Create batterymon, a program that will monitor the battery, and run a command if discharging and below a certain percent.

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diff --git a/batterymon.sh b/batterymon.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+thresh=$1
+shift
+
+while true; do
+    num=`acpi|sed -nr '/Discharging/s/.*, ([0-9]*)%,.*/\1/p'`
+    num=${num:-100}
+    if (( "$num" < "$thresh" )); then
+	eval "$*"
+    else
+	sleep 1
+    fi
+done