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say is pretty useful and fun. When I'm compiling or just telling the Terminal to do something tedious, I add a say command at the end and it will notify me when
by Watabou 14y ago
say is pretty useful and fun. When I'm compiling or just telling the Terminal to do something tedious, I add a say command at the end and it will notify me when it's done.
For example, if I want to install mercurial and git with homebrew:
brew install git mercurial; say "The task is finished, Master."
- jasomill 14y agoAs an aside, in Lion at least, you can download high-quality voices for dozens of languages in Speech Preferences (including the ones Apple uses for Siri in several countries).
- riobard 14y agoI used to SSH into my wife's Mac and asked her to come over if we are in different rooms :)
- Tarlitz 14y agoA more silent option is to print the bell character to the terminal, ie.: sleep 5; printf '\a' This will cause the terminal to bounce and add a little badge with the number of tasks that require your attention if it's out of focus :)