Mac generic CLI notification tool

notify

#!/usr/bin/env ruby

# based on http://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/57412/how-can-i-trigger-a-notification-center-notification-from-an-applescript-or-shel

require 'optparse'

SOUNDS = %w[
 Basso Frog Hero Pop Submarine Blow Funk Morse Purr Tink Bottle Glass Ping Sosumi
].sort

options = {}
OptionParser.new do |opts|
  opts.banner = "Usage: notify [options] message"

  opts.on("-t", "--title [TITLE]", "Set a title for the message") do |title|
    options[:title] = title
  end

  opts.on('-s', '--sound [SOUND]', "Choose a sound for notification: #{SOUNDS.join(', ')}") do |sound|
    options[:sound] = sound
  end

  opts.on("-v", "--[no-]verbose", "Run verbosely") do |v|
    options[:verbose] = v
  end
end.parse!

def log(options, msg)
  puts msg if options[:verbose]
end

title_cmd = %[with title \\"#{options[:title]}\\"] if options[:title]
sound_cmd = %[sound name \\"#{options[:sound]}\\"] if options[:sound] && SOUNDS.include?(options[:sound])
message = ARGV.join(' ')

if message.size === 0
  log(options, "using default message")
  message = "PING"
end

command = %["display notification \\"#{message}\\" #{title_cmd} #{sound_cmd}"]
log(options, "COMMAND #{ command }")

`/usr/bin/osascript -e #{command}`