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A simple pomodoro timer that dims the screen, for macos.
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| ## A pomodoro timer that dims the screen for resting periods ## | |
| # Variables and constants | |
| working=25 # Minutes until next break | |
| resting=5 # Minutes of rest | |
| RED='\033[0;31m' | |
| NOC='\033[0m' | |
| # First check if the brightness command is installed or else abort script | |
| hash brightness 2>/dev/null || { echo -e >&2 "${RED}ERROR${NOC}: I require the 'brightness' command, so please do 'brew install brightness' so I can work with you!"; exit 1; } | |
| while true | |
| do | |
| # Working | |
| for (( minute=1; minute<$working; minute++ )) | |
| do | |
| echo "Minute $minute starting... after $working you rest!" | |
| sleep 60 | |
| done | |
| # Resting | |
| brightness 0 | |
| read -t $((60 * $resting)) -p "Starting $resting minute rest period (press Enter to cancel)..." | |
| brightness 1 | |
| echo "Done! Let´s work!" | |
| done |
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