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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+track='%position%'
+title='%title%|%name%'
+album_date='["%album%" [(%date%)|(%originaldate%)]]|["%album%"]'
+artist='%artist%|%albumartist%|%composer%'
+formatstr="Track: [$track/$(mpc playlist | wc -l)]
+Title:   [$title]
+Album:   [$album_date]
+Artist:  [$artist]"
+
+get_all_metadata() {
+	mpc current -f "$formatstr" 2>/dev/null | grep -v '^[a-zA-Z]*:\s*$'
+}
+print_track_info() {
+	clear
+	# fallback to printing the file path if we find no metadata
+	track_metadata="$(get_all_metadata)"
+	if [ -z "$track_metadata" ]; then
+		mpc current -f '%file%'
+	else
+		echo "$track_metadata"
+	fi
+}
+
+print_track_info
+
+# while true; do
+# 	clear
+# 	song_info=$(mpc -f '%artist% - %album% - %title%')
+# 	echo -e "Now playing: $song_info"
+# 	sleep 1
+# done;