Command-line controllable alarm clock programs for Mac OS X

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I know I can do sleep $[60*60*8]; open alarm.mp3 but is there perhaps a better way?

Any specific reason it needs to be command line controllable? Or is a GUI app with AppleScript (osascript) good enough?

ShreevatsaR · Answer 1 · 2011-10-31 06:17:25Z

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At least you can do

user@host:~$ at hh:mm
> /usr/bin/open alarm.mp3
>^D

which will make constantly opened terminal window unneeded.

answered Aug 18 '10 at 5:23

	This doesn't seem to actually work in Mac OS X. In fact, `at` doesn't seem to work at all. The command is added to `atq`, but never actually run. – ShreevatsaR Oct 30 '11 at 12:21
	@ShreevatsaR, generally, it requires a working atd on *nix. I have never touched OS X myself, through. – whitequark Oct 30 '11 at 20:45
	Ah ok, my previous comment was wrong... what it needs is the full path to `open`. Using `/usr/bin/open` works. (Actually since that starts iTunes by default, I used `/usr/bin/afplay` which ships with OS X.) – ShreevatsaR Oct 31 '11 at 1:17
	@ShreevatsaR, `sox` is also quite good if you need a bit more than just playing. I guess it's available with Homebrew. – whitequark Oct 31 '11 at 5:51

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