I need if USB device is plugged to not to continue the rest of the script across multiple devices. I can't change every device and I am trying to eliminate humans looking at which devices are plugged in.
I do conceded that many laptop cameras are USB and Bluetooth generally runs on the USB bus. I have yet to find a good answer to this myself. On Fri, Jan 19, 2024, 3:54 PM Russell Senior <russ...@personaltelco.net> wrote: > Two things I will mention: lsusb and udev rules. > > I have a set of udev rules that match ttyusb devices by path (they don't > implement serial numbers, which would be better) and give them a > consistently named symlink. I use /dev/ttyRn, where n is a whole number. > That means no matter what order they are enumerated in, I can find the > device. > > I don't know if that helps with your problem or not, but I have found them > to be useful in adjacent problems. > > -- > Russell > > On Fri, Jan 19, 2024, 15:17 Vince Winter <thine.technoc...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > I am trying to write a bash script to detect if USB device is plugged > into > > a device and post a message with a device name that is plugged to stdout. > > > > Complications are USB webcams, USB controllers, and this is going to be > > used on large number of systems, so I can't customize to each system. > > >
