/usr/bin/compton-trans is in compton 0.1~beta2+20150922-1.
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#
# compton-trans
# transset in a bash script
# Copyright (c) 2011-2012, Christopher Jeffrey
#
# Usage:
#  $ compton-trans [options] [+|-]opacity
# By window id
#   $ compton-trans -w "$WINDOWID" 75
# By name
#   $ compton-trans -n "urxvt" 75
# By current window
#   $ compton-trans -c 75
# By selection
#   $ compton-trans 75
#   $ compton-trans -s 75
# Increment current window 5%
#   $ compton-trans -c +5
# Delete current window's opacity
#   $ compton-trans -c --delete
# Reset all windows
#   $ compton-trans --reset
# "command" is a shell built-in, faster than "which"
if test -z "$(command -v xprop)" -o -z "$(command -v xwininfo)"; then
  echo 'The command xwininfo or xprop is not available. They might reside in a package named xwininfo, xprop, x11-utils, xorg-xprop, or xorg-xwininfo.' >& 2
  exit 1
fi
# Variables
active=
wprefix=
window=
opacity=
cur=
action=
treeout=
wid=
topmost=
lineno=
option=
v=
# Workaround: replace '-5' with '~5' so as not to confuse getopts.
for v in "$@"; do
  shift && set -- "$@" "$(echo "$v" | sed 's/^-\([0-9]\+%\?\)$/~\1/')"
done
# This takes into account the fact that getopts stops on
# any argument it doesn't recongize or errors on. This
# allows for things like `compton-trans -5` as well
# as `compton-trans -c +5 -s` (contrived example).
while test $# -gt 0; do
  # Reset option index
  OPTIND=1
  # Read options
  while getopts 'scrdgn:w:o:-:' option "$@"; do
    if test "$option" = '-'; then
      case "$OPTARG" in
        select | current | reset | delete | get)
          v=''
        ;;
        name | window | opacity)
          eval v=\$$OPTIND
          OPTIND=$((OPTIND + 1))
        ;;
        name=* | window=* | opacity=*)
          v=$(echo "$OPTARG" | sed 's/^[^=]\+=//')
        ;;
        *)
          echo "$0: illegal option $OPTARG" >& 2
          exit 1
        ;;
      esac
      option=$(echo "$OPTARG" | cut -c 1)
      OPTARG=$v
    fi
    case "$option" in
      s) wprefix=''; window='' ;;
      c)
        active=$(xprop -root -notype _NET_ACTIVE_WINDOW \
          | grep -Eo '0x[[:xdigit:]]+' | head -n 1)
        wprefix='-id'; window=$active
      ;;
      r) action='reset' ;;
      d) action='delete' ;;
      g) action='get' ;;
      n) wprefix='-name'; window=$OPTARG ;;
      w) wprefix='-id'; window=$OPTARG ;;
      o) opacity=$OPTARG ;;
      \?) exit 1 ;;
    esac
  done
  # Read positional arguments
  shift $((OPTIND - 1))
  test -n "$1" && opacity=$1 && shift
done
# clean up opacity. xargs == a poor man's trim.
opacity=$(echo "$opacity" | xargs | sed 's/%//g' | sed 's/^~\([0-9]\+\)$/-\1/')
# Validate opacity value
if test -z "$action" && ! echo "$opacity" | grep -q '^[+-]\?[0-9]\+$'; then
  echo "Invalid opacity specified: $opacity."
  exit 1
fi
# Reset opacity for all windows
if test x"$action" = x'reset'; then
  xwininfo -root -tree \
  | sed -n 's/^     \(0x[[:xdigit:]]*\).*/\1/p' \
  | while IFS=$(printf '\n') read wid; do
    xprop -id "$wid" -remove _NET_WM_WINDOW_OPACITY
  done
  exit 0
fi
# Get ID of the target window
if test -z "$wprefix"; then
  treeout=$(xwininfo -children -frame)
else
  test "$wprefix" = '-id' \
    && ! echo "$window" | grep -Eiq '^[[:space:]]*(0x[[:xdigit:]]+|[[:digit:]]+)[[:space:]]*$' \
    && echo 'Bad window ID.' && exit 1
  treeout=$(xwininfo -children $wprefix "$window")
fi
wid=$(echo "$treeout" | sed -n 's/^xwininfo:.*: \(0x[[:xdigit:]]*\).*$/\1/p')
if test -z "$wid"; then
  echo 'Failed to find window.'
  exit 1
fi
# Make sure it's not root window
if echo "$treeout" | fgrep -q 'Parent window id: 0x0'; then
  echo 'Cannot set opacity on root window.'
  exit 1
fi
# If it's already the topmost window
if echo "$treeout" | grep -q 'Parent window id: 0x[[:xdigit:]]* (the root window)'; then
  topmost=$wid
else
  # Get the whole window tree
  treeout=$(xwininfo -root -tree)
  if test -z "$treeout"; then
    echo 'Failed to get root window tree.'
    exit 1
  fi
  # Find the line number of the target window in the window tree
  lineno=$(echo -n "$treeout" | grep -nw "$wid" | head -n1 | cut -d ':' -f 1)
  if test -z "$lineno"; then
    echo 'Failed to find window in window tree.'
    exit 1
  fi
  # Find the highest ancestor of the target window below
  topmost=$(echo -n "$treeout" \
    | head -n $((lineno + 1)) \
    | sed -n 's/^     \(0x[[:xdigit:]]*\).*/\1/p' \
    | tail -n 1)
fi
if test -z "$topmost"; then
  echo 'Failed to find the highest parent window below root of the' \
    'selected window.'
  exit 1
fi
# Remove the opacity property.
if test x"$action" = x'delete'; then
  xprop -id "$topmost" -remove _NET_WM_WINDOW_OPACITY
  exit 0
fi
# Get current opacity.
cur=$(xprop -id "$topmost" -notype _NET_WM_WINDOW_OPACITY \
  | sed 's/^.*\b\([0-9]\+\).*$\|^.*$/\1/')
test -z "$cur" && cur=0xffffffff
cur=$((cur * 100 / 0xffffffff))
# Output current opacity.
if test x"$action" = x'get'; then
  echo "$cur"
  exit 0
fi
# Calculate the desired opacity
if echo "$opacity" | grep -q '^[+-]'; then
  opacity=$((cur + opacity))
fi
test $opacity -lt 0 && opacity=0
test $opacity -gt 100 && opacity=100
# Set opacity
opacity=$((opacity * 0xffffffff / 100))
xprop -id "$topmost" -f _NET_WM_WINDOW_OPACITY 32c \
  -set _NET_WM_WINDOW_OPACITY "$opacity"
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