diff --git a/niceties/battery.uconsole b/niceties/battery.uconsole
new file mode 100755
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/niceties/battery.uconsole
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+#!/bin/sh
+
+upower -i /org/freedesktop/UPower/devices/DisplayDevice \
+	| sed -n \
+		-e '/percentage/s:^.*percentage.\ *::'\
+		-e 's:%.*::p'