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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+import argparse
+import json
+import glob
+import socket
+
+button = {
+    'left-mouse': 1,
+    'middle-mouse': 2,
+    'right-mouse': 3,
+    'wheel-up': 4,
+    'wheel-down': 5,
+}
+
+def main():
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='send commands to bumblebee-status')
+    parser.add_argument('-b', '--button', choices=['left-mouse', 'right-mouse', 'middle-mouse', 'wheel-up', 'wheel-down'], help='button to emulate', default='left-mouse')
+    parser.add_argument('-i', '--id', help='ID of widget to trigger', required=True)
+    parser.add_argument('-n', '--name', help='name of the module to trigger', required=True)
+
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+
+    for f in glob.glob('/tmp/.bumblebee-status.*'):
+        print('accessing {}'.format(f))
+        s = socket.socket(socket.AF_UNIX, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
+        s.connect(f)
+        s.sendall(json.dumps({
+            'name': args.name,
+            'instance': args.id, 
+            'button': button[args.button],
+        }).encode('ascii'))
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()
+
+# vim: tabstop=8 expandtab shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4