Super-sleek shell script as a simple touchscreen controller for Linux

#!/bin/sh

# Beautifully simple shell script to detect screen touches

# I use it to toggle the music player on my FriendlyARM 2440 Mini
# but it can be used for any Linux touch screen

# Copyleft 2011 - t-Omicr0n

while true; do

     head -c 1 /dev/input/event0

     echo "You touched it !"

done &