Exercise

Write a shell script to set an alarm



Instructions:

Create a file and name it as script.sh

$ bash script.sh


#!/bin/bash

# This script asks the user for a time, waits the specified amount
# of time, and shows an alert dialog.

TIME=$(zenity --entry --title="Timer" --text="Enter a duration for the timer.\n\n Use 5s for 5 seconds, 10m for 10 minutes, or 2h for 2 hours.")

sleep ${TIME}

cvlc --play-and-exit Beep-sound.ogg # Alarm

zenity --info --title="Timer Complete" --text="The timer is over."
					
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