wakeup Alarm script

nikondecade · 2010-08-29 05:00:23

hope fully im posting this in the right area. ( i did a search and couldnt find a relevant topic)

but anyways, i was stumbling on the interweb (its amazing how many times i start a conversation that way...), and found a script for an alarm clock script that plays a music file of your choice at a certain time everyday.

create a new file in your in your home directory named wakeup.sh, then add this:

#!/bin/bash

echo "Starting up"

mpg123 /path/to/nice/music/* &

for (( i = 1; i <= 100; i++ )) do
    echo "Setting volume at $i"
    setmixer vol $i
    echo "Sleeping 10 seconds..."
    sleep 10s
done

then add this in your crontab file:

0 11 * * * /home/foobar/wakeup.sh

i havent tested this out yet, but everything is set up so i will see if this works tomorrow morning.
ill post the results here.

i decided top post this now before testing just in case someone else wants to test/improve this.

luc · 2010-08-30 07:52:27

nice idea. how did it work?
i also have an idea for improvement: i would use the "--random" option to not hear the same songs in the same order every morning.
luc

nikondecade · 2010-08-31 03:13:59

if it did work i didnt hear it..haha im going to have to do some test runs when im awake to se if it does.

i like your idea. ill have to try that out also big_smile

SHTFMRadio.com · 2011-04-08 00:51:37

sudo apt-get install alarm-clock-applet

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wakeup Alarm script

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