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Simple countdown script
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#!/bin/bash | |
# Count down for a specified time | |
# Example (count down for 3 minutes and 30 seconds): | |
# $ countdown 3m 30s | |
shopt -s extglob | |
time=0 | |
while [ -n "$1" ]; do | |
case $1 in | |
+([0-9])) | |
parsed=$1 | |
;; | |
+([0-9])s) | |
parsed=${1%s} | |
;; | |
+([0-9])m) | |
raw=${1%m} | |
parsed=$((raw * 60)) | |
;; | |
+([0-9])h) | |
raw=${1%h} | |
parsed=$((raw * 3600)) | |
;; | |
+([0-9])d) | |
raw=${1%d} | |
parsed=$((raw * 86400)) | |
;; | |
*) | |
echo >&2 "Invalid: '$1'" | |
exit | |
;; | |
esac | |
time=$((time + parsed)) | |
shift | |
done | |
trap 'tput cnorm' EXIT | |
tput civis | |
digits=$(echo "scale=0; l($time)/l(10) + 1" | bc -l) | |
while [ "$time" -gt 0 ]; do | |
time=$((time - 1)) | |
printf "\r%${digits}d" $time | |
sleep 1 | |
done | |
date=$(date +%T) | |
printf "\r%s: Time is up\n" "$date" | |
notify-send --expire-time=0 'countdown' "$date: time is up" |
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