unclassedpenguin / timergo

A simple timer for command line.

TimerGo

A simple timer for the command line written in go.

Go has become my favorite language of late. Previously I had written this simple command line timer in python, but wanted to write it in go instead, so I did!

Just a note, I use linux. These have never been intended to run on windows. If you'd like to fix it though, feel free to send a pull request.

And another note. The notification is supposed to beep. On my system, I haven't been able to get it to work. So I have no idea if it will work on other systems or not, but you may get an annoying beep. I have no idea how loud/annoying it is...So just be aware if you try running it.

To install

$ go install github.com/unclassedpenguin/timergo@latest

Usage

To just use a simple timer that will run infinitely

$ timergo

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To do a simple time with a limit, that will pop up a desktop notification at the end of the limit:

$ timergo 30

This would run a 30 second timer. The time increment as of now is only accepted as seconds.

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There are a few other options as well. You can use -b to count in binary. If you want to set a time limit as well as use binary, you must use the -t option.

$ timergo -b -t 30

This would run a 30 second timer, and the output would be in binary.

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The last command is -c. This is the "command" option, and allows you to run a command after the timer is reached. This option requires -t.

$ timergo -t 30 -c "echo 'hello'"

This would run the command echo hello after the 30 seconds is up.

Todo

• Add ability to take time as minutes/hours at least. things like "5m" or "1h"