This is useful!
Imagine running a long ML training script. Hearing a sound in your speakers when it ends (successfuly or not) is something I considered implementing, non ironically, at my job. Never got around to doing it.
Imagine running a long ML training script. Hearing a sound in your speakers when it ends (successfuly or not) is something I considered implementing, non ironically, at my job. Never got around to doing it.
You can usually also type it after the command has started and it’ll still work
python -c 'print("\a")'
long_running_command && say "That's all folks" 0 17 * * 1-5 say "You're gonna miss the train go now!!"
alias SUCCESS='echo -e '\''\n\nSUCCESS'\''
&& bash -c '\''mpv ~/bin/kazoo-fanfare.mp3 &'\''
|| echo FAILED' # or play sad trombone sound
# (some escaping might not survive ...)
I use this after my long-running Maven builds to play either a happy sound if the build succeeds or a sad (mocking) sound if it fails, based on the value of $?.
On Linux there's usually `aplay` but you'll need play (sox) or mpv etc. to play lossy-compressed audio... a bunch of sounds can be found under /usr/share/sounds/ depending on what's installed.
`espeak-ng` doesn't have as good voices as `say`, but some `festival` ones come close, although these days I usually use Googles tts, and save the ones I use frequently.
Here's the reference book on the topic: https://sonification.de/handbook/ (PDF is on the right menu)
printf '\a'
function alert {
osascript -e 'display notification "'"$1"'"'
} some_long_command | mail -s "Command finished" email@example.comIt works pretty well, but can be annoying when it goes off in a Zoom call...