt 0 ] && printf "$icon%s\n" $unread && notify-send "$unread unread article(s)"
+[ $unread -gt 0 ] && printf "%s%s" $icon $unread && notify-send "$unread unread article(s)"
+printf "\n"
diff --git a/i3blocks-packages.sh b/i3blocks-packages.sh
index 136a76a..6e5d0e9 100755
--- a/i3blocks-packages.sh
+++ b/i3blocks-packages.sh
@@ -2,4 +2,5 @@
 icon=󰏖
 
 package_count=$(pkg upgrade -n | tail -1 | cut -s -d':' -f2 | cut -w -f2)
-[ $package_count -gt 0 ] && printf "$icon%s\n" $package_count && notify-send "$package_count package upgrade(s) available"
+[ -n "$package_count" ] && [ "$package_count" -gt 0 ] && printf "%s%s" $icon $package_count && notify-send "$package_count package upgrade(s) available"
+printf "\n"
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