diff --git a/bash/pidgin_status/pidgin_ch_sta.pl b/bash/pidgin_status/pidgin_ch_sta.pl
new file mode 100755
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/bash/pidgin_status/pidgin_ch_sta.pl
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#!/usr/bin/perl
+
+use strict;
+use XML::Simple;
+use Data::Dumper;
+print Dumper (XML::Simple->new()->XMLin());
diff --git a/bash/pidgin_status/pidgin_ch_status.sh b/bash/pidgin_status/pidgin_ch_status.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..ca5a153
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bash/pidgin_status/pidgin_ch_status.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+happy=1295818033
+bored=1295818107
+
+status=${!1}
+
+# неопределённый статус
+if [[ "$status" == "" ]]; then
+  exit 0
+fi
+
+#echo $status
+killall pidgin
+
+xml_str=`xpath ~/.purple/prefs.xml "//pref/pref/pref[@name='savedstatus']/pref[@name='default'" 2>/dev/null`
+new_xml_str=`echo $xml_str |sed ~s~[0-9][0-9]*~$status~`
+xml_str=`echo $xml_str|sed 's/</\\\</ ; s/>/\\\>/ ; s/\"/\"/g ; s/\=/\\\=/g ; ~s~/~\\\/~'`
+new_xml_str=`echo $new_xml_str|sed 's/</\\\</ ; s/>/\\\>/ ; s/\"/\"/g ; s/\"/\\\"/g ; s/\=/\\\=/g ; ~s~/~\\\/~'`
+
+echo "$xml_str"
+#echo "$new_xml_str"
+grep $xml_str ~/.purple/prefs.xml
+
+#sed -i ~/.purple/prefs.xml "s/$xml_str/$new_xml_str/"
+
+#(pidgin &>/dev/null)&
+