nixCraft

jaysunn · #1 (**permalink**) 5th September 2009, 02:14 AM

SOURCE= Linux Journal

This was pretty cool. Wanted to share with you all.

Notify-send is a great application for notifying you when an event has occurred. An event such as a script running to completion.

If notify-send is not installed on your machine already, install the package "libnotify1" (or possibly just "libnotify") from your repositories.

I easily installed this via synaptic on Ubuntu 9.0.4

Once installed you can simply type the following, at the command line, to display a pop-up message near your system tray:

Code:

notify-send "hello"

By default the message will be displayed for 5 seconds. To change how long a message stays displayed use the "-t" switch. This will change, in milliseconds, how long the message is displayed. Enter "-t 0" to leave the message up until the user closes it.

Code:

notify-send "This message will be displayed for 3 seconds" -t 3000
notify-send "Click me to close me." -t 0

You can even add a title and an icon to the notification.

Code:

notify-send "This is the Title" \
            "Check out the cool icon" \
            -i /usr/share/pixmaps/gnome-terminal.png

When used in a script you could set it to notify you periodically by placing the command in a loop:

Code:

#!/bin/bash

while [ 1 ]; do
     notify-send "Up Time" "`uptime`"
     sleep 5m
done

nixcraft · #2 (**permalink**) 7th September 2009, 10:00 PM

Excellent tip. For cronjob just add DISPLAY variable, otherwise it will not work. Did you tested it from a cron job?

jaysunn · #3 (**permalink**) 7th September 2009, 10:10 PM

Thanks,

I have not personally ran it from a cron job. However very interested to try when I return to the office on Tuesday. I will be sure to add the display variable.

Jaysunn

Thread Tools
Show Printable Version Email this Page
Display Modes
Linear Mode Switch to Hybrid Mode Switch to Threaded Mode

Similar Threads
Thread	Thread Starter	Forum	Replies	Last Post
[Solved] Command with shell scripts different server	vampire	Shell scripting	2	20th July 2009 06:31 PM
[Solved] Argument for shell scripts	vampire	Shell scripting	2	13th July 2009 05:56 PM
How to authenticate users in shell scripts	udayakumar	Shell scripting	4	22nd May 2009 01:11 PM
shell scripts required for students	roni	Shell scripting	6	20th July 2007 06:21 PM
running command a root in shell scripts	chiku	Shell scripting	1	17th July 2006 06:39 PM

nixCraft

Utilize Popups In Your Shell Scripts

Utilize Popups In Your Shell Scripts

Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests)

Similar Threads