Toggle Touchpad on Linux Mint

toggleTouchpad.py

#!/usr/bin/python

from subprocess import Popen, PIPE
import re

terminal_call = ['xinput', 'list']
regex_pattern = re.compile(r'.+TouchPad.+id=(\d+)')
sec_regex_pattern = re.compile(r'.*Device (Enabled|Disabled).+:\s(\d+)')

pp = Popen(terminal_call, stdout=PIPE)

for ln in pp.stdout:
	if regex_pattern.match(ln):
		id = regex_pattern.findall(ln)[0]
		if id:
			props = Popen(['xinput', 'list-props', id], stdout=PIPE)
			for propln in props.stdout:
				if sec_regex_pattern.match(propln):
					status = sec_regex_pattern.findall(propln)[0]
					if status[1] == str(1):
						Popen(['xinput', '--disable', id])
						print "TouchPad disabled"
					else:
						Popen(['xinput', '--enable', id])
						print "TouchPad enabled"