#!/bin/bash volumes=$(amixer get Master |grep % |awk '{print $5}'|sed 's/[^0-9]//g') #avg=$(awk '{ print ($1+$2)/2 }' <(echo $volumes)) if [[ $1 == 'L' ]]; then echo "$(echo $volumes | cut -d' ' -f1)%" else echo "$(echo $volumes | cut -d' ' -f2)%" fi