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countdown script
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countdown
#!/bin/bash
# USAGE
# ./countdown <num of seconds> <msg>
# eg:
# ./countdown 300 Time to rock!
date1=$((`date +%s` + $1));
shift
while [ "$date1" -ne `date +%s` ]; do
echo -ne "$(date --date @$(($date1 - `date +%s` - 19800 )) +%H:%M:%S)\r";
done
notify-send 'Timer finished' "$*"
zenity --info --title "Timer finished" --text "$*"
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