This is a simple bash script to monitor multiple Jenkins CI jobs for build failures. The script requires rsstail to be installed. Depending on your environment it is also possible to specify a notification command like /usr/bin/notify-send to show status updates directly on your desktop. Usage: ./jenkins-notify jenkins_url job_name...

jenkins-notify.sh

#! /usr/bin/env bash

JENKINS_SERVER=${1}
shift
JOBS=$*
CHECK_INTERVAL=30
NOTIFY_CMD=
# NOTIFY_CMD=/usr/bin/notify-send

command -v rsstail >/dev/null 2>&1 || { echo >&2 "This script requires rsstail to be installed. See http://www.vanheusden.com/rsstail"; exit 1; }

trap "kill -TERM -$$" SIGINT SIGTERM

while read line; do
	if grep -q -v 'stable' <<< ${line}; then
		if [ -n "${NOTIFY_CMD}" ]; then
			$NOTIFY_CMD "${line:7}"
		else
			echo "${line:7}"
		fi
	fi
done < <(for JOB in ${JOBS}; do \
		JENKINS_FEED_URL="${JENKINS_SERVER}/view/All/job/${JOB}/rssAll"; \
		rsstail -P -n 10 -i "${CHECK_INTERVAL}" -u "${JENKINS_FEED_URL}" & \
        done) &

wait