Bash Script to Start "spotifyd" Alongside "spotify-tui" / "spt"

sptd

#!/bin/bash

### When saving this script, please run "chmod +x" on it to make it executable! ###
# Default behaviour is that "spotifyd' is killed when "spt" is closed.
# To make spotifyd continue running in the background, simple start the command with the "-b" argument.

keepSptdInBackground=false
POSITIONAL=()

while [[ $# -gt 0 ]]; do
  key="$1"
  case $key in
    -b|--keep-in-background)
        EXTENSION="$2"
        keepSptdInBackground=true
        shift # past argument
        shift # past value
        ;;
    *)    # unknown option
        POSITIONAL+=("$1") # save it in an array for later
        shift
        ;;
  esac
done

if $keepSptdInBackground;
then
  spotifyd && spt
else
  (spotifyd --no-daemon &> /dev/null) & spotifydPID="$!"
  spt && kill $spotifydPID
fi