Terminal Notify on Command Completion

notify.bat

@echo off

:: Check has at least one argument
if "%~1"=="" (
    echo "Usage: notify.bat <command> [arguments...]"
    exit /b 1
)

:: Run command
call %*

:: Call Python script to fire off notification
python "C:\path\to\script\notify.py" %*

notify.py

#!/usr/bin/env python3
import sys
from plyer import notification

def show_notification(command):
    notification.notify(
        title="Task Complete",
        message=f"The command '{command}' has finished.",
        app_name="Command Notifier",
        timeout=5  # Notification duration in seconds
    )

if __name__ == "__main__":
    if len(sys.argv) < 2:
        print("Usage: python notify.py <command>")
    else:
        command = " ".join(sys.argv[1:])
        show_notification(command)

notify.sh

#!/bin/bash

# Check has at least one argument
if [ "$#" -lt 1 ]; then
    echo "Usage: $0 <command> [arguments...]"
    exit 1
fi

# Run command
"$@"

# Call Python script to fire off notification
python3 /path/to/notify.py "$*"

Prerequisites:

• python3
• pip
  python -m ensurepip --upgrade
• plyer
  pip install plyer

Instructions:

1. Place notify.bat or notify.sh is in directory that is in user PATH.
2. Replace notify.bat with appropriate path to notify.py.
3. Open cmd/bash and follow example usage:
   notify timeout /t 5