growl-alerts.sh

#!/bin/bash

BREWBIN=/Users/jasonmay/.brew/bin

GROWLHOST=$1

(
    /usr/bin/ssh "$GROWLHOST" "cat .growl-alerts 2>/dev/null; rm -f .growl-alerts" && echo
) | while read msg
do
    # send twice because it doesn't always work the first time... :/
    for i in $($BREWBIN/gseq 1 2)
    do
        echo "$msg" | ( [ "x$msg" == 'x' ] || $BREWBIN/growlnotify "$GROWLHOST" )
    done
    sleep 10
done