msbarry · January 19, 2016 17:13 · Feb 5, 2015 · Feb 5, 2015 · Feb 4, 2015 · Feb 4, 2015
diff --git a/woof.bash b/woof.bash
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 # Some utilities for sending notifiations to yourself from the command line (mac only).
-# Just add them to your ~/.bashrc and fill in these parameters:
+# Just add them to your ~/.bashrc and fill in these parameters.
+# See them all in action: "ugh <long running command> && woof command succeeed || woof command failed"
 
 TWITTER_HANDLE= # twitter handle
 EMAIL_ADDRESS= # email address

diff --git a/woof.bash b/woof.bash
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ ugh() {
   killall afplay
 }
 
-# Display a grown notification (install https://github.com/alloy/terminal-notifier first)
+# Display a growl notification (install https://github.com/alloy/terminal-notifier first)
 # Usage: notify your job just finished
 notify() {
   terminal-notifier -title "$*" -message "$*" -activate ${TERMINAL_APP} # replace with iterm if you use that

diff --git a/gistfile1.sh → woof.bash b/gistfile1.sh → woof.bash
diff --git a/gistfile1.sh b/gistfile1.sh
@@ -5,10 +5,10 @@ TWITTER_HANDLE= # twitter handle
 EMAIL_ADDRESS= # email address
 CELL_EMAIL_ADDRESS= # email address for your cell phone (ie [email protected])
 TERMINAL_APP="com.apple.Terminal" # replace with iterm if you use that
-THEME_SONG=~/waiting.mp3 # replace with a path to your theme song
+THEME_SONG="~/waiting.mp3" # replace with a path to your theme song
 
 
-# play music file in ~/waiting.mp3 continuously
+# play music file in THEME_SONG continuously
 playmusic() {
   if [ ! -f ${THEME_SONG} ]
   then

diff --git a/gistfile1.sh b/gistfile1.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 # Some utilities for sending notifiations to yourself from the command line (mac only).
 # Just add them to your ~/.bashrc and fill in these parameters:
+
 TWITTER_HANDLE= # twitter handle
 EMAIL_ADDRESS= # email address
 CELL_EMAIL_ADDRESS= # email address for your cell phone (ie [email protected])

diff --git a/gistfile1.sh b/gistfile1.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+# Some utilities for sending notifiations to yourself from the command line (mac only).
+# Just add them to your ~/.bashrc and fill in these parameters:
+TWITTER_HANDLE= # twitter handle
+EMAIL_ADDRESS= # email address
+CELL_EMAIL_ADDRESS= # email address for your cell phone (ie [email protected])
+TERMINAL_APP="com.apple.Terminal" # replace with iterm if you use that
+THEME_SONG=~/waiting.mp3 # replace with a path to your theme song
+
+
+# play music file in ~/waiting.mp3 continuously
+playmusic() {
+  if [ ! -f ${THEME_SONG} ]
+  then
+    echo "You need to download a theme song to ${THEME_SONG}.  We recommend the jeopardy theme"
+  else
+    while :; do afplay ${THEME_SONG}; done;
+  fi
+}
+
+# Play your theme song until a command finishes
+# Usage: ugh git status
+ugh() {
+  playmusic &
+  tokill=$!
+  echo $tokill
+  $*;
+  kill $tokill
+  killall afplay
+}
+
+# Display a grown notification (install https://github.com/alloy/terminal-notifier first)
+# Usage: notify your job just finished
+notify() {
+  terminal-notifier -title "$*" -message "$*" -activate ${TERMINAL_APP} # replace with iterm if you use that
+}
+
+# Send yourself a text 
+# Usage: text your job just finished
+text() {
+  echo "$*" | mail -s "" ${CELL_EMAIL_ADDRESS}
+}
+
+# Send a tweet (set up https://github.com/twitter/twurl first)
+# Usage: tweet my job just finished
+tweet() {
+  twurl -d "status=$*" /1.1/statuses/update.json
+}
+
+# Send yourself a twitter direct message (set up https://github.com/twitter/twurl first)
+# Usage: dm_me your job just finished
+dm_me() {
+  twurl -d "text=$*&screen_name=${TWITTER_HANDLE}" /1.1/direct_messages/new.json
+}
+
+# Send yourself an email
+# Usage: email your job just finished
+email() {
+  echo "$*" | mail -s "" ${EMAIL_ADDRESS}
+}
+
+# Also note that the "say" command is built into mac osx
+# Usage: say your job just finished
+
+# Send yourself a message by all available means
+# Usage: woof your job just finished
+woof() {
+  email $*
+  dm_me $*
+  text $*
+  notify $*
+  say $*
+  # uncomment this if you want to tweet as well:
+  # tweet $*
+}