[olug] Unix Tip: TASK ALERTS

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			Unix Tip 2179 - December 19, 2002

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TASK ALERTS

Have you ever started a long 
running task, and after some time 
decide you want to be alerted 
when it finishes?

Add this to your .bashrc:

function aldo { while ps -ao pid | grep -q " ${1}$"; do sleep 1 ; done;
echo $'\a'; }

Then find the pid of a long 
running process(say 253) and 
on a different terminal:

501$ aldo 253

Will treat you to a pleasant beep when the task finishes.




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