A bash function that uses the pushover api(https://pushover.net/) to send push notifications to your phone.

notifications.sh

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# Push notifications script
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read -d '' String <<"EOF"
require "net/https"
require "socket"

url = URI.parse("https://api.pushover.net/1/messages.json")
req = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url.path)
req.set_form_data({
  :token => "APPLICATION-TOKEN-HERE",
  :user => "USER-KEY-HERE",
  :message => "#{ARGV[0]}",
  :title => "#{Socket.gethostname}",
  :priority => 1,
  :sound => "pianobar",
  :timestamp => Time.now.to_i
})
res = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
res.use_ssl = true
res.verify_mode = OpenSSL::SSL::VERIFY_PEER
res.start {|http| http.request(req) }
EOF
notify() {(ruby -e $String "$@" &) }