mac osx audio mute toggler

muter.rb

class Muter
  def mute_for(minutes = 5)
    return restore if minutes == 0

    Thread.new do
      mute
      sleep (minutes * 60)
      restore
    end
  end

  def mute
    `osascript -e 'set volume output muted true'`
  end

  def restore
    `osascript -e 'set volume output muted false'`
  end
end

Muter.new.mute_for(ARGV[0].nil? ? nil : ARGV[0].to_i)