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Notifications from shell scripts with CocoaDialog (See related posts)


cd ~/Desktop
curl -L -O http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/cocoadialog/CocoaDialog-2.1.1.dmg
hdiutil mount CocoaDialog-2.1.1.dmg
sudo mkdir -p /usr/local/bin
sudo ditto -rsrc /Volumes/CocoaDialog/CocoaDialog.app /usr/local/bin/CocoaDialog.app
sudo chown -R root:wheel /usr/local/bin/CocoaDialog.app
sudo chmod -R 0755 /usr/local/bin/CocoaDialog.app
hdiutil unmount /Volumes/CocoaDialog


alias cocoadialog=/usr/local/bin/CocoaDialog.app/Contents/MacOS/CocoaDialog

# cf. http://cocoadialog.sourceforge.net/examples/bubble.sh.txt
cocoadialog bubble --no-timeout --x-placement center --y-placement center --background-top "FF0000" --background-bottom "FF0066"  \
                   --icon-file /usr/local/bin/CocoaDialog.app/Contents/Resources/info.icns --title "News" --text '<message>'


Further information:

- CocoaDialog Documentation
- CocoaDialog Examples
- growlnotify
- Pashua
- man automator
to shell osx mac bash script unix gui notification by jv on Thu Feb 07 22:13:57 +0000 2008

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