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How to play a sound after a command has finished its execution?

How to play a sound after a command has finished its execution?

  • I want to be noticed after a command has finished its execution. And I was thinking that if I hear a sound is a good idea. For example, because I have a slow internet connection, the following command take long time to execute: sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade So I let the terminal to run in background running the above command, but I want to hear a sound when it finished.

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    You can combine your command with a command that plays sounds. For example paplay: sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade; paplay /usr/share/sounds/ubuntu/stereo/message.ogg Furthermore, if you want to play a sound if the command was successfully completed and another sound in case of an error, you can use something like: command && paplay $(locate dialog-information.ogg) || paplay $(locate dialog-error.ogg)

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Try the below command on terminal, sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade && aplay /path/to/Sound/filename.wav /path/to/Sound/filename.wav - path to your .wav file. The sound wiil be played only if both the commands are executed successfully.

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